**Term:** HTML Entities
**Description:**
- When translating WordPress plugins and themes, certain HTML entities must be preserved exactly as in the original source.
- Do **not** replace these entities with normal quotation marks (`”`) or apostrophes (`’`) or other characters during translation.
- Reason: These entities ensure safe and correct rendering and parsing of HTML markup. Incorrect substitutions can lead to XSS vulnerabilities, broken rendering, JSON parsing errors, or other technical issues.
**Common HTML Entities to Preserve:**
- &`#8220;` — Left double quotation mark (“)
- &`#8221;` — Right double quotation mark (”)
- &`#8217` — Right single quotation mark / apostrophe (’)
- &`lt;` — Less than sign ()
- &`amp;` — Ampersand (&)
**Example:**
Original string:
`Note: If “Blog profile only” mode is enabled…`
Correct translation must keep the entities intact:
`참고: “블로그 프로필만” 모드가 활성화된 경우…`
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Adding this glossary entry helps translators and reviewers avoid technical errors caused by incorrect substitution of HTML entities, especially when using machine translation or automated tools.