@staticmethod
def is_latin(alt):
    """
        Check if a string is in Latin cause, in our specific case, we will
        only care about Latin characters
        """
    lower_s = range(ord('a'), ord('z') + 1)
    upper_s = range(ord('A'), ord('Z') + 1)
    for alt_c in alt:
        if ord(alt_c) not in lower_s and ord(alt_c) not in upper_s:
            return False
    return True
