encoding

Hi I have a question about writing French Characters (such as é).

Here are my steps (an example)

1. read (FeatureReader) xml file from an API (https://www.arcgis.com/sharing/rest/content/items/05e9d3d5adb64d4cb1447e0ed63e6a43/info/metadata/metadata.xml)

2. here is the mxl file (not a whole file, just from begun to the line with French Character (É)) (see the last 2 lines)

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-16"?><metadata>

<Esri>

<CreaDate>20181024</CreaDate>

<CreaTime>10205300</CreaTime>

<ArcGISFormat>1.0</ArcGISFormat>

</Esri>

<mdFileID>08d57ccf-ab9c-4006-948c-a458503a057b</mdFileID>

<mdLang>

<languageCode value="fre"></languageCode>

</mdLang>

<mdChar>

<CharSetCd value="004"></CharSetCd>

</mdChar>

<mdHrLv>

<ScopeCd value="005"></ScopeCd>

</mdHrLv>

<mdContact>

<rpIndName>Firstname Lastname</rpIndName>

<rpOrgName>Ministry of Natural Resources</rpOrgName>

<rpPosName>Spatial Data Acquisition Specialist</rpPosName>

<rpCntInfo>

<cntPhone>

<voiceNum>(XXX) XXX-XXXX</voiceNum>

<faxNum></faxNum>

</cntPhone>

<cntAddress>

<delPoint>XXX Water Street, X floor, North Tower</delPoint>

<city>City</city>

<adminArea>Province</adminArea>

<postCode>A1B 2C3</postCode>

<country>CA</country>

<eMailAdd>firstname.lastname@ontario.ca</eMailAdd>

</cntAddress>

<cntInstr></cntInstr>

</rpCntInfo>

<role>

<RoleCd value="007"></RoleCd>

</role>

</mdContact>

<mdDateSt></mdDateSt>

<mdStanName>ArcGIS Metadata</mdStanName>

<mdStanVer>1.0</mdStanVer>

<refSysInfo>

<RefSystem>

<refSysID>

<identCode code="Grid CS = Geographic (Lat, Long); Map Proj = Not Applicable; Horiz. Datum = NAD83; Vert. Datum = Not Applicable"></identCode>

</refSysID>

</RefSystem>

</refSysInfo>

<dataIdInfo>

<idCitation>

<resTitle>Écozones</resTitle>

<resAltTitle>ECOZONE</resAltTitle>

3. Encoding (AttributeEncoder) . I have tried different Destination Encoding but seems making no difference.

4. write (AttributeEncode) to a text file on local computer (file name :ECOZONE_ESRI_FR.xml). when I open the file with NotePad++ , the last 2 lines mentioned above looks totally different (see screenshot)

Can someone please point out what I did wrong or What should I do.

Thanks

Sam