WorriedNoodle Posted June 28, 2016 Share Posted June 28, 2016 Hi, I received a text file (readme.txt) from China that is mostly full of symbols - presumably some encoding issue? How to I go about understanding it? For example one line of text says ÿ´ÎÔËÐÐ - so is it possible to decipher this kind of thing? Do I need to translate to Chinese first then use a translator or what? All ideas much appreciated thnx. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jybkk Posted June 28, 2016 Share Posted June 28, 2016 (edited) Try installing Notepad++ which has an algorithm that attempts at figuring out what was the original encoding of the text file when opening it. https://notepad-plus-plus.org/download/v6.9.2.html If it doesn't work, you can try selecting manually the couple of Chinese encodings available in the 'encoding' menu to see which one works. edit: When I take the string you sent and paste it in Notepad++ then change encoding to Chinese/GB2312(simplified) I get proper characters with no '???', which is a good sign: 脙驴麓脦脭脣脨脨 Edited June 28, 2016 by jybkk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WorriedNoodle Posted June 29, 2016 Author Share Posted June 29, 2016 Try installing Notepad++ which has an algorithm that attempts at figuring out what was the original encoding of the text file when opening it. https://notepad-plus-plus.org/download/v6.9.2.html If it doesn't work, you can try selecting manually the couple of Chinese encodings available in the 'encoding' menu to see which one works. edit: When I take the string you sent and paste it in Notepad++ then change encoding to Chinese/GB2312(simplified) I get proper characters with no '???', which is a good sign: 脙驴麓脦脭脣脨脨 Thank you so much. This is exactly what I needed and I was able to read the file clearly and copy the Chinese into Google translator, as I cannot read Chinese myself. My problem was I used Textpad as my default text editor and this app doesn't do as Notepad++ did automatically on opening the file. So very easy with Notepad++. Big thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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