Method, apparatus, and program for transliteration of documents in various indian languages
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsJanani Janakiraman, David Bruce Kumhyr
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Abstract
A transliteration mechanism is provided that allows a user to view a text in one Indian language, to highlight a word or phrase, and to easily transliterate the selected word or phrase into a target language or script. The mechanism may be an application, an applet, or a plug-in to another application, such as a Web browser. The target language and/or script may be stored in a user profile. Preferably, the source language may be any known Indian language in any known script.
Claims9
1-10. (canceled)
An apparatus for transliteration of text in Indian languages, the apparatus comprising:
- identification means for identifying a selected portion of a text in an Indian language;
- and
- transliteration means for transliterating the selected portion into a target script to form transliterated text, wherein the target script is another Indian language that is identified in a user profile, and the selected portion is transliterated into the target script using a look-up table that comprises a plurality of different transliterations for a plurality of different Indian languages.
14-15. (canceled)
A computer readable, recordable-type media comprising program product code tangibly encoded therein, wherein the program product code is operable in a data processing system, for transliteration of text in Indian languages, the computer readable, recordable-type media comprising:
- instructions for identifying a selected portion of a text in an Indian language;
- and
- instructions for transliterating the selected portion into a target script to form transliterated text, wherein the target script is another Indian language that is identified in a user profile, and the selected portion is transliterated into the target script using a look-up table that comprises a plurality of different transliterations for a plurality of different Indian languages.
19-20. (canceled)
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.