Is Russian to ASCII correct?

[voku]

Example: Is this correct?

"лысая гора" -> "lysaja gora"

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Can a native speaker, please check the character-replacement, thanks.

https://github.com/voku/portable-ascii/blob/master/src/voku/helper/data/ascii_by_languages.php#L468

[kalessil]

http://translit.cc/ for rescue, this specific case will be "lysaja gora".

[voku]

Thanks @kalessil I have merged the suggestions from "translit.ru" and "translit.cc" here: https://github.com/voku/portable-ascii/blob/master/src/voku/helper/data/ascii_by_languages.php#L468

[samdark]

There are multiple ways to tranlit and there are many GOSTs (state standards). Using the one for passports would produce "lysaia gora".

[samdark]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanization_of_Russian

[Hlaford]

There are multiple ways to tranlit and there are many GOSTs (state standards). Using the one for passports would produce "lysaia gora".

I would use this one, actually. It is GOSTed (i.e. standardized).

[samdark]

@Hlaford the problem is that there are multiple standards that are not deprecated.

[GrahamCampbell]

Do different standards all have the same language code?

[samdark]

Yes.

[GrahamCampbell]

Hmm, I guess we just need to choose a standard.

[samdark]

No, that won't work well. If it's something like generating slugs for an article title, that doesn't matter much which standard is used. If it's passport names, your users may get in trouble if you aren't using correct standard. If your service if exchanging info with state road police, it matters to use correct standard for road signs and street names.

[samdark]

So solution would be allowing to choose a standard.

[kalessil]

+1 for "So solution would be allowing to choose a standard."

[voku]

@samdark Ok, so what standards do a normal application / user need?

"Passport (2013)" + "GOST 7.79-2000(B)"?https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanization_of_Russian#content-collapsible-block-1

[samdark]

Yes. Would be enough for many typical cases.

[voku]

@samdark I added mappings for "ru__passport_2013" && "ru__gost_2000_b" (copy&past from wikipedia).

Can you please take a look at it, here is a test case for the string "лысая гора": a2b1920

Mappings:

• Russian - Passport (2013), ICAO | https://github.com/voku/portable-ascii/blob/master/src/voku/helper/data/ascii_by_languages.php#L539
• Russian - GOST 7.79-2000(B) | https://github.com/voku/portable-ascii/blob/master/src/voku/helper/data/ascii_by_languages.php#L641

[samdark]

Looks OK to me.

[voku]

Thank you for the review & feedback. 👍