From 28bbe9c646c868ada0c3539c6b42780f386bf3a5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: palmtree5 <3577255+palmtree5@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 13 May 2018 15:10:38 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] [V3 i18n] add a NoneType check on trying to normalize a
 string (#1632)

Fixes #1631
---
 redbot/core/i18n.py | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/redbot/core/i18n.py b/redbot/core/i18n.py
index c4e700e8e..844869973 100644
--- a/redbot/core/i18n.py
+++ b/redbot/core/i18n.py
@@ -124,6 +124,9 @@ def _normalize(string, remove_newline=False):
             s += ' '
         return s
 
+    if string is None:
+        return ""
+    
     string = string.replace('\\n\\n', '\n\n')
     string = string.replace('\\n', ' ')
     string = string.replace('\\"', '"')