diff --git a/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/config/PaceConfig.java b/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/config/PaceConfig.java
index 490fbafc4f..939f6c0374 100644
--- a/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/config/PaceConfig.java
+++ b/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/config/PaceConfig.java
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import org.apache.commons.collections.CollectionUtils;
 import org.codehaus.jackson.annotate.JsonIgnore;
 
 import java.io.Serializable;
+import java.text.Normalizer;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
@@ -46,7 +47,9 @@ public class PaceConfig implements Serializable {
 		translationMap = Maps.newHashMap();
 		for (String key : synonyms.keySet()) {
 			for (String term : synonyms.get(key)){
-				translationMap.put(term.toLowerCase(), key);
+				translationMap.put(
+						Normalizer.normalize(term.toLowerCase(), Normalizer.Form.NFD),
+				key);
 			}
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/dnet-pace-core/src/test/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/config/ConfigTest.java b/dnet-pace-core/src/test/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/config/ConfigTest.java
index 575b3c7863..fd16f73900 100644
--- a/dnet-pace-core/src/test/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/config/ConfigTest.java
+++ b/dnet-pace-core/src/test/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/config/ConfigTest.java
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ public class ConfigTest extends AbstractPaceTest {
 
 	@Test
 	public void dedupConfigSerializationTest() {
-		final DedupConfig cfgFromClasspath = DedupConfig.load(readFromClasspath("result.pace.conf.json"));
+		final DedupConfig cfgFromClasspath = DedupConfig.load(readFromClasspath("org.curr.conf"));
 
 		final String conf = cfgFromClasspath.toString();
 
@@ -37,4 +37,12 @@ public class ConfigTest extends AbstractPaceTest {
 		System.out.println(load.toString());
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void translationMapTest() {
+
+		DedupConfig load = DedupConfig.load(readFromClasspath("org.curr.conf"));
+
+		System.out.println("translationMap = " + load.getPace().translationMap().toString());
+	}
+
 }