# Iconv failing to convert UTF-8 to ISO-8859-1

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/iconv-failing-to-convert-utf-8-to-iso-8859-1/86693>\
**Category:** Rails I18n\
**Created:** [February 24, 2007, 6:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/iconv-failing-to-convert-utf-8-to-iso-8859-1/86693 "2007-02-24T18:30:40Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 24, 2007, 6:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/iconv-failing-to-convert-utf-8-to-iso-8859-1/86693/1 "2007-02-24T18:30:40Z")

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Gents,

I have a technorati like website, and on some feeds I index I need to  
convert the feed content from utf-8 to iso-8859-1.

However, on a few feeds, the conversion is failling bad.

See and example here:

This utf-8 string “enxergarem”

Generates a fail on Iconv when converting from utf-8 to iso-8859-1

Any ideas?