Transliteration API
Overview
Transliteration API
The Transliteration API is a REST API used to transliterate the content from English to Indic languages and vice-versa.
The solution is an automated solution that converts the content in real-time. It is easy to integrate into your applications and display content in the 11 most popular Indian languages
What is Transliteration?
Transliteration is the process of converting texts from one script to another based on phonetic similarity. Here, the text is displayed in alphabets of different languages, but the pronunciation, grammar, and sense of the original version remain intact in these new characters.
Transliteration is involved while converting the names, addresses, titles, and more into Indian languages as localization is important without changing meaning. For a better understanding, refer to the below examples:
City Name
New Delhi
न्यू दिल्ली
City Name
Pune
पुणे
City Name
Bengaluru
बेंगलुरु
Brand
Bata
बाटा
Brand
Bajaj
बजाज
Brand
Reliance
रिलायन्स
Person Name
A R Rahaman
ए आर रहमान
Person Name
Mani Ratnam
मणि रत्नम
Person Name
Anu Malik
अनु मलिक
In the above example, only the script of the content is converted from the English language (Latin Script) to the Hindi language (Devanagari Script).
But, the pronunciation of the words remains the same.
Supporting Languages
Transliteration API supports 22 Indic languages, including Rare languages. It converts scripts from English to 22 Indic languages and 12 Indic languages to English. It also transliterates scripts from one regional language to another (for example: Hindi to Tamil).
Languages Supported for English to Indic Conversion (Forward Transliteration)-
Hindi
Assamese
Bengali
Gujarati
Kannada
Malayalam
Marathi
Odia
Punjabi
Tamil
Telugu
Urdu
13. Sindhi
14. Dogri
15. Konkani
16. Bodo
Kashmiri
Maithili
19. Manipuri
20. Nepali
Sanskrit
Santhali
Languages Supported for Indic to English Conversion (Reverse Transliteration)-
Hindi
Assamese
Bengali
Gujarati
Kannada
Malayalam
Marathi
Odia
Punjabi
Tamil
Telugu
Urdu
Key Features
The Transliteration API has effectual features that recognize it as the best in the content localization industry:
Word-sense Disambiguation:
The API will successfully identify the context of a word used in the source content and then transliterates accordingly. This feature will decrease the editorial work as it can recognize the meaning of the word and help the native language users consume the content in the right order.
Example 1:
Consider: Source Language = English & Target Language = Hindi
1St main, 3rd St, St. Johns Road
फर्स्ट (1St) मेन, थर्ड (3rd) स्ट्रीट, सेण्ट. जोन्स रोड
In the above example, the word St will appear thrice:
suffix for 1
Acronym for Street
Acronym for Saint
The intelligent solution will automatically analyze the statement’s context and transliterate as First, 3rd street, and Saint appropriately.
Example 2:
Consider: Source Language = English & Target Language = Hindi
Note: Source content consists of Hindi language words written in English Script (Latin Script)
Singh Sahab The Great, aap Kahan the
सिहं साहब द ग्रेट, आप कहाँ थे
In the above example, the word "The" is used twice
Singh Sahab the Great: Used as an Adjective
Aap Kahan the: The sentence in the Hindi language meaning, "where were you?" The smart solution will analyze the sentences of different languages and transliterate accurately.
Customizable Vocabulary Model
Tailor the vocabulary to generate accurate transliterations specific to your use-cases, such as product names, domain-specific terminology, or individual names
One Solution for Multiple Use-cases
Through API integration, our solution is easily deployable on all the digital platforms. We support both On-premise and Cloud-based deployment models.
Supporting Domains
generic
Transliterate generic content
pii_names
Transliterate the people’s names and surnames
pii_addresses
Transliterate location details like street name, city name, state, etc.
OnlyEnglish
The domain developed to transliterate the source content from the English script to the Indic language script.
bfsi
Transliterate banking and financial terminologies accurately
ecommerce
Transliterate Brand & product catalog in ecommerce domain
food
Transliterate food and grocery items like the restaurant's food menu, grocery & essential item names like rice, dals, oil, packaged food, dairy items, pet food, household cleaning items & personal care products, and more
infotainment
Transliterate song lyrics, song titles, movie titles, artist names, and more media-related information.
medical
This domain is for the healthcare industry and it will transliterate words like - insurance, medicine, fever, cheston cold tablet, paracetamol.
Note - This is only available for Hindi language.
enterprise
This domain is mostly designed for job titles, company names etc. It will transliterate names like - urbanclap, biostatistician, recruiter, developer, practo.
Some of the examples that describe how our transliteration API produces different results based on domain:
dr
डॉक्टर
डेबिट
hr
एच.आर
आवर
unsalted
अन्सैल्ट्ड
अनसॉल्टेड
gandhi st
गांधी स्ट्रीट
st vincent
सटें वि न्सेन्ट
pt
पी.टी.
पंडित
teethers
टीदर्स
टीथर्स
paltu
पल्टू
पालतू
gela
गेला
गिला
neelay
निलय
नीले
dhar
धर
धार
mohd rafi
मोहम्मद रफी
मोहम्मद रफी
Supporting Use-Cases
The Transliteration API will support a wide range of use-cases, and the prominent are listed below:
People Name
Conversion of people names into native scripts to help to pronounce accurately
Address/ Location
Convert the location/ address details like place name, street details, etc. available on digital platforms like Map app, Unique Identity cards, and more into the native scrip
Music File Content
Convert song lyrics and media file properties like song name, movie name, artist name, and more into Indic language scripts in real-time.
Product Catalog
Accurately convert brand catalog details like brand name, product name, product specifications, etc. into Indic languages and build customer rapport.
Financial Transactions/ Invoice
Using our Transliteration API, provide the financial transaction details & invoice in Indian languages. The financial transactions/ invoice will include purchased items, transaction description, transaction type, amount, etc.
Food & Grocery Content
Conversion of food and grocery item names, and quantities into indic language
Healthcare
Conversion of Medicine names, and healthcare products into indic language
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