PHONETICS-BASED COMPUTER TRANSLITERATION TECHNIQUES

1 . A computer-implemented method, comprising:

obtaining, by a computer server having one or more processors, a phonetics-based character mapping between a source script and a different target script, the phonetics-based character mapping relating characters in the source and target scripts that have similar sounds or pronunciations;

encoding, by the computer server, each character of the phonetics-based character mapping using an encoding scheme to obtain an encoded character mapping, wherein the encoding scheme is common to both the source and target scripts;

generating, by the computer server, a mapping function that directly maps encoded source script characters to encoded target script characters in the encoded character mapping; and

in response to a transliteration request, utilizing, by the computer server, the mapping function to transliterate a text from the source script to the target script.

2 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein utilizing the mapping function to transliterate the text includes:

encoding, by the computer server, source characters of the text using the encoding scheme to obtain encoded source characters;

utilizing the mapping function, replacing, by the computer server, the encoded source characters with corresponding encoded target characters; and

decoding, by the computer system, the encoded target characters using the encoding scheme to obtain target characters of the transliterated text.

3 . The computer-implemented method of claim 2 , further comprising:

receiving, at the computer server and from a computing device, an upload comprising (i) a document file including the text and (ii) the transliteration request;

converting, by the computer server, the document file to a plain text tabular data structure to obtain a converted document file;

utilizing, by the computer server, the mapping function to convert the text in the converted document file from the source script to the target script to obtain a transliterated document file including the transliterated text; and

transmitting, from the computer server and to the computing device, the transliterated document file.

4 . The computer-implemented method of claim 3 , wherein the plain text tabular data structure is comma-separated values (CSV).

5 . The computer-implemented method of claim 3 , further comprising:

obtaining, by the computer server, encoded target words from the transliterated document file by using a space character as a delimiter;

utilizing the mapping function, replacing, by the computer server, the target encoded words with encoded source words;

decoding, by the computer server, the encoded source words using the encoding scheme to obtain source words in the source script; and

utilizing, by the computer server, the source words to create a dictionary for a target language associated with the target script.

6 . The computer-implemented method of claim 5 , wherein utilizing the source words to create the target language dictionary includes:

comparing, by the computer server, the source words to known source words in a database associated with the target language dictionary; and

when the source words to not match any known source words, adding, by the computer server, the source words to the target language dictionary.

7 . The computer-implemented method of claim 2 , further comprising:

receiving, at the computer server and from a computing device, an input comprising (i) the text (ii) the transliteration request;

utilizing, by the computer server, the mapping function to convert the text from the source script to the target script to obtain a transliterated text; and

outputting, from the computer server and to the computing device, the transliterated text.

8 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the phonetics-based character mapping is a data structure that includes (i) source sets of characters in the source script having similar sounds or pronunciations as and separated by a colon from (ii) respective target sets of characters in the target script.

9 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the mapping function is the HashMap function.

10 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the encoding scheme is Unicode.

11 . A computer server including one or more processors and a non-transitory memory having a set of instructions stored thereon that, when executed by the one or more processors, causes the computer server to perform operations comprising:

obtaining a phonetics-based character mapping between a source script and a different target script, the phonetics-based character mapping relating characters in the source and target scripts that have similar sounds or pronunciations;

encoding each character of the phonetics-based character mapping using an encoding scheme to obtain an encoded character mapping, wherein the encoding scheme is common to both the source and target scripts;

generating a mapping function that directly maps encoded source script characters to encoded target script characters in the encoded character mapping; and

in response to a transliteration request, utilizing the mapping function to transliterate a text from the source script to the target script.

12 . The computer server of claim 11 , wherein utilizing the mapping function to transliterate the text includes:

encoding source characters of the text using the encoding scheme to obtain encoded source characters;

utilizing the mapping function, replacing the encoded source characters with corresponding encoded target characters; and

decoding the encoded target characters using the encoding scheme to obtain target characters of the transliterated text.

13 . The computer server of claim 12 , wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving, from a computing device, an upload comprising (i) a document file including the text and (ii) the transliteration request;

converting the document file to a plain text tabular data structure to obtain a converted document file;

utilizing the mapping function to convert the text in the converted document file from the source script to the target script to obtain a transliterated document file including the transliterated text; and

transmitting, to the computing device, the transliterated document file.

14 . The computer server of claim 13 , wherein the plain text tabular data structure is comma-separated values (CSV).

15 . The computer server of claim 13 , wherein the operations further comprise:

obtaining encoded target words from the transliterated document file by using a space character as a delimiter;

utilizing the mapping function, replacing the target encoded words with encoded source words;

decoding the encoded source words using the encoding scheme to obtain source words in the source script; and

utilizing the source words to create a dictionary for a target language associated with the target script.

16 . The computer server of claim 15 , wherein utilizing the source words to create the target language dictionary includes:

comparing the source words to known source words in a database associated with the target language dictionary; and

when the source words to not match any known source words, adding the source words to the target language dictionary.

17 . The computer server of claim 12 , wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving, from a computing device, an input comprising (i) the text (ii) the transliteration request;

utilizing the mapping function to convert the text from the source script to the target script to obtain a transliterated text; and

outputting, from the computer server and to the computing device, the transliterated text.

18 . The computer server of claim 11 , wherein the phonetics-based character mapping is a data structure that includes (i) source sets of characters in the source script having similar sounds or pronunciations as and separated by a colon from (ii) respective target sets of characters in the target script.

19 . The computer server of claim 11 , wherein the mapping function is the HashMap function.

20 . The computer server of claim 11 , wherein the encoding scheme is Unicode.