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Patrik Vale · July 19th, 2011, 03:48 AM

I am currently working on a translation of some video series, and need to copy translated text from the script to Final Cut.
But as the translated text is in Croatian languague and thus have these characters (ć,č,đ,ž,š), when I paste it to Final Cut text it shows some weird symbols. So I need to correct each letter.
It actually also happens with the "" symbols. Final cut interprets them like Ò symbol.

However when I just type those letters everything is ok.

How can i fix this?
Thanks for help

Mary Crowley · July 19th, 2011, 03:57 AM

Have you tried opening the character viewer on your Mac and clicking on each letter that you need to use from that.

That is what I use when I need to type an Irish language letter.

You can find it by clicking on your flag on the top right of the screen and a drop down menu will appear.

Hope that helps!

Mary.

Tim Dashwood · July 19th, 2011, 07:55 PM

The font you are using in FCP may not support those characters. Try a standard font like Myriad or Arial and see if it still happens.

Robert Lane · July 20th, 2011, 09:04 AM

Patrik,

Go into your System Preferences and in the "Language and Text" option you'll see where you can manually specify languages that both the OS and your apps will recognize and better yet, also manually assign new characters with special key combinations.

This will allow the functionality you're after - and Croatian is listed as one of the supported languages.

July 19th, 2011, 03:48 AM	#1
Patrik Vale Regular Crew Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Croatia Posts: 50	Pasting text in Final Cut I am currently working on a translation of some video series, and need to copy translated text from the script to Final Cut. But as the translated text is in Croatian languague and thus have these characters (ć,č,đ,ž,š), when I paste it to Final Cut text it shows some weird symbols. So I need to correct each letter. It actually also happens with the "" symbols. Final cut interprets them like Ò symbol. However when I just type those letters everything is ok. How can i fix this? Thanks for help

July 19th, 2011, 03:57 AM	#2
Mary Crowley Regular Crew Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Ireland Posts: 31	Re: Pasting text in Final Cut Have you tried opening the character viewer on your Mac and clicking on each letter that you need to use from that. That is what I use when I need to type an Irish language letter. You can find it by clicking on your flag on the top right of the screen and a drop down menu will appear. Hope that helps! Mary.

July 19th, 2011, 07:55 PM	#3
Tim Dashwood Wrangler Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Toronto, ON, Canada Posts: 3,637	Re: Pasting text in Final Cut The font you are using in FCP may not support those characters. Try a standard font like Myriad or Arial and see if it still happens. __________________ Tim Dashwood

July 20th, 2011, 09:04 AM	#4
Robert Lane Go Go Godzilla Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Scottsdale, AZ USA Posts: 2,825 Images: 15	Re: Pasting text in Final Cut Patrik, Go into your System Preferences and in the "Language and Text" option you'll see where you can manually specify languages that both the OS and your apps will recognize and better yet, also manually assign new characters with special key combinations. This will allow the functionality you're after - and Croatian is listed as one of the supported languages. Attached Thumbnails