s = 'I feel ☺!' b = s.encode('utf-8') print(s) print(b) print('tête-á-tête'.encode('latin1')) print('tête-á-tête'.encode('utf-8')) print('tête-á-tête'.encode('utf-8').decode('latin1')) print('tête-á-tête'.encode('utf-8').decode('latin1').encode('utf-8').decode('latin1')) print('tête-á-tête'.encode('utf-8').decode('latin1').encode('utf-8').decode('latin1').encode('utf-8').decode('latin1'))