--- a/Plugins/UiExtensionPlugins/Translator/TranslatorEngines/MyMemoryEngine.py	Mon Aug 13 16:46:25 2018 +0200
+++ b/Plugins/UiExtensionPlugins/Translator/TranslatorEngines/MyMemoryEngine.py	Tue Aug 21 11:43:00 2018 +0200
@@ -92,8 +92,8 @@
             keyParam, emailParam)
         url = QUrl(self.TranslatorUrl + params)
         response, ok = requestObject.get(url)
-        response = str(response, "utf-8", "replace")
         if ok:
+            response = str(response, "utf-8", "replace")
             try:
                 responseDict = json.loads(response)
             except ValueError: