Phonetics-based computer transliteration techniques

Abstract

Computer-implemented techniques can include obtaining, by a computer server having one or more processors, a phonetics-based character mapping between a source script and a different target script, the phonetics-based character mapping relating characters in the source and target scripts that have similar sounds or pronunciations. The techniques can include encoding, by the computer server, each character of the phonetics-based character mapping using an encoding scheme to obtain an encoded character mapping, wherein the encoding scheme is common to both the source and target scripts. The techniques can include generating, by the computer server, a mapping function that directly maps encoded source script characters to encoded target script characters in the encoded character mapping. The techniques can also include in response to a transliteration request, utilizing, by the computer server, the mapping function to transliterate a text from the source script to the target script.

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