Here is a small selection of useful keyboard shortcuts for characters that we commonly use in translating from English into French and German.
Symbol | Windows | Mac |
---|---|---|
„ | Alt + 0132 | Alt + Shift + W |
“ | Alt + 0147 | Alt + [ |
‚ | Alt + 0130 | Use comma |
‘ | Alt + 0145 | Alt + ] |
« | Alt + 0171 | Option + \ |
» | Alt + 0187 | Option + Shift + \ |
‹ | Alt + 0139 | Alt + Shift + 3 |
› | Alt + 0155 | Alt + Shift + 4 |
… | Alt + 0133 | Alt + ; |
– | Alt + 0150 | Shift + - |
€ | Alt + 0128 | Alt + 2 |
Ä | Alt + 142 | Alt + U, followed by A |
ä | Alt + 132 | Alt + U, followed by a |
 | Alt + 0194 | Alt + I, followed by A |
â | Alt + 131 | Alt + I, followed by a |
À | Alt + 0192 | Alt + `, followed by A |
à | Alt + 133 | Alt + `, followed by a |
Ê | Alt + 0202 | Alt + I, followed by E |
ê | Alt + 136 | Alt + I, followed by e |
È | Alt + 0200 | Alt + `, followed by E |
è | Alt + 138 | Alt + `, followed by e |
É | Alt +0201 | Alt + E, followed by E |
é | Alt + 130 | Alt + E, followed by e |
Ë | Alt + 0203 | Alt + U, followed by E |
ë | Alt + 137 | Alt + U, followed by e |
Î | Alt + 0206 | Alt + I, followed by I |
î | Alt + 140 | Alt + I, followed by i |
Ï | Alt + 0207 | Alt + U, followed by I |
ï | Alt + 139 | Alt + U, followed by i |
Ÿ | Alt + 0159 | Alt + U, followed by Y |
ÿ | Alt + 0255 | Alt + U, followed by y |
Ö | Alt + 153 | Alt + U, followed by O |
ö | Alt + 148 | Alt + U, followed by o |
Œ | Alt + 0140 | Alt + Q |
œ | Alt + 0156 | Alt + q |
Û | Alt + 0219 | Alt + I, followed by U |
û | Alt +0251 | Alt + I, followed by u |
Ü | Alt + 154 | Alt + U, followed by U |
ü | Alt + 129 | Alt + U, followed by u |
Ù | Alt + 0217 | Alt + `, followed by U |
ù | Alt + 0249 | Alt + `, followed by u |
Ç | Alt + 0199 | Alt + C |
ç | Alt + 0231 | Alt + c |
Ñ | Alt + 165 | Alt + N, followed by n |
ñ | Alt + 164 | Alt + N, followed by N |
You can find more comprehensive lists on sites like Alt-Code and FS Symbols.
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