diff --git a/admin/award_awards.php b/admin/award_awards.php
index d03b6f9..9caf118 100644
--- a/admin/award_awards.php
+++ b/admin/award_awards.php
@@ -31,6 +31,11 @@
  	$id = intval($_GET['id']);
 	$q=mysql_query("SELECT * FROM award_awards WHERE id='$id'");
 	$ret = mysql_fetch_assoc($q);
+	//json_encode NEEDS UTF8 DATA, but we store it in the database as ISO :(
+	foreach($ret AS $k=>$v) {
+		$ret[$k]=iconv("ISO-8859-1","UTF-8",$v);
+	}
+	//echo iconv("ISO-8859-1","UTF-8",json_encode($ret));
 	echo json_encode($ret);
 	exit;
 
@@ -57,18 +62,18 @@
 
 	$q = "UPDATE award_awards SET 
 		award_types_id='".intval($_POST['award_types_id'])."',
-		presenter='".mysql_escape_string(stripslashes($_POST['presenter']))."', 
+		presenter='".mysql_escape_string(iconv("UTF-8","ISO-8859-1",stripslashes($_POST['presenter'])))."', 
 		excludefromac='".(($_POST['excludefromac'] == 1) ? 1 : 0)."',
 		cwsfaward='".(($_POST['cwsfaward'] == 1) ? 1 : 0)."', 
 		self_nominate='".(($_POST['self_nominate'] == 'yes') ? 'yes' : 'no')."', 
 		schedule_judges='".(($_POST['schedule_judges'] == 'yes') ? 'yes' : 'no')."', 
-		description='".mysql_escape_string(stripslashes($_POST['description']))."' ";
+		description='".mysql_escape_string(iconv("UTF-8","ISO-8859-1",stripslashes($_POST['description'])))."' ";
 
 	if(array_key_exists('name', $_POST)) {
 		/* These values may be disabled, if they name key exists, assume
 		 * they aren't disabled and save them too */
-		$q .= ",name='".mysql_escape_string(stripslashes($_POST['name']))."',
-			criteria='".mysql_escape_string(stripslashes($_POST['criteria']))."', 
+		$q .= ",name='".mysql_escape_string(iconv("UTF-8","ISO-8859-1",stripslashes($_POST['name'])))."',
+			criteria='".mysql_escape_string(iconv("UTF-8","ISO-8859-1",stripslashes($_POST['criteria'])))."', 
 			sponsors_id='".intval($_POST['sponsors_id'])."' ";
 	}
 	$q .= "WHERE id='$id'";
@@ -157,6 +162,9 @@
 		$q = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM award_prizes WHERE award_awards_id='$id' ORDER BY `order`");
 	}
 	while($r=mysql_fetch_assoc($q)) {
+		foreach($r AS $k=>$v) {
+			$r[$k]=iconv("ISO-8859-1","UTF-8",$v);
+		}
 		$ret[] = $r;
 	}
 	echo json_encode($ret);
@@ -165,6 +173,9 @@
 	$id = intval($_GET['id']);
 	$q = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM award_prizes WHERE id='$id'");
 	$ret=mysql_fetch_assoc($q);
+	foreach($ret AS $k=>$v) {
+		$ret[$k]=iconv("ISO-8859-1","UTF-8",$v);
+	}
 	echo json_encode($ret);
 	exit;
 
@@ -183,7 +194,7 @@
  case 'prize_save':
 	$id = intval($_POST['id']);
 	$q="UPDATE award_prizes SET 
-				prize='".mysql_escape_string(stripslashes($_POST['prize']))."', 
+				prize='".mysql_escape_string(stripslashes(iconv("UTF-8","ISO-8859-1",$_POST['prize'])))."', 
 				cash='".intval($_POST['cash'])."',
 				scholarship='".intval($_POST['scholarship'])."',
 				value='".intval($_POST['value'])."',
diff --git a/admin/gettranslation.php b/admin/gettranslation.php
index 9987b23..954c962 100644
--- a/admin/gettranslation.php
+++ b/admin/gettranslation.php
@@ -28,10 +28,9 @@ user_auth_required('committee', 'admin');
 $ret=array();
 foreach($config['languages'] AS $l=>$ln) {
 	if($l==$config['default_language']) continue;
-
-	$q=mysql_query("SELECT * FROM translations WHERE lang='$l' AND strmd5='".md5($_GET['str'])."'");
+	$q=mysql_query("SELECT * FROM translations WHERE lang='$l' AND strmd5='".md5(iconv("ISO-8859-1","UTF-8",$_GET['str']))."'");
 	if($r=mysql_fetch_object($q))
-        $ret[$l]=$r->val;
+        $ret[$l]=iconv("ISO-8859-1","UTF-8",$r->val);
 	else
         $ret[$l]="";
 }
diff --git a/admin/settranslation.php b/admin/settranslation.php
index a2220dc..c3fe921 100644
--- a/admin/settranslation.php
+++ b/admin/settranslation.php
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
 include "../common.inc.php";
  require_once("../user.inc.php");
 user_auth_required('committee', 'admin');
-print_r($_POST);
 foreach($config['languages'] AS $l=>$ln) {
 	if($l==$config['default_language']) continue;
 
@@ -35,13 +34,14 @@ foreach($config['languages'] AS $l=>$ln) {
     if($_POST['translate_'.$l]) {
         $q=mysql_query("SELECT * FROM translations WHERE lang='$l' AND strmd5='$m'");
         if(mysql_num_rows($q))
-            mysql_query("UPDATE translations SET val='".mysql_real_escape_string(stripslashes($_POST['translate_'.$l]))."' WHERE lang='$l' AND strmd5='$m'");
+            mysql_query("UPDATE translations SET val='".mysql_real_escape_string(iconv("UTF-8","ISO-8859-1",stripslashes($_POST['translate_'.$l])))."' WHERE lang='$l' AND strmd5='$m'");
         else
-            mysql_query("INSERT INTO translations (lang,strmd5,str,val) VALUES ('$l','$m','".mysql_real_escape_string(stripslashes($_POST['translate_str_hidden']))."','".mysql_escape_string(stripslashes($_POST['translate_'.$l]))."')");
+            mysql_query("INSERT INTO translations (lang,strmd5,str,val) VALUES ('$l','$m','".mysql_real_escape_string(iconv("UTF-8","ISO-8859-1",stripslashes($_POST['translate_str_hidden'])))."','".mysql_escape_string(iconv("UTF-8","ISO-8859-1",stripslashes($_POST['translate_'.$l])))."')");
     }
     else {
         mysql_query("DELETE FROM translations WHERE lang='$l' AND strmd5='$m'");
     }
 }
+echo "ok";
 
 ?>