SYSTEM AND METHOD OF TRANSLITERATING NAMES BETWEEN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES

Both a system and method are provided for transliterating a name written in the letters of an alphabet of a source language to a name in the letters of an alphabet of a target language that is different from the source language. The system includes a CPU, a computer readable memory and a computer readable storage media; and first, second and third program instructions. The first program instructions determine whether the letters of the alphabets of the source and target languages are the same or substantially the same. If so, the second program instructions transliterate the name into the same letters used in the source language alphabet. If not, the third program instructions (1) determine the sound associated with each of the letters of the source language that form the name; (2) transliterate the letters of the name in the source language into letters of the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) to create a same or similar sounding name in the letters of the IPA; (3) determine the sound associated with each of the letters of the target language, and (4) transliterate the letters of the IPA form of the name into letters of the target language to create a same or similar sounding name in the letters of the target language.