diff --git a/src/uu/tr/src/tr.rs b/src/uu/tr/src/tr.rs
index 09c4304a5..e04737a45 100644
--- a/src/uu/tr/src/tr.rs
+++ b/src/uu/tr/src/tr.rs
@@ -151,6 +151,35 @@ impl SymbolTranslator for TranslateOperation {
     }
 }
 
+struct TranslateAndSqueezeOperation {
+    translate: TranslateOperation,
+    squeeze: SqueezeOperation,
+}
+
+impl TranslateAndSqueezeOperation {
+    fn new(
+        set1: ExpandSet,
+        set2: &mut ExpandSet,
+        set2_: ExpandSet,
+        truncate: bool,
+        complement: bool,
+    ) -> TranslateAndSqueezeOperation {
+        TranslateAndSqueezeOperation {
+            translate: TranslateOperation::new(set1, set2, truncate),
+            squeeze: SqueezeOperation::new(set2_, complement),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl SymbolTranslator for TranslateAndSqueezeOperation {
+    fn translate(&self, c: char, prev_c: char) -> Option<char> {
+        // `unwrap()` will never panic because `Translate.translate()`
+        // always returns `Some`.
+        self.squeeze
+            .translate(self.translate.translate(c, 0 as char).unwrap(), prev_c)
+    }
+}
+
 fn translate_input<T: SymbolTranslator>(
     input: &mut dyn BufRead,
     output: &mut dyn Write,
@@ -168,8 +197,11 @@ fn translate_input<T: SymbolTranslator>(
             // isolation to make borrow checker happy
             let filtered = buf.chars().filter_map(|c| {
                 let res = translator.translate(c, prev_c);
+                // Set `prev_c` to the post-translate character. This
+                // allows the squeeze operation to correctly function
+                // after the translate operation.
                 if res.is_some() {
-                    prev_c = c;
+                    prev_c = res.unwrap();
                 }
                 res
             });
@@ -282,53 +314,16 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> i32 {
             let op = SqueezeOperation::new(set1, complement_flag);
             translate_input(&mut locked_stdin, &mut buffered_stdout, op);
         } else {
-            // Define a closure that computes the translation using a hash map.
-            //
-            // The `unwrap()` should never panic because the
-            // `TranslateOperation.translate()` method always returns
-            // `Some`.
             let mut set2 = ExpandSet::new(sets[1].as_ref());
-            let translator = TranslateOperation::new(set1, &mut set2, truncate_flag);
-            let translate = |c| translator.translate(c, 0 as char).unwrap();
-
-            // Prepare some variables to be used for the closure that
-            // computes the squeeze operation.
-            //
-            // The `squeeze()` closure needs to be defined anew for
-            // each line of input, but these variables do not change
-            // while reading the input so they can be defined before
-            // the `while` loop.
-            let set2 = ExpandSet::new(sets[1].as_ref());
-            let squeezer = SqueezeOperation::new(set2, complement_flag);
-
-            // Prepare some memory to read each line of the input (`buf`) and to write
-            let mut buf = String::with_capacity(BUFFER_LEN + 4);
-
-            // Loop over each line of stdin.
-            while let Ok(length) = locked_stdin.read_line(&mut buf) {
-                if length == 0 {
-                    break;
-                }
-
-                // Define a closure that computes the squeeze operation.
-                //
-                // We keep track of the previously seen character on
-                // each call to `squeeze()`, but we need to reset the
-                // `prev_c` variable at the beginning of each line of
-                // the input. That's why we define the closure inside
-                // the `while` loop.
-                let mut prev_c = 0 as char;
-                let squeeze = |c| {
-                    let result = squeezer.translate(c, prev_c);
-                    prev_c = c;
-                    result
-                };
-
-                // First translate, then squeeze each character of the input line.
-                let filtered: String = buf.chars().map(translate).filter_map(squeeze).collect();
-                buf.clear();
-                buffered_stdout.write_all(filtered.as_bytes()).unwrap();
-            }
+            let set2_ = ExpandSet::new(sets[1].as_ref());
+            let op = TranslateAndSqueezeOperation::new(
+                set1,
+                &mut set2,
+                set2_,
+                complement_flag,
+                truncate_flag,
+            );
+            translate_input(&mut locked_stdin, &mut buffered_stdout, op);
         }
     } else {
         let mut set2 = ExpandSet::new(sets[1].as_ref());