UTF8 error in importing deck

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Hello. When I output a deck from Anki Desktop, and send it to friends, they notice an UTF8 error when re-entering. Thank you for your help, how can we solve this problem?

Version 2.1.35 (84dcaa86)
Python 3.8.0 Qt 5.14.2 PyQt 5.14.2

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I clicked on Downgrade and got the output again. This time the user encounters this error.

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Have you tried Tools>Check Database on both devices?

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Hi again. Users get UTF-8 errors when importing collections, even those from AnkiWeb.

What steps should be taken to solve this problem?Thank you for your help.

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That could happen if the file has been renamed from .apkg to something else.

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I did not change the category name. I just shared Ankioutput. Some AnkiWeb files have the same problem.

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up :zipper_mouth_face:

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Could you paste the exact error message with the UTF-8 error or a screenshot?

If you export your notes as a plain text file and import them again, there should be no error message. Maybe something happened with the text file and its encoding had been changed from UTF-8 to something else.

Maybe instead of exporting and importing as .txt, try to export and import as .apkg.

https://docs.ankiweb.net/#/exporting?id=exporting

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Thanks for following up. I attached the error image. I also put the sample file that receives the error here.

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It’s been caused by the translated string in “فارسی”, “fa_IR”.

#: pylib/anki/importing/__init__.py:14
msgid "Packaged Anki Deck/Collection (*.apkg *.colpkg *.zip)"
msgstr "دسته/مجموعۀ آنکی بسته‌بندی شد (*.apkg*.colpkg*.zip)"

There are no spaces between *.apkg*.colpkg*.zip in the translated version and Anki fallbacks to importing an .apkg file as a .tsv file.

A quick workaround is to switch the interface language to English (Tools - Preferences or Ctrl-P).

But the translated string will need to be updated, i.e.
*.apkg*.colpkg*.zip
replaced with
*.apkg *.colpkg *.zip

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Thanks.

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Thanks kelciour, good catch.

@mmdj2 would you mind looking into that?

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changed it.
I also tested exporting a deck in .apkg format. this is the error that i get:

    Anki 2.1.35 (84dcaa86) Python 3.8.0 Qt 5.14.2 PyQt 5.14.2
    Platform: Windows 10
    Flags: frz=True ao=False sv=2
    Add-ons, last update check: 2020-11-09 11:15:27

    Caught exception:
    Traceback (most recent call last):
      File "anki\notes.py", line 108, in _fieldOrd
    KeyError: 'روی کارت'

The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "aqt\taskman.py", line 87, in _on_closures_pending
  File "aqt\taskman.py", line 59, in <lambda>
  File "aqt\exporting.py", line 167, in on_done
  File "concurrent\futures\_base.py", line 432, in result
  File "concurrent\futures\_base.py", line 388, in __get_result
  File "concurrent\futures\thread.py", line 57, in run
  File "aqt\exporting.py", line 161, in do_export
  File "anki\exporting.py", line 325, in exportInto
  File "anki\exporting.py", line 339, in doExport
  File "anki\exporting.py", line 382, in _addDummyCollection
  File "anki\notes.py", line 116, in __setitem__
  File "anki\notes.py", line 110, in _fieldOrd
KeyError: 'روی کارت'

I can still export them as text tho.
and also I can import text files too.

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Thanks for the report; this is caused by the code assuming the front/back field names in core and desktop will match, which they currently don’t. I’ll try to change the code to cope with this case.

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I’ve managed a potential fix for what I believe OP was experiencing.
I’m posting my fix, because this should help aide some who are capable of following instructions in Ubuntu, see here:
https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/created-colpkg-invalid-file-format-for-import/10148/3