diff --git a/src/dec/mod.rs b/src/dec/mod.rs
index 827c268..1953830 100644
--- a/src/dec/mod.rs
+++ b/src/dec/mod.rs
@@ -84,6 +84,20 @@ impl<'a, 'b> Term<'a, 'b> {
         self.0.raw()
     }
 
+    /// Get the term's raw representation as an str
+    ///
+    /// Example:
+    ///
+    /// ```
+    /// use nettext::dec::decode;
+    ///
+    /// let term = decode(b"hello { a = x, b = y }").unwrap();
+    /// assert_eq!(term.raw_str().unwrap(), "hello { a = x, b = y }");
+    /// ```
+    pub fn raw_str(&self) -> Result<&'a str, TypeError> {
+        Ok(std::str::from_utf8(self.0.raw())?)
+    }
+
     /// If the term is a single string, get that string
     ///
     /// Example:
diff --git a/src/enc/mod.rs b/src/enc/mod.rs
index 9a06f10..c2b74c9 100644
--- a/src/enc/mod.rs
+++ b/src/enc/mod.rs
@@ -268,6 +268,13 @@ impl<'a> Term<'a> {
         self.0.encode_aux(&mut buf, 0, true);
         buf
     }
+
+    /// Generate the nettext representation of a term, as a String
+    pub fn encode_string(self) -> String {
+		unsafe {
+			String::from_utf8_unchecked(self.encode())
+		}
+    }
 }
 
 impl<'a> T<'a> {