diff --git a/Subtrees/beast/modules/beast_core/text/beast_LocalisedStrings.cpp b/Subtrees/beast/modules/beast_core/text/beast_LocalisedStrings.cpp
index 95866d491..ca734b478 100644
--- a/Subtrees/beast/modules/beast_core/text/beast_LocalisedStrings.cpp
+++ b/Subtrees/beast/modules/beast_core/text/beast_LocalisedStrings.cpp
@@ -150,26 +150,12 @@ LocalisedStrings* LocalisedStrings::getCurrentMappings()
     return currentMappings;
 }
 
-String LocalisedStrings::translateWithCurrentMappings (const String& text)
-{
-    return beast::translate (text);
-}
+String LocalisedStrings::translateWithCurrentMappings (const String& text)  { return beast::translate (text); }
+String LocalisedStrings::translateWithCurrentMappings (const char* text)    { return beast::translate (text); }
 
-String LocalisedStrings::translateWithCurrentMappings (const char* text)
-{
-    return beast::translate (String (text));
-}
-
-String translate (const String& text)
-{
-    return translate (text, text);
-}
-
-String translate (const char* const literal)
-{
-    const String text (literal);
-    return translate (text, text);
-}
+String translate (const String& text)       { return beast::translate (text, text); }
+String translate (const char* text)         { return beast::translate (String (text)); }
+String translate (CharPointer_UTF8 text)    { return beast::translate (String (text)); }
 
 String translate (const String& text, const String& resultIfNotFound)
 {
diff --git a/Subtrees/beast/modules/beast_core/text/beast_LocalisedStrings.h b/Subtrees/beast/modules/beast_core/text/beast_LocalisedStrings.h
index c8163b318..4e39c1fe5 100644
--- a/Subtrees/beast/modules/beast_core/text/beast_LocalisedStrings.h
+++ b/Subtrees/beast/modules/beast_core/text/beast_LocalisedStrings.h
@@ -65,12 +65,12 @@
     printSomething (TRANS("hello"));
     @endcode
 
-    This macro is used in the Beast classes themselves, so your application has a chance to
-    intercept and translate any internal Beast text strings that might be shown. (You can easily
-    get a list of all the messages by searching for the TRANS() macro in the Beast source
+    This macro is used in the Juce classes themselves, so your application has a chance to
+    intercept and translate any internal Juce text strings that might be shown. (You can easily
+    get a list of all the messages by searching for the TRANS() macro in the Juce source
     code).
 */
-class BEAST_API LocalisedStrings : LeakChecked <LocalisedStrings>
+class BEAST_API  LocalisedStrings : LeakChecked <LocalisedStrings>
 {
 public:
     //==============================================================================
@@ -208,6 +208,11 @@ String translate (const String& stringLiteral);
 */
 String translate (const char* stringLiteral);
 
+/** Uses the LocalisedStrings class to translate the given string literal.
+    @see LocalisedStrings
+*/
+String translate (CharPointer_UTF8 stringLiteral);
+
 /** Uses the LocalisedStrings class to translate the given string literal.
     @see LocalisedStrings
 */