Mac OS X Translation Widget Garbles Russian Translations
Open /Library/Widgets/Translation.wdgt/Translation.js as root and find the line like this
else if (code == "ru") return "WINDOWS-1251";
(line 430) in the getEncodingType function and comment out this line with two slashes in the beginning on the line. Open the dashboard and reload the Translation widget by pressing Command+R.
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