[Feature] File encoding options for CSV import

[dsychin]

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Pitch: what problem are you trying to solve?

In Japan, it is still common for CSV files to be encoded in Shift-JIS rather than UTF-8 and this makes it annoying for my workflow where I have to download the file, open it up with some software to convert it to UTF-8.

I am not sure if any other region has this issue where UTF-8 is not the default encoding for CSV files.

Describe your ideal solution to this problem

The CSV import modal already provides many options for customizability. Maybe file encoding can be an addition?

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