diff --git a/priv/msgs/ca.msg b/priv/msgs/ca.msg
index 44f4e196b..12c1ccfcd 100644
--- a/priv/msgs/ca.msg
+++ b/priv/msgs/ca.msg
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-%% -*- coding: latin-1 -*-
+%% -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 {" (Add * to the end of field to match substring)"," (Afegix * al final d'un camp per a buscar subcadenes)"}.
 {" has set the subject to: "," ha posat l'assumpte: "}.
 {"A password is required to enter this room","Es necessita contrasenya per a entrar en aquesta sala"}.
diff --git a/priv/msgs/cs.msg b/priv/msgs/cs.msg
index 8fdda6da6..15b38bd4c 100644
--- a/priv/msgs/cs.msg
+++ b/priv/msgs/cs.msg
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-%% -*- coding: latin-1 -*-
+%% -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 {"Accept","Přijmout"}.
 {"Access denied by service policy","Přístup byl zamítnut nastavením služby"}.
 {"Action on user","Akce aplikovaná na uživatele"}.
diff --git a/priv/msgs/de.msg b/priv/msgs/de.msg
index eb5213904..71d7b5037 100644
--- a/priv/msgs/de.msg
+++ b/priv/msgs/de.msg
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-%% -*- coding: latin-1 -*-
+%% -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 {"Accept","Akzeptieren"}.
 {"Access denied by service policy","Zugang aufgrund der Dienstrichtlinien verweigert"}.
 {"Action on user","Aktion auf Benutzer"}.
diff --git a/priv/msgs/el.msg b/priv/msgs/el.msg
index 5000f448e..cf37295b9 100644
--- a/priv/msgs/el.msg
+++ b/priv/msgs/el.msg
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-%% -*- coding: latin-1 -*-
+%% -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 {"Accept","Αποδοχή"}.
 {"Access denied by service policy","Άρνηση πρόσβασης, λόγω τακτικής παροχής υπηρεσιών"}.
 {"Action on user","Eνέργεια για το χρήστη"}.
diff --git a/priv/msgs/eo.msg b/priv/msgs/eo.msg
index f86c80148..3df4c8802 100644
--- a/priv/msgs/eo.msg
+++ b/priv/msgs/eo.msg
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-%% -*- coding: latin-1 -*-
+%% -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 {"Access denied by service policy","Atingo rifuzita de serv-politiko"}.
 {"Action on user","Ago je uzanto"}.
 {"Add Jabber ID","Aldonu Jabber ID"}.
diff --git a/priv/msgs/es.msg b/priv/msgs/es.msg
index 1092cb1ae..dee284701 100644
--- a/priv/msgs/es.msg
+++ b/priv/msgs/es.msg
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-%% -*- coding: latin-1 -*-
+%% -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 {" (Add * to the end of field to match substring)","(Añade * al final del campo para buscar subcadenas)"}.
 {" has set the subject to: "," ha puesto el asunto: "}.
 {"A password is required to enter this room"," (Añade * al final del campo para buscar subcadenas)"}.
diff --git a/priv/msgs/fr.msg b/priv/msgs/fr.msg
index 205cb38c8..0de02d5cc 100644
--- a/priv/msgs/fr.msg
+++ b/priv/msgs/fr.msg
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-%% -*- coding: latin-1 -*-
+%% -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 {"Accept","Accepter"}.
 {"Access denied by service policy","L'accès au service est refusé"}.
 {"Action on user","Action sur l'utilisateur"}.
diff --git a/priv/msgs/gl.msg b/priv/msgs/gl.msg
index 87edae308..20ef00890 100644
--- a/priv/msgs/gl.msg
+++ b/priv/msgs/gl.msg
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-%% -*- coding: latin-1 -*-
+%% -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 {"Accept","Aceptar"}.
 {"Access denied by service policy","Acceso denegado pola política do servizo"}.
 {"Action on user","Acción no usuario"}.
diff --git a/priv/msgs/he.msg b/priv/msgs/he.msg
index b751a0b4f..b9625ca54 100644
--- a/priv/msgs/he.msg
+++ b/priv/msgs/he.msg
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-%% -*- coding: latin-1 -*-
+%% -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 {"Accept","קבל"}.
 {"Access denied by service policy","גישה נדחתה על ידי פוליסת שירות"}.
 {"Action on user","פעולה על משתמש"}.
diff --git a/priv/msgs/id.msg b/priv/msgs/id.msg
index a3b9c7b89..7fc84b8fb 100644
--- a/priv/msgs/id.msg
+++ b/priv/msgs/id.msg
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-%% -*- coding: latin-1 -*-
+%% -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 {"Access denied by service policy","Akses ditolak oleh kebijakan layanan"}.
 {"Action on user","Tindakan pada pengguna"}.
 {"Add Jabber ID","Tambah Jabber ID"}.
diff --git a/priv/msgs/it.msg b/priv/msgs/it.msg
index d98e2c61d..d9855c8af 100644
--- a/priv/msgs/it.msg
+++ b/priv/msgs/it.msg
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-%% -*- coding: latin-1 -*-
+%% -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 {"Access denied by service policy","Accesso impedito dalle politiche del servizio"}.
 {"Action on user","Azione sull'utente"}.
 {"Add Jabber ID","Aggiungere un Jabber ID (Jabber ID)"}.
diff --git a/priv/msgs/ja.msg b/priv/msgs/ja.msg
index fd8065aa6..a2882ace5 100644
--- a/priv/msgs/ja.msg
+++ b/priv/msgs/ja.msg
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-%% -*- coding: latin-1 -*-
+%% -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 {"Accept","許可"}.
 {"Access denied by service policy","サービスポリシーによってアクセスが禁止されました"}.
 {"Action on user","ユーザー操作"}.
diff --git a/priv/msgs/nl.msg b/priv/msgs/nl.msg
index caae045a8..8009d529f 100644
--- a/priv/msgs/nl.msg
+++ b/priv/msgs/nl.msg
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-%% -*- coding: latin-1 -*-
+%% -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 {"Access denied by service policy","De toegang werd geweigerd door het beleid van deze dienst"}.
 {"Action on user","Actie op gebruiker"}.
 {"Add Jabber ID","Jabber ID toevoegen"}.
diff --git a/priv/msgs/no.msg b/priv/msgs/no.msg
index 2a9122596..bd40f4b07 100644
--- a/priv/msgs/no.msg
+++ b/priv/msgs/no.msg
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-%% -*- coding: latin-1 -*-
+%% -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 {"Access denied by service policy","Tilgang nektes på grunn av en tjeneste regel"}.
 {"Action on user","Handling på bruker"}.
 {"Add Jabber ID","Legg til Jabber ID"}.
diff --git a/priv/msgs/pl.msg b/priv/msgs/pl.msg
index d720683dc..2ca75b259 100644
--- a/priv/msgs/pl.msg
+++ b/priv/msgs/pl.msg
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-%% -*- coding: latin-1 -*-
+%% -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 {"Accept","Zaakceptuj"}.
 {"Access denied by service policy","Dostęp zabroniony zgodnie z zasadami usługi"}.
 {"Action on user","Wykonaj na użytkowniku"}.
diff --git a/priv/msgs/pt-br.msg b/priv/msgs/pt-br.msg
index b353d4b67..47255063e 100644
--- a/priv/msgs/pt-br.msg
+++ b/priv/msgs/pt-br.msg
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-%% -*- coding: latin-1 -*-
+%% -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 {"Accept","Aceito"}.
 {"Access denied by service policy","Acesso negado pela política do serviço"}.
 {"Action on user","Ação no usuário"}.
diff --git a/priv/msgs/pt.msg b/priv/msgs/pt.msg
index 2581294fd..6c9ccef64 100644
--- a/priv/msgs/pt.msg
+++ b/priv/msgs/pt.msg
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-%% -*- coding: latin-1 -*-
+%% -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 {"Access denied by service policy","Acesso negado pela política de serviço"}.
 {"Action on user","Acção no utilizador"}.
 {"Add New","Adicionar novo"}.
diff --git a/priv/msgs/ru.msg b/priv/msgs/ru.msg
index 82a21a0e2..f7dff97ea 100644
--- a/priv/msgs/ru.msg
+++ b/priv/msgs/ru.msg
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-%% -*- coding: latin-1 -*-
+%% -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 {"Accept","Принять"}.
 {"Access denied by service policy","Доступ запрещён политикой службы"}.
 {"Account doesn't exist","Учётная запись не существует"}.
diff --git a/priv/msgs/sk.msg b/priv/msgs/sk.msg
index c8e161886..af1c7d1ca 100644
--- a/priv/msgs/sk.msg
+++ b/priv/msgs/sk.msg
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-%% -*- coding: latin-1 -*-
+%% -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 {"Access denied by service policy","Prístup bol zamietnutý nastavením služby"}.
 {"Action on user","Operácia aplikovaná na užívateľa"}.
 {"Add Jabber ID","Pridať Jabber ID"}.
diff --git a/priv/msgs/sv.msg b/priv/msgs/sv.msg
index 3ef33c366..472c4f901 100644
--- a/priv/msgs/sv.msg
+++ b/priv/msgs/sv.msg
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-%% -*- coding: latin-1 -*-
+%% -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 {"Access denied by service policy","Åtkomst nekad enligt lokal policy"}.
 {"Action on user","Handling mot användare"}.
 {"Add Jabber ID","Lägg till Jabber ID"}.
diff --git a/priv/msgs/th.msg b/priv/msgs/th.msg
index cd41a4015..190e861e6 100644
--- a/priv/msgs/th.msg
+++ b/priv/msgs/th.msg
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-%% -*- coding: latin-1 -*-
+%% -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 {"Access denied by service policy","การเข้าถึงถูกปฏิเสธโดยนโยบายการบริการ"}.
 {"Action on user","การดำเนินการกับผู้ใช้"}.
 {"Add Jabber ID","เพิ่ม Jabber ID"}.
diff --git a/priv/msgs/tr.msg b/priv/msgs/tr.msg
index 784aaa54b..73478501e 100644
--- a/priv/msgs/tr.msg
+++ b/priv/msgs/tr.msg
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-%% -*- coding: latin-1 -*-
+%% -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 {"Access denied by service policy","Servis politikası gereği erişim engellendi"}.
 {"Action on user","Kullanıcıya uygulanacak eylem"}.
 {"Add Jabber ID","Jabber ID'si Ekle"}.
diff --git a/priv/msgs/uk.msg b/priv/msgs/uk.msg
index 98866cf51..0fbc336d5 100644
--- a/priv/msgs/uk.msg
+++ b/priv/msgs/uk.msg
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-%% -*- coding: latin-1 -*-
+%% -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 {"Accept","Прийняти"}.
 {"Access denied by service policy","Доступ заборонений політикою служби"}.
 {"Action on user","Дія над користувачем"}.
diff --git a/priv/msgs/vi.msg b/priv/msgs/vi.msg
index 360ac7d9f..e270f1cac 100644
--- a/priv/msgs/vi.msg
+++ b/priv/msgs/vi.msg
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-%% -*- coding: latin-1 -*-
+%% -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 {"Access denied by service policy","Sự truy cập bị chặn theo chính sách phục vụ"}.
 {"Action on user","Hành động đối với người sử dụng"}.
 {"Add Jabber ID","Thêm Jabber ID"}.
diff --git a/priv/msgs/wa.msg b/priv/msgs/wa.msg
index 69fc6552e..ca1428fde 100644
--- a/priv/msgs/wa.msg
+++ b/priv/msgs/wa.msg
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-%% -*- coding: latin-1 -*-
+%% -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 {"Accept","Accepter"}.
 {"Access denied by service policy","L' accès a stî rfuzé pal politike do siervice"}.
 {"Action on user","Accion so l' uzeu"}.
diff --git a/priv/msgs/zh.msg b/priv/msgs/zh.msg
index 7eeb71637..4ea909031 100644
--- a/priv/msgs/zh.msg
+++ b/priv/msgs/zh.msg
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-%% -*- coding: latin-1 -*-
+%% -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 {"Accept","接受"}.
 {"Access denied by service policy","访问被服务策略拒绝"}.
 {"Action on user","对用户的动作"}.
diff --git a/src/translate.erl b/src/translate.erl
index 72028e60a..11237114c 100644
--- a/src/translate.erl
+++ b/src/translate.erl
@@ -145,12 +145,12 @@ load(Files, Dir) ->
 				     {error, file:filename(), error_reason()}].
 load_file(File) ->
     Lang = lang_of_file(File),
-    case file:consult(File) of
+    try file:consult(File) of
 	{ok, Lines} ->
 	    lists:map(
 	      fun({In, Out}) ->
-		      try {unicode:characters_to_binary(In, utf8),
-			   unicode:characters_to_binary(Out, utf8)} of
+		      try {unicode:characters_to_binary(In),
+			   unicode:characters_to_binary(Out)} of
 			  {InB, OutB} when is_binary(InB), is_binary(OutB) ->
 			      {{Lang, InB}, OutB};
 			  _ ->
@@ -163,6 +163,11 @@ load_file(File) ->
 	      end, Lines);
 	{error, Reason} ->
 	    [{error, File, Reason}]
+    catch _:{case_clause, {error, _}} ->
+	    %% At the moment of the writing there was a bug in
+	    %% file:consult_stream/3 - it doesn't process {error, term()}
+	    %% result from io:read/3
+	    [{error, File, bad_file}]
     end.
 
 -spec translate(binary(), binary()) -> binary().
@@ -299,7 +304,7 @@ lang_of_file(FileName) ->
 format_error(bad_file) ->
     "corrupted or invalid translation file";
 format_error(bad_encoding) ->
-    "not an UTF-8 encoding";
+    "cannot translate from UTF-8";
 format_error({_, _, _} = Reason) ->
     "at line " ++ file:format_error(Reason);
 format_error(Reason) ->
diff --git a/tools/prepare-tr.sh b/tools/prepare-tr.sh
index 2d39aaf59..d8f7753a6 100755
--- a/tools/prepare-tr.sh
+++ b/tools/prepare-tr.sh
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ extract_lang_po2msg ()
 	msgattrib $PO_PATH --translated --no-fuzzy --no-obsolete --no-location --no-wrap | grep "^msg" | tail --lines=+3 >$MS_PATH
 	grep "^msgid" $PO_PATH.ms | sed 's/^msgid //g' >$MSGID_PATH
 	grep "^msgstr" $PO_PATH.ms | sed 's/^msgstr //g' >$MSGSTR_PATH
-	echo "%% -*- coding: latin-1 -*-" >$MSGS_PATH
+	echo "%% -*- coding: utf-8 -*-" >$MSGS_PATH
 	paste $MSGID_PATH $MSGSTR_PATH --delimiter=, | awk '{print "{" $0 "}."}' | sort -g >>$MSGS_PATH
 
 	rm $MS_PATH