public static void Main()
var nameLv = "Jevģeņijs";
var nameEng = "Jevgenijs";
var result = IsEquivalent(nameLv, nameEng);
public static bool IsEquivalent(string latvian, string english)
return english == Encoding.UTF8.GetString(Encoding.GetEncoding("ISO-8859-8").GetBytes(latvian));