def METHOD_NAME(string):
    string = str(string)
    for regexp, replacement in re_latex_to_unicode_mapping.items():
        string, count = regexp.subn(replacement, string)
    def ret_char(match):
        return match.group('char')
    string, count = re.subn(r'\\IeC {(?P<char>.*?)}', ret_char, string)
    return string