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Comma (\u2019) converted to three question marks upon creation of sdlxliff file
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Sam Pinson
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Apr 30, 2019

I have a project with English HTML source files that include the ’ symbol (\u2019). When the translatable (sdlxliff) files are created, each instance of ’ is replaced by three question marks (???).

For example:
He’s going... (in the source HTML file)
becomes
He???s going... (in the SDLXLIFF file)

Can anybody please explain how I can stop Trados Studio 2019 from performing this unwanted conversion?

None of my attempts at tweaking the ... See more
I have a project with English HTML source files that include the ’ symbol (\u2019). When the translatable (sdlxliff) files are created, each instance of ’ is replaced by three question marks (???).

For example:
He’s going... (in the source HTML file)
becomes
He???s going... (in the SDLXLIFF file)

Can anybody please explain how I can stop Trados Studio 2019 from performing this unwanted conversion?

None of my attempts at tweaking the settings under Project Settings -> File Types -> HTML 5 -> Entities have helped.

Thanks in advance. ▲ Collapse
 


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