# Pastebin jEuj8MTK
diff -r e3c26a37f018 pypy/objspace/fake/objspace.py
--- a/pypy/objspace/fake/objspace.py	Thu Mar 04 16:17:03 2021 +0100
+++ b/pypy/objspace/fake/objspace.py	Fri Mar 05 11:28:12 2021 +0100
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
     def append(self, w_other):
         pass
 
-class W_UnicodeOjbect(W_MyObject):
+class W_UnicodeObject(W_MyObject):
     _length = 21
     _utf8 = 'foobar'
 
@@ -257,14 +257,14 @@
         return w_some_obj()
 
     def newutf8(self, x, l):
-        return w_some_obj()
+        return W_UnicodeObject()
 
     def eq_w(self, obj1, obj2):
         return NonConstant(True)
 
     @specialize.argtype(1)
     def newtext(self, x, lgt=-1):
-        return W_UnicodeOjbect()
+        return W_UnicodeObject()
     newtext_or_none = newtext
     newfilename = newtext
 
diff -r e3c26a37f018 pypy/objspace/std/unicodeobject.py
--- a/pypy/objspace/std/unicodeobject.py	Thu Mar 04 16:17:03 2021 +0100
+++ b/pypy/objspace/std/unicodeobject.py	Fri Mar 05 11:28:12 2021 +0100
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 from rpython.rlib.objectmodel import (
     compute_hash, compute_unique_id, import_from_mixin, always_inline,
     enforceargs, newlist_hint, specialize, we_are_translated)
+from rpython.rlib.nonconst import NonConstant
 from rpython.rlib.rarithmetic import ovfcheck, r_uint
 from rpython.rlib.rstring import (
     StringBuilder, split, rsplit, replace_count, startswith, endswith)
@@ -1460,6 +1461,9 @@
 
 def encode_object(space, w_obj, encoding, errors):
     from pypy.module._codecs.interp_codecs import _call_codec, lookup_text_codec
+    if NonConstant(0):
+        W_UnicodeObject("abc", 3) # hack to make test_ztranslation of
+        # _hpy_universal work :(
     if errors is None or errors == 'strict':
         # fast paths
         utf8 = space.utf8_w(w_obj)