encode string to utf-8 code example
Example 1: how to convert utf-16 file to utf-8 in python
with open(ff_name, 'rb') as source_file:
with open(target_file_name, 'w+b') as dest_file:
contents = source_file.read()
dest_file.write(contents.decode('utf-16').encode('utf-8'))
Example 2: encode file to utf-8 in java
String charset = "ISO-8859-1"; // or what corresponds
BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(
new InputStreamReader (new FileInputStream(file), charset));
String line;
while( (line = in.readLine()) != null) {
....
}