diff --git a/src/libcalamares/locale/TranslatableConfiguration.cpp b/src/libcalamares/locale/TranslatableConfiguration.cpp
index 1f0811c9d..c10307aee 100644
--- a/src/libcalamares/locale/TranslatableConfiguration.cpp
+++ b/src/libcalamares/locale/TranslatableConfiguration.cpp
@@ -23,9 +23,15 @@ namespace CalamaresUtils
 {
 namespace Locale
 {
-TranslatedString::TranslatedString( const QString& string )
+TranslatedString::TranslatedString( const QString& key, const char* context )
+    : m_context( context )
+{
+    m_strings[ QString() ] = key;
+}
+
+TranslatedString::TranslatedString( const QString& string )
+    : TranslatedString( string, nullptr )
 {
-    m_strings[ QString() ] = string;
 }
 
 TranslatedString::TranslatedString( const QVariantMap& map, const QString& key, const char* context )
diff --git a/src/libcalamares/locale/TranslatableConfiguration.h b/src/libcalamares/locale/TranslatableConfiguration.h
index c45c8f523..04897c0a4 100644
--- a/src/libcalamares/locale/TranslatableConfiguration.h
+++ b/src/libcalamares/locale/TranslatableConfiguration.h
@@ -50,11 +50,23 @@ public:
      * metaObject()->className() as context (from a QObject based class)
      * to give the TranslatedString the same context as other calls
      * to tr() within that class.
+     *
+     * The @p context, if any, should point to static data; it is
+     * **not** owned by the TranslatedString.
      */
     TranslatedString( const QVariantMap& map, const QString& key, const char* context = nullptr );
     /** @brief Not-actually-translated string.
      */
     TranslatedString( const QString& string );
+    /** @brief Proxy for calling QObject::tr()
+     *
+     * This is like the two constructors above, with an empty map an a
+     * non-null context. It will end up calling tr() with that context.
+     *
+     * The @p context, if any, should point to static data; it is
+     * **not** owned by the TranslatedString.
+     */
+    TranslatedString( const QString& key, const char* context );
     /// @brief Empty string
     TranslatedString()
         : TranslatedString( QString() )