title: Easiest way to remove unicode representations from a string in python 3?
body: <p>I have a string in python 3 that has several unicode representations in it, for example:</p>
  
  <pre><code>t = 'R\\u00f3is\\u00edn'
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>and I want to convert t so that it has the proper representation when I print it, ie:</p>
  
  <pre><code>&gt;&gt;&gt; print(t)
  Róisín
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>However I just get the original string back. I've tried re.sub and some others, but I can't seem to find a way that will change these characters without having to iterate over each one.
  What would be the easiest way to do so?</p>