diff --git a/bot/plugins/deepl.py b/bot/plugins/deepl.py
index 813122a..062ac40 100644
--- a/bot/plugins/deepl.py
+++ b/bot/plugins/deepl.py
@@ -49,4 +49,5 @@ class DeeplTranslatePlugin(Plugin):
             "text": kwargs['text'],
             "target_lang": kwargs['to_language']
         }
-        return requests.post(url, headers=headers, data=data).json()["translations"][0]["text"]
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+        translated_text = requests.post(url, headers=headers, data=data).json()["translations"][0]["text"]
+        return translated_text.encode('unicode-escape').decode('unicode-escape')
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