Iuliia

Transliterate Cyrillic → Latin in every possible way

This is the port of the incredible python library iuliia made by @nalgeon

Transliteration means representing Cyrillic data (mainly names and geographic locations) with Latin letters. It is used for international passports, visas, green cards, driving licenses, mail and goods delivery etc.

Iuliia makes transliteration as easy as:

import iuliia "github.com/mehanizm/iuliia-go"

func main() {
    translated := iuliia.Wikipedia.Translate("Юлия Щеглова")
    fmt.Println(translated)
}

>> 'Yuliya Shcheglova'

Why use Iuliia

• 20 transliteration schemas (rule sets), including all main international and Russian standards.
• Correctly implements not only the base mapping, but all the special rules for letter combinations and word endings (AFAIK, Iuliia is the only library which does so).
• Simple API and zero third-party dependencies.

Installation

go get github.com/mehanizm/iuliia-go

schemas folder is the git submodule from general repository. You can add schemes manually and use generation to generate all code and tests:

go generate

CLI interface

In the folder cmd you can find CLI app to play with the transliteration.

# run the app with help
./iuliia -h
> Usage of ./iuliia:
>   -schema string
>         choose schema name (default "wikipedia")
>   -show
>         showing list of the schemas

# simple run the program
./iuliia
> type phrase to translate with schema wikipedia:
> 'quit' to exit or 'help' to get help
> > 

# show help
> help
>> * show - to show all schemas
>> * change schema_name - to change schema
>> * quit - to quit the program
>> type phrase to translate with schema wikipedia:
>> 'quit' to exit or 'help' to get help

# translate
> Привет. Как у тебя дела?
>> Privet. Kak u tebya dela?

# show all schemas
> show
>> ala_lc:              ALA-LC transliteration schema.
>> ala_lc_alt:          ALA-LC transliteration schema.
>> bgn_pcgn:            BGN/PCGN transliteration schema
>> bgn_pcgn_alt:        BGN/PCGN transliteration schema
>> bs_2979:             British Standard 2979:1958 transliteration schema
>> bs_2979_alt:         British Standard 2979:1958 transliteration schema
>> gost_16876:          GOST 16876-71 (aka GOST 1983) transliteration schema
>> gost_16876_alt:      GOST 16876-71 (aka GOST 1983) transliteration schema
>> gost_52290:          GOST R 52290-2004 transliteration schema
>> gost_52535:          GOST R 52535.1-2006 transliteration schema
>> gost_7034:           GOST R 7.0.34-2014 transliteration schema
>> gost_779:            GOST 7.79-2000 (aka ISO 9:1995) transliteration schema
>> gost_779_alt:        GOST 7.79-2000 (aka ISO 9:1995) transliteration schema
>> icao_doc_9303:       ICAO DOC 9303 transliteration schema
>> iso_9_1954:          ISO/R 9:1954 transliteration schema
>> iso_9_1968:          ISO/R 9:1968 transliteration schema
>> iso_9_1968_alt:      ISO/R 9:1968 transliteration schema
>> mosmetro:            Moscow Metro map transliteration schema
>> mvd_310:             MVD 310-1997 transliteration schema
>> mvd_310_fr:          MVD 310-1997 transliteration schema
>> mvd_782:             MVD 782-2000 transliteration schema
>> scientific:          Scientific transliteration schema
>> telegram:            Telegram transliteration schema
>> ungegn_1987:         UNGEGN 1987 V/18 transliteration schema
>> wikipedia:           Wikipedia transliteration schema
>> yandex_maps:         Yandex.Maps transliteration schema
>> yandex_money:        Yandex.Money transliteration schema

# change schema
> change telegram
>> schema was changed to telegram
>> 
>> type phrase to translate with schema telegram:
>> 'quit' to exit or 'help' to get help

Contributing

Pull requests are welcome. For major changes, please open an issue first to discuss what you would like to change.

Make sure to add or update tests as appropriate.

License

MIT