How to normalise a multilingual csv by stripping special characters
- Step 1Export the multilingual CSV — Download from your PIM, CMS, or translation management system.
- Step 2Drop into Special Char Stripper — Select the localised text columns.
- Step 3Run the strip in safe mode — Safe mode removes only non-printable characters, preserving accented letters.
- Step 4Import into your target system — Download the cleaned multilingual CSV for PIM or database ingestion.
Frequently asked questions
Will this remove é, ü, or ñ from product names?+
No. Accented Latin characters are in the printable Unicode range and are preserved. Only non-printable control characters are removed.
What about Chinese, Japanese, or Arabic characters?+
Standard CJK and Arabic codepoints are printable and preserved. This stripper targets control characters and noise, not language-specific scripts.
Does this change the file encoding?+
No. The output is written in the same encoding as the input. Encoding conversion is a separate step.
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