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 just had this experience:

• external translator doing the work inside Visual Code or other text editors

• Files not working and getting an error like this one: ( testing with plutil -lint )

  Localizable.strings: Unexpected character " at line 1 CardRatingView.strings: Unexpected character / at line 2

I just created a new file within XCode and copy pasted all the file content and suddenly everything was working properly.

I guess something can go wrong / corrupting the file itself while working with other text editors.