I have translated the english.php file to icelandic but i'm having problems with the special icelandic characters such as æ ö and so on, how can i fix this?

Is your translation written in UTF-8?

Hi,
I have this problem also, but for the Swedish translation and yes my translation is written in UTF-8?

is this a problem ?
BTW running the 1.2 RC

OK, I know what i did wrong,
When Working on non English site contents its important to convert the language file of your choice (swedish.php)to the correct format, that is in my case to UTF-8, this looks like its the default for Joomla 1.2.

you can do this by downloading notepad ++
sourceforge.net/projects/notepad-plus

Create a new file in Notpad and select:

* Format
* Encoder in ANSI
* Mark Encoder in UTF-8 (without BOM)
* Then copy your old file
* Save to swedish.php (change to your Language)



Thanks to Zello.
original post at
forum.joomla.org/viewtopic.php?f=285&t=209973

Regards
Navaz