diff --git a/js/block.js b/js/block.js
index ff125a27b6..2af7be4db5 100644
--- a/js/block.js
+++ b/js/block.js
@@ -2471,28 +2471,35 @@ class Block {
                 c2 = this.blocks.blockList[c].connections[2];
                 if (this.blocks.blockList[c2].name === "number") {
                     if (this.blocks.blockList[c1].name === "solfege") {
-                        const solfnotes_ = _("ti la sol fa mi re do").split(" ");
+                        // English reference for logic
+                        const solfnotesRef = ["ti", "la", "sol", "fa", "mi", "re", "do"];
+                        // Localized notes for display
+                        const solfnotesLocalized = _("ti la sol fa mi re do").split(" ");
+
                         const stripped = this.blocks.blockList[c1].value
                             .replace(SHARP, "")
                             .replace(FLAT, "")
                             .replace(DOUBLESHARP, "")
                             .replace(DOUBLEFLAT, "");
-                        const i = ["ti", "la", "sol", "fa", "mi", "re", "do"].indexOf(stripped);
+
+                        const i = solfnotesRef.indexOf(stripped);
+                        if (i === -1) {
+                            // fallback if note not found
+                            return stripped + " " + this.blocks.blockList[c2].value;
+                        }
+
                         if (this.blocks.blockList[c1].value.includes(SHARP)) {
-                            return solfnotes_[i] + SHARP + " " + this.blocks.blockList[c2].value;
+                            return solfnotesLocalized[i] + SHARP + " " + this.blocks.blockList[c2].value;
                         } else if (this.blocks.blockList[c1].value.includes(FLAT)) {
-                            return solfnotes_[i] + FLAT + " " + this.blocks.blockList[c2].value;
+                            return solfnotesLocalized[i] + FLAT + " " + this.blocks.blockList[c2].value;
                         } else if (this.blocks.blockList[c1].value.includes(DOUBLESHARP)) {
-                            return (
-                                solfnotes_[i] + DOUBLESHARP + " " + this.blocks.blockList[c2].value
-                            );
+                            return solfnotesLocalized[i] + DOUBLESHARP + " " + this.blocks.blockList[c2].value;
                         } else if (this.blocks.blockList[c1].value.includes(DOUBLEFLAT)) {
-                            return (
-                                solfnotes_[i] + DOUBLEFLAT + " " + this.blocks.blockList[c2].value
-                            );
+                            return solfnotesLocalized[i] + DOUBLEFLAT + " " + this.blocks.blockList[c2].value;
                         } else {
-                            return solfnotes_[i] + " " + this.blocks.blockList[c2].value;
+                            return solfnotesLocalized[i] + " " + this.blocks.blockList[c2].value;
                         }
+
                     } else if (this.blocks.blockList[c1].name === "notename") {
                         return (
                             this.blocks.blockList[c1].value + " " + this.blocks.blockList[c2].value
diff --git a/js/utils/utils.js b/js/utils/utils.js
index c6940e2359..93317952ae 100644
--- a/js/utils/utils.js
+++ b/js/utils/utils.js
@@ -94,28 +94,8 @@ function _(text, options = {}) {
             };
 
             translated = resolveObj(text);
-            if (!translated || translated === text) translated = resolveObj(cleanedText);
-            if (!translated || translated === text) translated = resolveObj(text.toLowerCase());
-            if (!translated || translated === text) {
-                const titleCase = text.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + text.slice(1).toLowerCase();
-                translated = resolveObj(titleCase);
-            }
-            if (!translated || translated === text) {
-                const hyphenatedText = cleanedText.replace(/ /g, "-");
-                translated = resolveObj(hyphenatedText);
-            }
         } else {
             translated = i18next.t(text, options);
-            if (!translated || translated === text) translated = i18next.t(cleanedText, options);
-            if (!translated || translated === text) translated = i18next.t(text.toLowerCase(), options);
-            if (!translated || translated === text) {
-                const titleCase = text.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + text.slice(1).toLowerCase();
-                translated = i18next.t(titleCase, options);
-            }
-            if (!translated || translated === text) {
-                const hyphenatedText = cleanedText.replace(/ /g, "-");
-                translated = i18next.t(hyphenatedText, options);
-            }
         }
 
         return translated || text;
@@ -1649,4 +1629,4 @@ if (typeof module !== "undefined" && module.exports) {
         hexToRGB,
         hex2rgb
     };
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}