--- a/src/core/strings.cpp	Fri Sep 29 15:52:31 2023 -0400
+++ b/src/core/strings.cpp	Sun Oct 01 06:16:06 2023 -0400
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include "core/strings.h"
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <cctype>
+#include <codecvt>
 #include <locale>
 #include <string>
 #include <vector>
@@ -75,4 +76,14 @@
 	return result;
 }
 
+std::wstring ToWstring(const std::string& string) {
+	std::wstring_convert<std::codecvt_utf8<wchar_t>, wchar_t> converter;
+	return converter.from_bytes(string);
+}
+
+std::string ToUtf8String(const std::wstring& wstring) {
+	std::wstring_convert<std::codecvt_utf8<wchar_t>, wchar_t> converter;
+	return converter.to_bytes(wstring);
+}
+
 } // namespace Strings