™ char in UTF-8 encoded TXT converted to entity

Question

Hi, 
 I have a TXT file with below structure: 
 indexTemplate: { title: "Title", logo: "ProductName&trade;", logOut: "Log out", feedback: { comment: "Your comment", close: "Close" } }, 
 The text within quotation marks is extracted with a custom Text filter, however the character &trade; is displayed as &acirc;&bdquo;&cent; in Studio (2015 SR2). The source TXT is encoded in UTF-8 without BOM. 
 Any clue as to why Studio doesn't render the &trade; as a character? 
 (I've tried adding &trade; as an inline placeholder tag but get the same result). 
 
 Thanks, Simon

Paul · Accepted Answer

Hi Simon, 
 I think it's because there is no BOM. There is unlikely to be a mechanism in a text file for the UTF encoding declaration to be recognised, so you have to ensure there is a BOM in your files. There is a very good, and free, application you can use to do this for multiple files in an easy way: 
 
 Maybe this will help?

Trados Studio > 1. Trados Studio

™ char in UTF-8 encoded TXT converted to entity