diff --git a/src/Cafe/Filesystem/FST/KeyCache.cpp b/src/Cafe/Filesystem/FST/KeyCache.cpp
index 4235877d..6699f49b 100644
--- a/src/Cafe/Filesystem/FST/KeyCache.cpp
+++ b/src/Cafe/Filesystem/FST/KeyCache.cpp
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ void KeyCache_Prepare()
 			continue;
 		if( strishex(line) == false )
 		{
-			auto errorMsg = fmt::format(fmt::runtime(_tr("Error in keys.txt at line {}")), lineNumber);
+			auto errorMsg = _tr("Error in keys.txt at line {}", lineNumber);
 			WindowSystem::showErrorDialog(errorMsg, WindowSystem::ErrorCategory::KEYS_TXT_CREATION);
 			continue;
 		}
diff --git a/src/Cafe/GraphicPack/GraphicPack2Patches.cpp b/src/Cafe/GraphicPack/GraphicPack2Patches.cpp
index 0838b1b5..3236341a 100644
--- a/src/Cafe/GraphicPack/GraphicPack2Patches.cpp
+++ b/src/Cafe/GraphicPack/GraphicPack2Patches.cpp
@@ -43,9 +43,9 @@ void PatchErrorHandler::showStageErrorMessageBox()
 	if (m_gp)
 	{
 		if (m_stage == STAGE::PARSER)
-			errorMsg.assign(fmt::format(fmt::runtime(_tr("Failed to load patches for graphic pack \'{}\'")), m_gp->GetName()));
+			errorMsg.assign(_tr("Failed to load patches for graphic pack \'{}\'", m_gp->GetName()));
 		else
-			errorMsg.assign(fmt::format(fmt::runtime(_tr("Failed to apply patches for graphic pack \'{}\'")), m_gp->GetName()));
+			errorMsg.assign(_tr("Failed to apply patches for graphic pack \'{}\'", m_gp->GetName()));
 	}
 	else
 	{
diff --git a/src/Cafe/HW/MMU/MMU.cpp b/src/Cafe/HW/MMU/MMU.cpp
index 99c3185d..02a9003b 100644
--- a/src/Cafe/HW/MMU/MMU.cpp
+++ b/src/Cafe/HW/MMU/MMU.cpp
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ void MMURange::mapMem()
 	cemu_assert_debug(!m_isMapped);
 	if (MemMapper::AllocateMemory(memory_base + baseAddress, size, MemMapper::PAGE_PERMISSION::P_RW, true) == nullptr)
 	{
-		std::string errorMsg = fmt::format(fmt::runtime(_tr("Unable to allocate {} memory")), name);
+		std::string errorMsg = _tr("Unable to allocate {} memory", name);
 		WindowSystem::showErrorDialog(errorMsg, _tr("Error"));
 		#if BOOST_OS_WINDOWS
 		ExitProcess(-1);
diff --git a/src/Common/precompiled.h b/src/Common/precompiled.h
index d4db9d84..2d3f7e2a 100644
--- a/src/Common/precompiled.h
+++ b/src/Common/precompiled.h
@@ -132,12 +132,24 @@ inline void SetTranslationCallback(std::function<std::string(std::string_view)>
 
 #define TR_NOOP(str) str
 
-inline std::string _tr(std::string_view msgId)
+inline std::string _tr(std::string_view text)
 {
 	if (g_translate)
-		return g_translate(msgId);
+		return g_translate(text);
 
-	return std::string{msgId};
+	return std::string{text};
+}
+
+template<typename... TArgs>
+inline std::string _tr(fmt::format_string<TArgs...> text, TArgs... args)
+{
+	if (g_translate)
+	{
+		std::string_view textSV{text.get().data(), text.get().size()};
+		return fmt::format(fmt::runtime(g_translate(textSV)), std::forward<TArgs>(args)...);
+	}
+
+	return fmt::format(text, std::forward<TArgs>(args)...);
 }
 
 // manual endian-swapping
diff --git a/src/gui/wxgui/input/HotkeySettings.h b/src/gui/wxgui/input/HotkeySettings.h
index 77478ea9..f418a930 100644
--- a/src/gui/wxgui/input/HotkeySettings.h
+++ b/src/gui/wxgui/input/HotkeySettings.h
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ private:
 	wxTimer* m_controllerTimer{ nullptr };
 	const wxSize m_minButtonSize{ 250, 45 };
 	const wxString m_disabledHotkeyText{ _("----") };
-	const wxString m_editModeHotkeyText{ _("") };
+	const wxString m_editModeHotkeyText{ "" };
 
 	std::vector<HotkeyEntry> m_hotkeys;
 	std::weak_ptr<ControllerBase> m_activeController{};