Export from FTM 2014 to Gedcom

Below different ways to export to Gedcom with non ASCII characters (using Farsi)


Issue looks like there is a problem generating PDF reports with UTF-8 characters from the Complete Genealogy Reporter - Case closed as it is a non issue for me
Fix recommended from support (looks still a problem) You need to need to select the RTL text option for PDF reports – see attached.

Regards,

Nigel Bufton Software

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UTF-8 characters

Farsi شهناز

see also Farsi characters

In FTM looks ok

FTM 2014

Gedcom ASCII export from FTM

2 DATE 05 NOV 1953
2 PLAC Tehran, Iran
1 NAME /?????/
1 _PHOTO @M32@
1 OBJE @M28@
1 OBJE @M32@
1 OBJE @M50@
1 OBJE @M121@
1 OBJE @M123@
1 FAMS @F86@

Gedcom ANSI export from FTM

2 DATE 2013
1 BIRT
2 DATE 05 NOV 1953
2 PLAC Tehran, Iran
1 NAME /?????/
1 _PHOTO @M32@
1 OBJE @M28@
1 OBJE @M32@
1 OBJE @M50@
1 OBJE @M121@
1 OBJE @M123@
1 FAMS @F86@

Gedcom UTF-8 - contains UTF-8 characters !!!

2 DATE 05 NOV 1953

2 PLAC Tehran, Iran

1 NAME /شهناز/ (looks ok)

1 _PHOTO @M32@

1 OBJE @M28@

1 OBJE @M32@

1 OBJE @M50@

1 OBJE @M121@

1 OBJE @M123@

1 FAMS @F86@

Exported to The Complete Genealogy reporter looks Ok

Generating HTML looks Ok

Generating PDF ERROR

Update 20140226 Got email of changing Preference
Reporting see screen dump above result new characterss but doesn't look correct ;-( 
(my understanding is that the characters are comming in the wrong order but my farsi is weak ;-) ) 

Before

New characters but not correct

Generating ASCII - Looks Ok

Generated ASCII looks like the HTML example:

också registrerad som شهناز, föddes

Farsi language

Goal: We should have the Persian spelling of names as then it will be easier in a future to research for ancestors in Iran plus it is best practice to store a name or a location in its original form i.e. Proskau in Poland 1860 should be the name the city had at that time. Proskau is the German spelling and Prószkówi is the Polish see wiki

Persion alphabet (wiki english, wiki persian) . Persian character map pdf

See also export to Gedcom




Laji نوع !??!?!

Shadvari

Shanaz شهناز Meaning & History Means "pride of the king" from the Persian elements شاه (shah) "king" and ناز (naz) "pride".

Shirin شیرین Meaning & History Means "sweet" in Persian. This was the name of a character in Persian and Turkish legend. Related names

Marjam

Sakineh

Mosayeb

Farshad Meaning & History Means "happy" 

Behshad

Behrooz بهروز  Meaning & History Means "fortunate" (literally "good day") in Persian.

Shahin شاهین  Meaning & History Means "peregrine falcon" in Persian.

Laleh  لاله  Meaning & History Means "tulip" in Persian

Shir شیر   Meaning & History Variant transcription of SHER. Sher means "lion" in Persian. A famous bearer of this name was Sher Shah, a 16th-century Mughal ruler.

Ghamar Moon?!?!

Ali  عليّ  Meaning & History

Means "lofty, sublime" in Arabic. Ali was a cousin and son-in-law of the Prophet Muhammad and the fourth caliph to rule the Muslim world. His followers were the original Shiite Muslims, who regard him as the first rightful caliph.

This name is borne by the hero in 'Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves', the tale of a man who finds the treasure trove of a band of thieves. Another famous bearer is the boxer Muhammad Ali (1942-), who changed his name from Cassius Clay upon his conversion to Islam.

Amir أمير  Meaning & History Means "commander" or "prince" in Arabic. This was originally a title, which has come into English as the Arabic loanword emir.

Hossein حسّین  Meaning & History Diminutive of HASAN. Husayn ibn Ali (also commonly transliterated Hussein) was the son of Ali and the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad. His older brother was named Hasan. The massacre of Husayn and his family was a major event in the split between Shiite and Sunni Muslims, which continues to this day. In more recent times this was the name of a king of Jordan (1935-1999).

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How to add Unicode characters in Windows
Genealogy.Stackexchange.com How should I deal with different alphabets?
Romanization of Persian

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Support of UTF in GedCOM

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Support for UTF-8 in Family Tree 2014

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Support for UTF-8 in www.ancestry.com

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Best practice regarding "correct" spelling and the ISO-Latin-1 version of a name