diff --git a/applets/trans.pl b/applets/trans.pl
index a3bde62f..2fce4e1c 100755
--- a/applets/trans.pl
+++ b/applets/trans.pl
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ if (not @ARGV) {
 my $args = quotemeta "@ARGV";
 $args =~ s/\\([ :-])/$1/g;
 $args =~ s/^\s+|\s+$//g;
+$args =~ s/\s+--\s+/ /g;
 
 my $opts = '-j -no-ansi -no-autocorrect -no-browser -no-pager -no-play';
 $opts .= ' -b' unless $args =~ /^-/;
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@ $opts .= ' -b' unless $args =~ /^-/;
     Getopt::Long::Configure('no_auto_abbrev', 'no_ignore_case');
 
     my %h;
-    my @allowed = qw/V version H help M man T reference R reference-english S list-engines list-languages list-languages-english list-codes list-all L linguist e engine b brief d dictionary identify show-original show-original-phonetics show-translation show-translation-phonetics show-prompt-message show-languages show-original-dictionary show-dictionary show-alternatives hl host s sl source from t tl target to/;
+    my @allowed = qw/V version H help M man T reference R reference-english S list-engines list-languages list-languages-english list-codes list-all L=s linguist=s e=s engine=s b brief d dictionary identify show-original=s show-original-phonetics=s show-translation=s show-translation-phonetics=s show-prompt-message=s show-languages=s show-original-dictionary=s show-dictionary=s show-alternatives=s hl=s host=s s=s sl=s source=s from=s t=s tl=s target=s to=s/;
     my ($ret, $rest) = GetOptionsFromString($args, \%h, @allowed);
 
     if ($opt_err) {
@@ -41,6 +42,11 @@ $opts .= ' -b' unless $args =~ /^-/;
         print "Error parsing options.\n";
         exit;
     }
+
+    if (not @$rest) {
+        print "Missing phrase to translate.\n";
+        exit;
+    }
 }
 
 my $result = `trans $opts $args`;
diff --git a/lib/PBot/VERSION.pm b/lib/PBot/VERSION.pm
index 9ba482de..a3b822ed 100644
--- a/lib/PBot/VERSION.pm
+++ b/lib/PBot/VERSION.pm
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ use PBot::Imports;
 # These are set by the /misc/update_version script
 use constant {
     BUILD_NAME     => "PBot",
-    BUILD_REVISION => 4876,
+    BUILD_REVISION => 4877,
     BUILD_DATE     => "2025-07-20",
 };