Title: SyntaxError: JSON Parse error: Unrecognized token '
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# SyntaxError: JSON Parse error: Unrecognized token '

 *  [HelenaN](https://wordpress.org/support/users/helenan/)
 * (@helenan)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/syntaxerror-json-parse-error-unrecognized-token-1/)
 * WhenI try to save a translation I get this message:
    SyntaxError: JSON Parse 
   error: Unrecognized token ‘<‘
 * What’s wrong and how do I fix it?
 * Thanks
    Helena
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/loco-translate/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/loco-translate/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Tim W](https://wordpress.org/support/users/timwhitlock/)
 * (@timwhitlock)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/syntaxerror-json-parse-error-unrecognized-token-1/#post-7137465)
 * Please see FAQ: [https://localise.biz/help/wordpress/translate-plugin/faqs#parseerror](https://localise.biz/help/wordpress/translate-plugin/faqs#parseerror)
 *  Thread Starter [HelenaN](https://wordpress.org/support/users/helenan/)
 * (@helenan)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/syntaxerror-json-parse-error-unrecognized-token-1/#post-7137519)
 * Yes, I saw that. I just didn’t understand what to do with it so I was hoping 
   I could find a solution here that I could handle…

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 * Last reply from: [HelenaN](https://wordpress.org/support/users/helenan/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/syntaxerror-json-parse-error-unrecognized-token-1/#post-7137519)
 * Status: not resolved