diff --git a/src/catalog_xliff.cpp b/src/catalog_xliff.cpp
index 44f5772293..955af858a1 100644
--- a/src/catalog_xliff.cpp
+++ b/src/catalog_xliff.cpp
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ class XLIFF12CatalogItem : public XLIFFCatalogItem
         }
         else
         {
-            m_translations.emplace_back("");
+            m_translations.push_back("");
         }
 
         for (auto note: node.children("note"))
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ class XLIFF2CatalogItem : public XLIFFCatalogItem
         }
         else
         {
-            m_translations.emplace_back("");
+            m_translations.push_back("");
         }
 
         std::string state = node.attribute("subState").value();
diff --git a/src/str_helpers.h b/src/str_helpers.h
index abd6ad5a5f..c89121d574 100644
--- a/src/str_helpers.h
+++ b/src/str_helpers.h
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ inline wxString to_wx(const char *utf8)
 
 inline wxString to_wx(const std::string& utf8)
 {
-    return wxString::FromUTF8(utf8);
+    return wxString::FromUTF8(utf8.c_str());
 }
 
 #if defined(__cplusplus) && defined(__OBJC__)