METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRANSLITERATION
First Claim
1. A method for transliteration comprising:
- receiving a text input in a source language;
creating source language sub-phonetic units for each word in the text input;
converting the source language sub-phonetic units for the each word in the text input to target language sub-phonetic units;
retrieving ranking of each of the target language sub-phonetic units from a database;
creating target language words based on the target language sub-phonetic units and the ranking of each of the target language sub-phonetic units;
identifying candidate target language words by performing a reverse transliteration for the created target language words; and
displaying the candidate target language words.
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Abstract
A method for transliteration includes receiving input such as a word, a sentence, a phrase, and a paragraph, in a source language, creating source language sub-phonetic units for the word and converting the source language sub-phonetic units for the word to target language sub-phonetic units, retrieving ranking for each of the target language sub-phonetic units from a database and creating target language words for the word in the source language based on the target language sub-phonetic units and ranking of the each of the target language sub-phonetic units. The method further includes identifying candidate target language words based predefined criteria, and displaying candidate target language words.
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28 Claims
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1. A method for transliteration comprising:
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receiving a text input in a source language; creating source language sub-phonetic units for each word in the text input; converting the source language sub-phonetic units for the each word in the text input to target language sub-phonetic units; retrieving ranking of each of the target language sub-phonetic units from a database; creating target language words based on the target language sub-phonetic units and the ranking of each of the target language sub-phonetic units; identifying candidate target language words by performing a reverse transliteration for the created target language words; and displaying the candidate target language words. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. An electronic device comprising:
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a receiver configured to receive text input in a source language; a transliteration engine configured to;
create source language sub-phonetic units for each word in the text input, convert the source language sub-phonetic units for the each word in the text input to target language sub-phonetic units, retrieve ranking of each of the target language sub-phonetic units from a database, create target language words based on the target language sub-phonetic units and the ranking of the each of the target language sub-phonetic units, and identify candidate target language words performing a reverse transliteration for the created target language words; anda display unit configured to display the candidate target language words. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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