I am translating a WordPress theme Magnovus using the default .po file in poEditor 1.6.3 on OSX Mavericks (free version). I got the following errors even when I copied the text over to the translation:
error invalid control sequence
the string I am translating is
You must be <a href=\"%s\">logged in</a> to post a comment.
whether I copy it or translate it, I keep on getting this error.
I think the quotes are escaped properly here. Any ideas how to fix this?
This is a bug in Poedit 1.6.3 occurring for some (but curiously, not all) users on OS X Mavericks. It is related to OS X's Smart Quotes feature, which is on by default since 10.9.
It will be fixed in Poedit 1.6.4 and you can download a fixed build of 1.6.3 from http://www.poedit.net/dl/Poedit-1.6.3b.zip. You will need to manually fix the already-broken invalid translation to use \" (i.e. the "dumb quote"), but it won't happen again with 1.6.3b+.
(By the way: http://poedit.net/support.php)