diff --git a/src/Sound/voice.cxx b/src/Sound/voice.cxx
index c756b85..fc850d3 100644
--- a/src/Sound/voice.cxx
+++ b/src/Sound/voice.cxx
@@ -198,9 +198,7 @@ FGFestivalVoice::~FGFestivalVoice()
 
 void FGVoiceMgr::FGVoice::pushMessage( const string & m)
 {
-
-    FGLocale::utf8toLatin1(* m);
-
+     SG_LOG(SG_SOUND, SG_INFO, "FGVoice::pushMessage " << m  );
 
 	_msg.push(m);
 #if defined(ENABLE_THREADS)