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How to encode a newline in the address bar search?

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Hello!

I perform some translations through address bar searches, which use the URL of a translation engine (Bing/Google translate).

One thing that I couldn't solve is how to encode newlines. Sometimes, the text to translate includes newlines. When I copy/paste, the address bar flattens the text, entirely removing the newlines. For longer texts, this makes reading the translated text more difficult, because the result is a single, very long, line.

I've tried pasting "%0A" and "\n", but they are encoded.

Is there any way to encode a newline via copy/paste into the address bar search URL?

Thanks.

Hello! I perform some translations through address bar searches, which use the URL of a translation engine (Bing/Google translate). One thing that I couldn't solve is how to encode newlines. Sometimes, the text to translate includes newlines. When I copy/paste, the address bar flattens the text, entirely removing the newlines. For longer texts, this makes reading the translated text more difficult, because the result is a single, very long, line. I've tried pasting "%0A" and "\n", but they are encoded. Is there any way to encode a newline via copy/paste into the address bar search URL? Thanks.

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The best way would be to open the translator page in a new window/tab. Then copy the text over to the translator.