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Anton Korzunov2014-12-11 09:47:23
Internationalization and localization
Anton Korzunov, 2014-12-11 09:47:23

Phonetic "detranslit". Is there a solution?

Transliteration of Russian characters is not a problem for a long time. Including thanks to clear translation tables and various modules for this.
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There is also a good phrase - "Even in phonetic languages ​​there is a great arbitrariness in the sound of the same letters, depending on the context."
Let's make things a little easier and finally formulate the problem:

Get the Russian sound of a word written in English.

Direct detransliteration is not suitable here because of the open / closed syllable, double "oo", th, ought, ville and many other reading and pronunciation rules.
Online translation services, unfortunately, do not translate words they do not know, such as proper nouns.
Whether who met libraries for such operations? The programming language doesn't matter.

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