Thread: Google Translate does Transliteration for Arabic & Persian

What it says on the tin -- Google Translate will now try to translate "romanticized" Transliterations of Arabic or Persian words into the appropriate language's alphabet, and whence to another language. From the Google Translate blog:

We also have a new input transliteration feature for Arabic, Persian or Hindi. If you want to translate from one of these languages, but can't type the script on your keyboard, our input transliteration feature will allow you to type words as they sound and convert them to native script.


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Google Translate is pretty rough for any language; it's far from what you want if you're going to translate a song, as it barely grasps metaphor and other "poetical" concepts. That aside, it's still the single best choice for anyone looking for a free online translator for Arabic.

I did test it with "raqs" and "raqsasa" (dancer), and both worked a charm from what I could tell. Also reminds me that I really need to sort out if "raqsasa" referred to female dancers only...

Very interesting...

Thanks for sharing!


Khalida

Wow thanks!