diff --git a/bin/osv/orm.py b/bin/osv/orm.py
index d6fd67745e7..a495cd9063e 100644
--- a/bin/osv/orm.py
+++ b/bin/osv/orm.py
@@ -1349,13 +1349,13 @@ class orm_template(object):
         # translate view
         if ('lang' in context) and not result:
             if node.get('string'):
-                trans = self.pool.get('ir.translation')._get_source(cr, user, self._name, 'view', context['lang'], node.get('string').encode('utf8'))
+                trans = self.pool.get('ir.translation')._get_source(cr, user, self._name, 'view', context['lang'], node.get('string'))
                 if not trans and ('base_model_name' in context):
-                    trans = self.pool.get('ir.translation')._get_source(cr, user, context['base_model_name'], 'view', context['lang'], node.get('string').encode('utf8'))
+                    trans = self.pool.get('ir.translation')._get_source(cr, user, context['base_model_name'], 'view', context['lang'], node.get('string'))
                 if trans:
                     node.set('string', trans)
             if node.get('sum'):
-                trans = self.pool.get('ir.translation')._get_source(cr, user, self._name, 'view', context['lang'], node.get('sum').encode('utf8'))
+                trans = self.pool.get('ir.translation')._get_source(cr, user, self._name, 'view', context['lang'], node.get('sum'))
                 if trans:
                     node.set('sum', trans)