diff --git a/src/App/DocumentPyImp.cpp b/src/App/DocumentPyImp.cpp
index bfcbf04b71..cd27cd4900 100644
--- a/src/App/DocumentPyImp.cpp
+++ b/src/App/DocumentPyImp.cpp
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ PyObject*  DocumentPy::openTransaction(PyObject *args)
     }
 #else
     else if (PyUnicode_Check(value)) {
-        PyObject* unicode = PyUnicode_AsLatin1String(value);
+        PyObject* unicode = PyUnicode_AsUTF8String(value);
         cmd = PyString_AsString(unicode);
         Py_DECREF(unicode);
     }
diff --git a/src/Mod/Arch/ArchWall.py b/src/Mod/Arch/ArchWall.py
index 46bce12f4d..f0e4e576b4 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Arch/ArchWall.py
+++ b/src/Mod/Arch/ArchWall.py
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ class _CommandWall:
                 self.Activated()
 
     def addDefault(self,l):
-        FreeCADGui.doCommand('base=FreeCAD.ActiveDocument.addObject("Sketcher::SketchObject","'+translate('Arch','WallTrace')+'")')
+        FreeCADGui.doCommand('base=FreeCAD.ActiveDocument.addObject("Sketcher::SketchObject","WallTrace")')
         FreeCADGui.doCommand('base.Placement = FreeCAD.DraftWorkingPlane.getPlacement()')
         FreeCADGui.doCommand('base.addGeometry(trace)')
         FreeCADGui.doCommand('wall = Arch.makeWall(base,width='+str(self.Width)+',height='+str(self.Height)+',align="'+str(self.Align)+'")')