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Hi,
i am trying to use the transliteration api to transliterate a Japanese name. but i am getting as a response the same input(with Japanese characters). I tried the translate api with the same name and i get as response something that looks more than the transliteration response.
Does the translate api works also as transliteration for Japanese names?
example:
name(imput):ｽﾐｴ ｳﾁﾜ - transliteration(output):ｽﾐｴ ｳﾁﾜ -- translation(output):Sumie Uchiwa
name(imput):ｶｵ ｱﾉ - transliteration(output):ｶｵ ｱﾉ -- translation(output):Khao Ano
@dimitris rakantas Thanks for spotting this. We have tested this scenario with the above terms and it seems like the response is not correct. We have reached out internally to our product team for more details/clarification. We will let you know more details about the issue as soon as we receive a response.
Could you also try other Japanese terms if similar behavior is seen as it looks like some terms are only displaying this behavior?
@dimitrisrakantas-7029 Could you please check the response from the transliterate API now and check if it works? Here is a screenshot of the response after this was addressed by our team.
@romungi-MSFT I checked and I am still getting as a response the same input in Japanese characters
Here is an example with my call with 10 Japanese names
URL: https://api.cognitive.microsofttranslator.com/transliterate?api-version=3.0&language=ja&fromScript=Jpan&toScript=Latn
Method: POST
Header: Content-Type: application/json
Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Region: westeurope
Content: [ {"Text":"ｶｵﾘ ｼﾊﾞﾔﾏ","script":"jpan"},
{"Text":"ﾅｵﾐ ｳｴﾉ","script":"jpan"},
{"Text":"ｹﾝﾀ ｺﾞｳﾊﾗ","script":"jpan"},
{"Text":"ﾅﾎ ﾅｶﾞﾀ","script":"jpan"},
{"Text":"ﾀﾞｲｷ ﾅｶﾓﾄ","script":"jpan"},
{"Text":"ﾃﾂﾌﾐ ｵｵｸｼ","script":"jpan"},
{"Text":"ﾄｼﾕｷ ｺｼﾞﾏ","script":"jpan"},
{"Text":"ﾑﾂｺ ｽｽﾞｷ","script":"jpan"},
{"Text":"ｴｼﾝ ｺｼﾞﾏ","script":"jpan"},
{"Text":"ｷｮｳｺ ｻﾄｳ","script":"jpan"}
]
Response: [{
"text": "ｶｵﾘ ｼﾊﾞﾔﾏ",
"script": "Latn"
}, {
"text": "ﾅｵﾐ ｳｴﾉ",
"script": "Latn"
}, {
"text": "ｹﾝﾀ ｺﾞｳﾊﾗ",
"script": "Latn"
}, {
"text": "ﾅﾎ ﾅｶﾞﾀ",
"script": "Latn"
}, {
"text": "ﾀﾞｲｷ ﾅｶﾓﾄ",
"script": "Latn"
}, {
"text": "ﾃﾂﾌﾐ ｵｵｸｼ",
"script": "Latn"
}, {
"text": "ﾄｼﾕｷ ｺｼﾞﾏ",
"script": "Latn"
}, {
"text": "ﾑﾂｺ ｽｽﾞｷ",
"script": "Latn"
}, {
"text": "ｴｼﾝ ｺｼﾞﾏ",
"script": "Latn"
}, {
"text": "ｷｮｳｺ ｻﾄｳ",
"script": "Latn"
}]
@dimitris rakantas Thanks for letting us know. There seems to be an issue with Japanese transliteration in the service currently and we have reported these examples too. This may need a model update and our team has created a bug internally to track this. We will update this thread as soon as we have an update. Thanks!!
@dimitris rakantas Our team has provided a workaround for this scenario until the fix is deployed. If the input script for Japanese is full width the transliteration works as expected. Could you please try to use full width and check if it works?
For example the same name in half and full width:
Input:
[
{"Text":"ｶｵﾘ ｼﾊﾞﾔﾏ","script":"jpan"},
{"Text":"カオリ シバヤマ","script":"jpan"}
]
Output:
[
{
"text": "ｶｵﾘ ｼﾊﾞﾔﾏ",
"script": "Latn"
},
{
"text": "caori shibayama",
"script": "Latn"
}
]
Hi,
the workaround with fullwidth is working as expected.
Is there any service to convert from halfwidth to fullwidth?
Also is there any estimation on the plan when this issue will be fixed??
Some more questions:
Is there not transliteration for Russian/Ukraine?(maybe because translation is the same as transliteration in these cases?)
Does Japanese transliteration api supports all writing systems(Katakana, Han, Hiragana)?
Thanks
@dmitrisrakantas-7029 There is currently no service/api that is public with Azure translator to convert half width to full width. Currently our team has not given an ETA of the fix. But, we shall update you as soon as we have an update.
The language support for transliteration does not support Russian/ukraine. But, Yes you can use translation in this scenario.
We will get back to you on the Japanese writing systems that are supported after we check with our team internally.
@dimitris rakantas Apologies for the delay. Unfortunately there is no further update on this. Our team has a backlog to fix this scenario but there is no timeline for its deployment.
@romungi-MSFT thanks for the response.
What about the supported Japanese writing systems in the transliteration API?
"Does Japanese transliteration API supports all writing systems(Katakana, Han, Hiragana)?"
Thanks
@dimitrisrakantas-7209 transliterations for all types of characters commonly used in Japanese writing are generally supported – Kanji, katakana and hiragana
@dimitris rakantas A fix has been pushed for the transliteration API. Could you please check if this is working as expected?
