How to convert strange characters into accentuate one in a csv file

[alepage]

Hello,

I am trying to read a csv file which contains strange characters like below:

Pas encore inscrit mais j'espère si tôt.

j'espère should be j'espère

si tôt. should be si tôt.

Is there a way to change that when the file is unzip (see the Unix command below)

x %sysfunc(quote(unzip -jo /.../report.zip -d /.../report)));

Is it possible to use an encoding option while reading the  decompressed file or does the tranwrd function is the only option? 

[Ksharp]

Try BASECHAR Function

[SASKiwi]

How was the CSV created in the first place? Is "Pas encore inscrit mais j'espère si tôt" exactly what you see in the CSV if you open it in a text editor that doesn't change the contents? Try opening it with Notepad++ which report on the file encoding and can do encoding conversions.