> Source: [sk141253](https://support.checkpoint.com/results/sk/sk141253)

# sk141253 - Link Translation does not recognize Hex symbols or special encoding

| Property | Value |
|----------|-------|
| Solution ID | sk141253 |
| Date Created | 2018-12-03 |
| Last Modified | 2018-12-03 |
| Technical Level | Advanced |
| Products | Security Gateway |
| Versions | R82.10, R82, R81.20 |
| OS | Gaia |

## Symptoms

- Link Translation does not recognize URLs with special character encoding (sample URL: https://usercenter.checkpoint.com/fake/path).

## Cause

By default, Link Translation does not recognize these characters as a URL.

## Solution

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