diff --git a/app/utils/unicode_names.py b/app/utils/unicode_names.py
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+++ b/app/utils/unicode_names.py
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+pseudo_map = {
+    0x0020:
+        "             -. "
+        "0123456789      "
+        " abcdefghijklmno"
+        "pqrstuvwxyz    _"
+        " abcdefghijklmno"
+        "pqrstuvwxyz   - ",
+    0x00c0:
+        "aaaaaaaceeeeiiii"
+        "dnooooo ouuuuy b"
+        "aaaaaaaceeeeiiii"
+        "dnooooo ouuuuy y",
+    0x0100:
+        "aaaaaaccccccccdd"
+        "ddeeeeeeeeeegggg"
+        "gggghhhhiiiiiiii"
+        "iiiijjkkklllllll"
+        "lllnnnnnnnnnoooo"
+        "oooorrrrrrssssss"
+        "ssttttttuuuuuuuu"
+        "uuuuwwyyyzzzzzz ",
+}
+
+def _normalize_char(c):
+    n = ord(c)
+
+    for (start, codes) in pseudo_map.items():
+        index = n - start
+        if index not in range(len(codes)): continue
+
+        r = codes[index]
+        if r == ' ':
+            raise ValueError(c)
+        return r
+
+    raise ValueError(c)
+
+def normalize(string):
+    out = []
+    errors = []
+
+    for c in string:
+        try:
+            out.append(_normalize_char(c))
+        except ValueError:
+            errors.append(c)
+
+    if errors:
+        raise ValueError(errors)
+
+    return ''.join(out)
+