<p>It's mojibake.</p>

<p>Read <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mojibake" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mojibake</a></p>

<p>In Chinese, the same phenomenon is called 乱码 (Simplified Chinese) / 亂碼 (Traditional Chinese) (pinyin: Luàn mǎ, meaning chaotic code), and can occur when computerised text is encoded in one Chinese character encoding but is displayed using the wrong encoding. When this occurs, it is often possible to fix the issue by switching the character encoding without loss of data. The situation is complicated because of the existence of several Chinese character encoding systems in use, the most common ones being: Unicode, Big5, and Guobiao (with several backward compatible versions), and the possibility of Chinese characters being encoded using Japanese encoding.</p>

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wuyefeibao
<p>གྷ艈挡宑ᙽ삂暋ğ㳐฀泬飥</p>

<p>I've tried using internet translators (I know, bad idea) but I needed to know what this text says.</p>

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2014-08-16T17:44:56.510Z
Wrong encoding. Even Chinese can't read it.
Stan
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I found a random file on my desktop, and I need to know what it says in English
# I found a random file on my desktop, and I need to know what it says in English

(Asked by: username_0 on 2014-08-16)

གྷ艈挡宑ᙽ삂暋ğ㳐฀泬飥

I've tried using internet translators (I know, bad idea) but I needed to know what this text says.

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> **username_1**: Wrong encoding. Even Chinese can't read it.  

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### Answer by username_2 on 2014-08-16. Score: 5

It's mojibake.

Read <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mojibake>

In Chinese, the same phenomenon is called 乱码 (Simplified Chinese) / 亂碼 (Traditional Chinese) (pinyin: Luàn mǎ, meaning chaotic code), and can occur when computerised text is encoded in one Chinese character encoding but is displayed using the wrong encoding. When this occurs, it is often possible to fix the issue by switching the character encoding without loss of data. The situation is complicated because of the existence of several Chinese character encoding systems in use, the most common ones being: Unicode, Big5, and Guobiao (with several backward compatible versions), and the possibility of Chinese characters being encoded using Japanese encoding.


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