Method and device for transliteration
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsPiyush Kumar Rai, Samarth Vinod Deo
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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.
Claims28
A method for transliteration by a transliteration device including a receiver, a processor, and a display, the method comprising:
- receiving, by the receiver, a text input in a source language from a user;
- creating, by the processor, source language sub-phonetic units for each word in the text input;
- converting, by the processor, the source language sub-phonetic units for the each word in the text input to target language sub-phonetic units;
- retrieving, by the processor, ranking of each of the target language sub-phonetic units from a database;
- creating, by the processor, target language words based on the target language sub-phonetic units and the ranking of each of the target language sub-phonetic units;
- identifying, by the processor, candidate target language words by performing a reverse transliteration for the created target language words;
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- displaying, by the display, the candidate target language words to the user.
An electronic device comprising:
- a receiver configured to receive text input in a source language from a user;
- a processor 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;
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- a display configured to display the candidate target language words to the user.
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