Localizable.strings - The data couldn’t be read because it isn’t in the correct format

Question

If I copy something from textedit or web and paste it to localizable file it shows this compilation error. If I type those in localizable file it does not show any error. I am a

Answer 1

I was having the similar issue where i didn't escape the string value with backslash \ for one of my string's value.

Before:

"INVALID_NUMBER" = "It seems you're entering invalid number. Number should starts with "0" or "7"";

Updated:

"INVALID_NUMBER" = "It seems you're entering invalid number. Number should starts with \"0\" or \"7\"";

Backslashes are required when you want to display the quotation marks "

Please, have a quick look at here for How to include Quotation mark in strings