diff --git a/debug_translate b/debug_translate
index 5f03fe0c..c1991abe 100755
--- a/debug_translate
+++ b/debug_translate
@@ -19,8 +19,10 @@
 
 set -e
 
+echo "  braces"
+cat $*          |apps/braces          > a.braces
 echo "  calls"
-cat $*          |apps/calls           > a.calls
+cat a.braces    |apps/calls           > a.calls
 echo "  sigils"
 cat a.calls     |apps/sigils          > a.sigils
 
diff --git a/ntranslate b/ntranslate
index 457fb1c9..9b8eb28c 100755
--- a/ntranslate
+++ b/ntranslate
@@ -19,7 +19,9 @@ set -e
 
 ./build
 
-cat $*          |apps/calls    > a.calls
+cat $*          |apps/braces   > a.braces
+
+cat a.braces    |apps/calls    > a.calls
 
 cat a.calls     |apps/sigils   > a.sigils
 
diff --git a/translate b/translate
index 88783c15..639d924e 100755
--- a/translate
+++ b/translate
@@ -20,8 +20,11 @@ set -e
 
 ./build
 
+echo "  braces"
+cat $*          |./subx_bin run apps/braces   > a.braces
+
 echo "  calls"
-cat $*          |./subx_bin run apps/calls    > a.calls
+cat a.braces    |./subx_bin run apps/calls    > a.calls
 
 echo "  sigils"
 cat a.calls     |./subx_bin run apps/sigils   > a.sigils