# Using ñ on rails 3

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/using-n-on-rails-3/209036>\
**Category:** Rails I18n\
**Created:** [July 3, 2011, 7:07pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/using-n-on-rails-3/209036 "2011-07-03T19:07:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![dubstep](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/cdc98d/32.png) [@dubstep](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dubstep)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2011, 7:07pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/using-n-on-rails-3/209036/1 "2011-07-03T19:07:11Z")

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my es.yml looks like this

es:  
attributes:  
user:  
password: “contraseña”

but when loading on my browser I get

invalid byte sequence in UTF-8  
Extracted source (around line #12):

9: \<%= f.text\_field :email %\>  
10:

  
11: 

12: \<%= f.label :password %\>  
  
13: \<%= f.password\_field :password %\>  
14:

  
15: 

how can I get that to work

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**Author:** ![josetomas\_r](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/c67d28/32.png) [@josetomas\_r](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/josetomas_r)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2011, 11:10pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/using-n-on-rails-3/209036/2 "2011-09-13T23:10:04Z")

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just put  
#coding: utf-8  
at the very first line of your file