Submitted-by: jkl@osc.edu (Jan Labanowski) Archive-name: translit Last-modified: 20-Jan-1993 Environment: UNIX, MS-DOS, VMS Available-from: kekule.osc.edu (128.146.36.48) in /pub/russian/translit Copyright-note: Yes, you have to distribute complete package. Translit --- general transliteration program is available. It transliterates between different alphabet representations of different languages. It is frequently necessary to convert from one representation to another representation of the foreign alphabet. E.g., in the Library of Congress transliteration, the Russian letter sha is transliterated as two Latin letters "sh" while the popular word processors use a code 232 (decimal), the RELCOM network uses a code 221, and the KOI7 set uses character "[" for the same letter. So if your screen driver, printer, word processor, etc. uses different codes than the text file which you have, you need to transliterate. The TRANSLIT program is a powerful tool for such tasks. It converts an input file in one representation to the output file in another representation using appropriate, user defined, transliteration table. Transliteration table allows for very elaborate transliteration tasks and includes provisions for plain character sequences, character lists, regular expressions (flexible matches), SHIFT-OUT/IN sequences and more. The program comes with documentation and examples of popular transliteration schemes. The Russian language serves as an example. Other files will be added with your collaboration. How to get the program? First, retrieve file: readme.doc --- it describes the files in the program distribution and has detailed instructions on how to obtain the program. Via FTP (if you are on Internet): --------------------------------- ftp kekule.osc.edu (or ftp 128.146.36.48) Login: anonymous Password: Your_email_address (Please...) ftp> ascii ftp> cd pub/russian/translit ftp> get readme.doc ftp> quit Via E-mail: ----------- Send message: send translit/readme.doc from russian to OSCPOST@osc.edu or OSCPOST@OHSTPY.BITNET. The file readme.doc will be forwarded to your mailbox. Enjoy, Author coordinates: Jan Labanowski P.O. Box 21821 Columbus, OH 43221-0821, USA jkl@osc.edu, JKL@OHSTPY.BITNET ------------------------------