Google::Transliterate
Uses Google Translate to transliterate from a script into phonetic English. For example, "เดวิดไลกสเบียร์" becomes "Dewid lịks̄ beīyr̒"" and "ដេវិឌលៃកសបៀរ" becomes "de vi d lei k sa bier".
Note: This gem does not use that Google Translate API because I want to support Alpha languages such as Khmer. Use at your own risk!
Installation
Add this line to your application's Gemfile:
gem 'google-transliterate'
And then execute:
$ bundle
Or install it yourself as:
$ gem install google-transliterate
Usage
require 'google/transliterate'
transliterator = Google::Transliterate::Transliterator.new
transliterator.transliterate!("kh", "ដេវិឌលៃកសបៀរ")
=> "de vi d lei k sa bier"
Contributing
- Fork it
- Create your feature branch (
git checkout -b my-new-feature
) - Commit your changes (
git commit -am 'Add some feature'
) - Push to the branch (
git push origin my-new-feature
) - Create new Pull Request