Conversion

The conversion-algorithm between traditional and anglicised forms takes each character in turn and replaces it with a new text-string, using nearby letters for context. Reversal is theoretically possible, but not presently performed by the Translator.

Each option, helpfully separated by semicolons, is tested in order; the first one to pass is the representation in anglicised form. Some letters’ conditions are split onto multiple lines – these have “meta-conditions” before the colon, which should be tested first.

Conditions, like “if before {bg}” or “if before fricative”, refer to the traditional version of the text only. “Followed by” and “preceded by” always refer to the letters two away from the letter being converted. (Out of context, this sounds weird, but the adjacent letters are “after” or “before”, where “if followed by” et cetera applies to these.)

Letters for conditions are put in curly brackets like a set – for example, read {sśvv́} as “s, ś, v, or v́”. “At end” applies if the letter is the last in a word, meaning the following character is aphonic. (Pauses are included in the word, so letters before them do not count as “at end”.)

* means “nothing”, or “skip”.

' → * if before {bg} followed by fricative, or before {d} followed by {sśvv́}; else '
ǝ → ô if before {w}; else a if at end, after {ẃý}, or after {wy} preceded by vowel excl. {pṕ}; else ù
ǝ́ → ö if before vowel or {rŕ}; else úr
x → d if before {l}; else ḱ if before {h}; else d́
a → à if at end, before {e} at end, or after {wẃyý} preceded by consonant; else a
á → ā
ɐ → a if before {y}; else ä if before {pṕrŕ} at end; else á
ɐ́ → ár if at end; else â
b →
if before {h}: p' if followed by fricative; else p
otherwise: p if after {'} and before fricative; else b
c → * if after {d}; else š if before {hȷ}; else sh
ć → * if after {d}; else ge if at end; else ž if before {hȷ}; else zh
d →
if before {c}: ć if followed by {hȷ}; else 't if followed by {pṕ} and before {s}; else t if followed by {pṕ}; else ch
if before {ć}: t if followed by {pṕ} and before {s}; else d if followed by {pṕ} (and not before {s}); else j
if before {h}: t' if followed by {ȷȷ́pṕsśvv́}; else t
otherwise: d' if before {lpṕ}; else t if after {'} and before {ff́sśvv́}; else d
e →
if before {y}: ae if followed by word-end; else eı́ if followed by vowel excl. {pṕ}; else ê
otherwise: è if after {gs}; else e
é → ē if before vowel or {rŕ}; else ér
f → ff
f́ → v̇
g →
if before {h}: k' if followed by fricative; else c if at end and not after ɔ; else k
otherwise: k if after {'} and before fricative; else g
h → * if after {xbdg}; else 'h if after {þþ́}; else h
ȷ → 'h́ if after {hþþ́}; else h́
ȷ́ → ṙ
ı → i
ı́ → ī if before vowel or {rŕ}; else ír
l → l
m → m
n → n
ɔ → ng if at end or before {bdnm}; else ń
o → o
ó → ō if before vowel or {rŕ}; else ór
p → r
ṕ → r̄
r → ŕ
ŕ → ř
s → s' if before {c}; else s
ś → se if at end or before consonant; else z
þ → th
þ́ → th́
u → u
ú → ū
v → ph if after vowel; else f
v́ → v
w → * if after {ǝ}; else w if after consonant and before vowel excl. {pṕ}, or before {ǝ́uú}; else ü if before {pṕrŕ}; else ú
ẃ → û
y → * if after {e}; else y if after consonant and before vowel excl. {pṕ}, or before {ıí}; else î if after {aá} or before {pṕrŕ}; else í
ý → ë if before {ıí}; else ï

Note: all conversions extracted from the Translator program as of 2025-02-04. These may be outdated if it has been altered.

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