javascript - How to convert curly quotes to “ -

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how convert multibyte characters curly quotes equivalent entity “ using jquery or javascript?

var usertxt = '“testing”';   

after converting usertxt should => “testing”

here's how it:

$('<div/>').text('this fun & stuff').html(); // evaluates "this fun &amp; stuff" 

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