diff --git a/WTE/plugin.py b/WTE/plugin.py
index 7dabcc2..5f64940 100644
--- a/WTE/plugin.py
+++ b/WTE/plugin.py
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 
 ###
 
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 import supybot.utils as utils
 from supybot.commands import *
 import supybot.plugins as plugins
@@ -40,6 +41,8 @@ try: # Python 3
     from urllib.parse import urlencode
 except ImportError: # Python 2
     from urllib import urlencode
+from sys import version_info
+
 try:
     from supybot.i18n import PluginInternationalization
     _ = PluginInternationalization('WTE')
@@ -66,6 +69,8 @@ class WTE(callbacks.Plugin):
         'ur', 'pl', 'eo', 'yo', 'en', 'yi')
 
     def getTranslation(self, irc, sourceLang, targetLang, text):
+        if version_info[0] < 3:
+            text = text.encode("utf-8")
         url = "http://translate.google.com/translate_a/t?"+ \
             urlencode({"client": "p",
                 "sl":sourceLang, "tl":targetLang,
diff --git a/WTE/test.py b/WTE/test.py
index 2ae57de..b314776 100644
--- a/WTE/test.py
+++ b/WTE/test.py
@@ -33,5 +33,10 @@ from supybot.test import *
 class WTETestCase(PluginTestCase):
     plugins = ('WTE',)
 
+    def testWTE(self):
+        m = self.getMsg("wte The quick brown fox jumps over "
+            "the lazy dog.")
+        print('\nResponse: %s' % m.args[1])
+        assert m, 'No response found.'
 
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