Code Page Character Sets

Translation text exists in many forms of character code pages. Some of these code pages include Unicode, ASCII, or EBCIDIC, depending on your system. Unicode has different encoding sets, such as UTF-16, UTF-8, USB-2, and so on. Unicode character code pages are often converted to either ASCII or EBCIDIC code pages for processing on different platforms.

This table displays the character sets for ASCII character code pages:

Language

Description

ASCII ID

ASCII Code

AR

Arabic

AR_CP1256

720

C

Czech

EE_CP1250

852

CS

Simplified Chinese

SC_GB

936

CT

Traditional Chinese

TC_BIG5

950

DN

Danish

WE_ISO88591

437

DU

Dutch

WE_ISO88591

437

F

French

WE_ISO88591

437

FN

Finnish

WE_ISO88591

437

G

German

WE_ISO88591

437

GR

Greek

GR_CP1253

737

HU

Hungarian

EE_CP1250

852

I

Italian

WE_ISO88591

437

J

Japanese

JA_SJIS

932

KO

Korean

KO_KSC

949

NO

Norwegian

WE_ISO88591

437

P

Portuguese

WE_ISO88591

437

PO

Polish

EE_CP1250

852

RU

Russian

RS_CP1251

866

S

Spanish

WE_ISO88591

437

TR

Turkish

TK_CP1254

857

W

Swedish

WE_ISO88591

437

Language

Description

EBCIDIC ID

EBCIDIC Code

AR

Arabic

AR_EBCDIC

420

C

Czech

EE_EBCDIC

870

CS

Simplified Chinese

SC_EBCDIC

935

CT

Traditional Chinese

TC_EBCDIC

937

DN

Danish

US_EBCDIC

37

DU

Dutch

US_EBCDIC

37

F

French

US_EBCDIC

37

FN

Finnish

US_EBCDIC

37

G

German

US_EBCDIC

37

GR

Greek

GR_EBCDIC

875

HU

Hungarian

EE_EBCDIC

870

I

Italian

US_EBCDIC

37

J

Japanese

JA_EBCDIC

939

KO

Korean

KO_EBCDIC

933

NO

Norwegian

US_EBCDIC

37

P

Portuguese

US_EBCDIC

37

PO

Polish

EE_EBCDIC

870

RU

Russian

RS_EBCDIC

1025

S

Spanish

US_EBCDIC

37

TR

Turkish

TK_EBCDIC

1026

W

Swedish

US_EBCDIC

37