# Character Translation

**URL:** <https://forums.toadworld.com/t/character-translation/48375>\
**Category:** Toad Data Point & Toad Intelligence Central\
**Created:** [December 5, 2019, 10:58pm UTC](https://forums.toadworld.com/t/character-translation/48375 "2019-12-05T22:58:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![toad.user](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e19b73/32.png) [@toad.user](https://forums.toadworld.com/u/toad.user)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2019, 10:58pm UTC](https://forums.toadworld.com/t/character-translation/48375/1 "2019-12-05T22:58:09Z")

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Is there a way to set unicode character set with the import wizard? Importing from Excel often results in non-translatable characters so the only option is to script the temporary tables first and then import to them rather than let the wizard handle the drop and creation.