@@ -259,6 +259,7 @@ def _wrap_result(
 fill_value=np.nan,
 returns_string: bool = True,
 returns_bool: bool = False,
+dtype=None,
 ):
 from pandas import (
 Index,
@@ -379,29 +380,29 @@ def cons_row(x):
 out = out.get_level_values(0)
 return out
 else:
-return Index(result, name=name)
+return Index(result, name=name, dtype=dtype)
 else:
 index = self._orig.index
 # This is a mess.
-dtype: DtypeObj | str | None
+_dtype: DtypeObj | str | None = dtype
 vdtype = getattr(result, "dtype", None)
 if self._is_string:
 if is_bool_dtype(vdtype):
-dtype = result.dtype
+_dtype = result.dtype
 elif returns_string:
-dtype = self._orig.dtype
+_dtype = self._orig.dtype
 else:
-dtype = vdtype
-else:
-dtype = vdtype
+_dtype = vdtype
+elif vdtype is not None:
+_dtype = vdtype
 
 if expand:
 cons = self._orig._constructor_expanddim
-result = cons(result, columns=name, index=index, dtype=dtype)
+result = cons(result, columns=name, index=index, dtype=_dtype)
 else:
 # Must be a Series
 cons = self._orig._constructor
-result = cons(result, name=name, index=index, dtype=dtype)
+result = cons(result, name=name, index=index, dtype=_dtype)
 result = result.__finalize__(self._orig, method="str")
 if name is not None and result.ndim == 1:
 # __finalize__ might copy over the original name, but we may
@@ -2317,7 +2318,8 @@ def translate(self, table):
 dtype: object
 """
 result = self._data.array._str_translate(table)
-return self._wrap_result(result)
+dtype = object if self._data.dtype == "object" else None
+return self._wrap_result(result, dtype=dtype)
 
 @forbid_nonstring_types(["bytes"])
 def count(self, pat, flags: int = 0):