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Question 1: yes, probably.

How: Spreadsheet::ParseExcel, Spreadsheet-DataFromExcel, Spreadsheet-DataToExcel and/or other Excel modules should help with reading, with judicious application of encoding (See UTF).

Question 2: "please help me with a script...." Well, someone may, but you'll almost always get better help here by writing code yourself, and presenting it (along with error messages, warnings and a clear, specific explanation of what's not happening that you expect).