diff --git a/scripts/translate.py b/scripts/translate.py
index 268d9e0d6..cddbd73f9 100644
--- a/scripts/translate.py
+++ b/scripts/translate.py
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ app = typer.Typer()
 
 @lru_cache
 def get_langs() -> dict[str, str]:
-    return yaml.safe_load(Path("docs/language_names.yml").read_text())
+    return yaml.safe_load(Path("docs/language_names.yml").read_text(encoding="utf-8"))
 
 
 def generate_lang_path(*, lang: str, path: Path) -> Path:
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ def translate_page(
     lang_path.mkdir(exist_ok=True)
     lang_prompt_path = lang_path / "llm-prompt.md"
     assert lang_prompt_path.exists(), f"Prompt file not found: {lang_prompt_path}"
-    lang_prompt_content = lang_prompt_path.read_text()
+    lang_prompt_content = lang_prompt_path.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
 
     en_docs_path = Path("docs/en/docs")
     assert str(en_path).startswith(str(en_docs_path)), (
@@ -143,11 +143,11 @@ def translate_page(
     )
     out_path = generate_lang_path(lang=language, path=en_path)
     out_path.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
-    original_content = en_path.read_text()
+    original_content = en_path.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
     old_translation: str | None = None
     if out_path.exists():
         print(f"Found existing translation: {out_path}")
-        old_translation = out_path.read_text()
+        old_translation = out_path.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
     print(f"Translating {en_path} to {language} ({language_name})")
     agent = Agent("openai:gpt-4o")
 
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ def translate_page(
     result = agent.run_sync(prompt)
     out_content = f"{result.data.strip()}\n"
     print(f"Saving translation to {out_path}")
-    out_path.write_text(out_content)
+    out_path.write_text(out_content, encoding='utf-8', newline='\n')
 
 
 def iter_all_en_paths() -> Iterable[Path]: