SALT2CHAT & Language Codes

[Leonid Spektor]

Mihaela,

	SALT2CHAT does not convert letters them selves. The problem you are describing might be due to the fact that CLAN data files are encoded in Unicode UTF8 format. If your SALT files are not encoded this way, then after SALT2CHAT conversion CLAN is still unable to read and display those files correctly. You would need to run CP2UTF command either before SALT2CHAT command or immediately after. Please, read the manual about using CP2UTF or just type "cp2utf" in CLAN's Commands window and press return key to see the list of available options. In particular look at +o option and choose the argument for +s based on which computer platform your SALT data files were created on.


Leonid.

> On Jun 20, 2020, at 05:38, Mihaela Barokova <mihaela.barokova at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Dear All, 
> 
> My collaborator and I are currently working with transcribed mother-child interactions collected from Bulgarian toddlers and preschoolers. All of our language samples are transcribed in Bulgarian (Cyrillic) in SALT, and we would like to convert them to the CHAT format to analyze with CLAN. Based on the The CHAT Transcription Format documentation, it appears that currently there is no language code for Bulgarian. We tried using the language code for Russian to convert our transcripts using the SALT2CHAT function, but it appears that not all symbols (Cyrillic letters) get recognized, and the conversion turns some of the letters into punctuation marks. Has anyone encountered this issue? Does anyone who has transcribed in Cyrillic and used the SALT2CHAT function have any advice?
> 
> Any advice is greatly appreciated!
> Mihaela
> 
> 
> ____________________
> Mihaela Barokova, M.A.
> PhD Candidate in Developmental Science
> Center for Autism Research Excellence <https://www.bu.edu/autism/>
> Boston University
> 
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