Transliterate English text using the Greek alphabet
You are encouraged to solve this task according to the task description, using any language you may know.
- Rules
A rather silly little task intended as a bit of fun as well as a simple exercise in text substitution. So, if you're a Greek speaker or an expert in ancient Greek, please don't take it too seriously!
As there isn't a one-to-one correspondence between the English and Greek alphabets, we need some rules:
Greek letter | Corresponding English letter(s) |
---|---|
alpha | a |
beta | b or v |
gamma | g |
delta | d |
epsilon | e (but not ee) |
zeta | z |
eta | h or ee (but not ch, kh, ph, rh or th) |
theta | th |
iota | i or j |
kappa | c, k, q or ck (but not ch and kh) |
lambda | l |
mu | m |
nu | n |
xi | x |
omicron | o (but not oo) |
pi | p (but not ph or ps) |
rho | r or rh |
sigma | s (but not ps) |
tau | t (but not th) |
upsilon | u or y |
phi | f or ph |
chi | ch or kh |
psi | ps |
omega | w or oo |
In the case of lower-case sigma, use ς when s is the final letter of an English word or σ otherwise.
Ignore Greek diacritics (accents and breathings) but use the same capitalization, spacing and punctuation as in the English text.
- Example
English: The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.
Greek: Θε κυικ βροων φοξ ιυμπεδ οβερ θε λαζυ δογ.
- Task
Transliterate the following English text into Greek using the above rules:
I was looking at some rhododendrons in my back garden, dressed in my khaki shorts, when the telephone rang. As I answered it, I cheerfully glimpsed that the July sun caused a fragment of black pine wax to ooze on the velvet quilt laying in my patio.
If your language does not support the printing of non-ascii characters, then you can instead transliterate the following lower-case pangram:
sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow.
Just represent the Greek letters by their names in angle brackets. For example:
the dog => <theta><epsilon> <delta><omicron><gamma>
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FutureBasic
include "NSLog.incl"
void local fn EnglishToGreekTransliteration
CFArrayRef texts = @[
@"The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.",
@"I was looking at some rhododendrons in my back garden,\ndressed in my khaki shorts, when the telephone rang.\n\nAs I answered it, I cheerfully glimpsed that the July sun\ncaused a fragment of black pine wax to ooze on the velvet quilt\nlaying in my patio.",
@"sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow."]
CFDictionaryRef replacements = @{
@"ch": @"χ", @"th": @"θ", @"ps": @"ψ", @"ph": @"f", @"s(\\W)": @"ς$1", @"Ch": @"Χ",
@"Th": @"Θ", @"Ps": @"Ψ", @"Ph": @"F", @"ee": @"h", @"ck": @"κ", @"rh": @"r", @"kh": @"χ",
@"Kh": @"Χ", @"oo": @"w", @"a": @"α", @"b": @"β", @"c": @"κ", @"d": @"δ", @"e": @"ε",
@"f": @"φ", @"g": @"γ", @"h": @"η", @"i": @"ι", @"j": @"ι", @"k": @"κ", @"l": @"λ",
@"m": @"μ", @"n": @"ν", @"o": @"ο", @"p": @"π", @"q": @"κ", @"r": @"ρ", @"s": @"σ",
@"t": @"τ", @"u": @"υ", @"v": @"β", @"w": @"ω", @"x": @"ξ", @"y": @"υ", @"z": @"ζ",
@"D": @"Δ", @"F": @"Φ", @"G": @"Γ", @"J": @"I", @"L": @"Λ", @"P": @"Π", @"Q": @"Κ",
@"R": @"Ρ", @"S": @"Σ", @"Y": @"U", @"W": @"Ω", @"X": @"Ξ"}
CFStringRef txt, key
for txt in texts
NSLog( @"%@\n=>", txt )
CFStringRef modifiedTxt = txt
for key in replacements
CFStringRef value = replacements[key]
RegularExpressionRef regex = fn RegularExpressionWithPattern( key, 0, NULL )
modifiedTxt = fn RegularExpressionStringByReplacingMatches( regex, modifiedTxt, 0, fn CFRangeMake( 0, len(modifiedTxt) ), value )
next
modifiedTxt = fn StringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString( modifiedTxt, @"Tη", @"θ" )
NSLog( @"%@\n%@", modifiedTxt, fn StringByPaddingToLength( @"", 65, @"=", 0 ) )
next
end fn
fn EnglishToGreekTransliteration
HandleEvents
- Output:
The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog. => θε κυικκ βροων φοξ ιυμπεδ οβερ θε λαζυ δογ. ================================================================= I was looking at some rhododendrons in my back garden, dressed in my khaki shorts, when the telephone rang. As I answered it, I cheerfully glimpsed that the July sun caused a fragment of black pine wax to ooze on the velvet quilt laying in my patio. => I ωας λωκινγ ατ σομε ροδοδενδρονς ιν μυ βακκ γαρδεν, δρεσσεδ ιν μυ χακι σηορτς, ωηεν θε τελεφονε ρανγ. Aς I ανσωερεδ ιτ, I κηεερφυλλυ γλιμψεδ θατ θε Iυλυ συν καυσεδ α φραγμεντ οφ βλακκ πινε ωαξ το ωζε ον θε βελβετ κυιλτ λαυινγ ιν μυ πατιο. ================================================================= sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow. => σφινξ οφ βλακκ κυαρτζ, ιυδγε μυ βοω. =================================================================
J
Implementation:
endings=: {{
W=. (#~ tolower=toupper) (32}.127{.a.)-.":1234567890x
,(x,"1 0 W);&(7&u:)"1 y,"1 0 W
}}
trans=: rplc&(7 u:L:0 ".{{)n
'ch';'χ'; 'th';'θ'; 'ps';'ψ'; 'ph';'f'; ('s' endings 'ς'), 'Ch';'Χ';
'Th';'Θ'; 'Ps';'Ψ'; 'Ph';'F'; 'ee';'h'; 'ck';'κ'; 'rh';'r'; 'kh';'χ';
'Kh';'Χ'; 'oo';'w'; 'a';'α'; 'b';'β'; 'c';'κ'; 'd';'δ'; 'e';'ε';
'f';'φ'; 'g';'γ'; 'h';'η'; 'i';'ι'; 'j';'ι'; 'k';'κ'; 'l';'λ';
'm';'μ'; 'n';'ν'; 'o';'ο'; 'p';'π'; 'q';'κ'; 'r';'ρ'; 's';'σ';
't';'τ'; 'u';'υ'; 'v';'β'; 'w';'ω'; 'x';'ξ'; 'y';'υ'; 'z';'ζ';
'D';'Δ'; 'F';'Φ'; 'G';'Γ'; 'J';'I'; 'L';'Λ'; 'P';'Π'; 'Q';'Κ';
'R';'Ρ'; 'S';'Σ'; 'Y';'U'; 'W';'Ω'; 'X';'Ξ'
}} -.LF)^:_
Examples:
txt1=:'The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.'
txt2=:{{)n
I was looking at some rhododendrons in my back garden,
dressed in my khaki shorts, when the telephone rang.
As I answered it, I cheerfully glimpsed that the July sun
caused a fragment of black pine wax to ooze on the velvet quilt
laying in my patio.
}}
txt3=: 'sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow.'
trans txt1
Θε κυικ βροων φοξ ιυμπεδ οβερ θε λαζυ δογ.
trans txt2
I ωας λωκινγ ατ σομε ροδοδενδρονς ιν μυ βακ γαρδεν,
δρεσσεδ ιν μυ χακι σηορτς, ωηεν θε τελεφονε ρανγ.
Aς I ανσωερεδ ιτ, I χηρφυλλυ γλιμψεδ θατ θε Iυλυ συν
καυσεδ α φραγμεντ οφ βλακ πινε ωαξ το ωζε ον θε βελβετ κυιλτ
λαυινγ ιν μυ πατιο.
trans txt3
σφινξ οφ βλακ κυαρτζ, ιυδγε μυ βοω.
Java
import java.util.List;
public final class TransliterateEnglishTextUsingTheGreekAlphabet {
public static void main(String[] args) {
List<String> tests = List.of(
"The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.", // Note: "jumps" not "jumped"
"""
I was looking at some rhododendrons in my back garden,
dressed in my khaki shorts, when the telephone rang.
As I answered it, I cheerfully glimpsed that the July sun
caused a fragment of black pine wax to ooze on the velvet quilt
laying in my patio.""",
"sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow.");
String[][] pairs = new String[][] {
{ "CH", "Χ" }, { "Ch", "Χ" }, { "ch", "χ" }, { "CK", "Κ" }, { "Ck", "Κ" }, { "ck", "κ" },
{ "EE", "Η" }, { "Ee", "Η" }, { "ee", "η" }, { "KH", "Χ" }, { "Kh", "Χ" }, { "kh", "χ" },
{ "OO", "Ω" }, { "Oo", "Ω" }, { "oo", "ω" }, { "PH", "Φ" }, { "Ph", "Φ" }, { "ph", "ϕ" },
{ "PS", "Ψ" }, { "Ps", "Ψ" }, { "ps", "ψ" }, { "RH", "Ρ" }, { "Rh", "Ρ" }, { "rh", "ρ" },
{ "TH", "Θ" }, { "Th", "Θ" }, { "th", "θ" }, { "A", "Α" }, { "a", "α" }, { "B", "Β" },
{ "b", "β" }, { "C", "Κ" }, { "c", "κ" }, { "D", "Δ" }, { "d", "δ" }, { "E", "Ε" }, { "e", "ε" },
{ "F", "Φ" }, { "f", "ϕ" }, { "G", "Γ" }, { "g", "γ" }, { "H", "Ε" }, { "h", "ε" }, { "I", "Ι" },
{ "i", "ι" }, { "J", "Ι" }, { "j", "ι" }, { "K", "Κ" }, { "k", "κ" }, { "L", "Λ" }, { "l", "λ" },
{ "M", "Μ" }, { "m", "μ" }, { "N", "Ν" }, { "n", "ν" }, { "O", "Ο" }, { "o", "ο" }, { "P", "Π" },
{ "p", "π" }, { "Q", "Κ" }, { "q", "κ" }, { "R", "Ρ" }, { "r", "ρ" }, { "S", "Σ" }, { "s", "σ" },
{ "T", "Τ" }, { "t", "τ" }, { "U", "Υ" }, { "u", "υ" }, { "V", "Β" }, { "v", "β" }, { "W", "Ω" },
{ "w", "ω" }, { "X", "Ξ" }, { "x", "ξ" }, { "Y", "Υ" }, { "y", "υ" }, { "Z", "Ζ" }, { "z", "ζ" } };
for ( String test : tests ) {
String greek = test;
for ( int i = 0; i < greek.length(); i++ ) {
if ( greek.charAt(i) == 's' && ! Character.isAlphabetic(greek.charAt(i + 1)) ) {
greek = greek.substring(0, i) + 'ς' + greek.substring(i + 1);
}
}
for ( String[] pair : pairs ) {
greek = greek.replace(pair[0], pair[1]);
}
System.out.println(test + System.lineSeparator() + " =>" + System.lineSeparator() + greek);
System.out.println("=".repeat(65));
}
}
}
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. => Θε κυικ βροων ϕοξ ιυμπς οβερ θε λαζυ δογ. ================================================================= I was looking at some rhododendrons in my back garden, dressed in my khaki shorts, when the telephone rang. As I answered it, I cheerfully glimpsed that the July sun caused a fragment of black pine wax to ooze on the velvet quilt laying in my patio. => Ι ωας λωκινγ ατ σομε ροδοδενδρονς ιν μυ βακ γαρδεν, δρεσσεδ ιν μυ χακι σεορτς, ωεεν θε τελεϕονε ρανγ. Ας Ι ανσωερεδ ιτ, Ι χηρϕυλλυ γλιμψεδ θατ θε Ιυλυ συν καυσεδ α ϕραγμεντ οϕ βλακ πινε ωαξ το ωζε ον θε βελβετ κυιλτ λαυινγ ιν μυ πατιο. ================================================================= sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow. => σϕινξ οϕ βλακ κυαρτζ, ιυδγε μυ βοω. =================================================================
jq
Adapted from #Julia
A point of interest in adapting the approach taken in the Julia entry is that, since jq strings for interpolating variables are not themselves JSON strings, the special case of "ς" must be handled differently.
def texts: [
"The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.",
"I was looking at some rhododendrons in my back garden,\n" +
"dressed in my khaki shorts, when the telephone rang.\n" +
"\n" +
"As I answered it, I cheerfully glimpsed that the July sun\n" +
"caused a fragment of black pine wax to ooze on the velvet quilt\n" +
"laying in my patio.",
"sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow."
];
# "ς" is handled separately
def replacements:
{
"ch" : "χ", "th" : "θ", "ps" : "ψ", "ph" : "f", "Ch" : "Χ",
"Th" : "Θ", "Ps" : "Ψ", "Ph" : "F", "ee" : "h", "ck" : "κ", "rh" : "r", "kh" : "χ",
"Kh" : "Χ", "oo" : "w", "a" : "α", "b" : "β", "c" : "κ", "d" : "δ", "e" : "ε",
"f" : "φ", "g" : "γ", "h" : "η", "i" : "ι", "j" : "ι", "k" : "κ", "l" : "λ",
"m" : "μ", "n" : "ν", "o" : "ο", "p" : "π", "q" : "κ", "r" : "ρ", "s" : "σ",
"t" : "τ", "u" : "υ", "v" : "β", "w" : "ω", "x" : "ξ", "y" : "υ", "z" : "ζ",
"D" : "Δ", "F" : "Φ", "G" : "Γ", "J" : "I", "L" : "Λ", "P" : "Π", "Q" : "Κ",
"R" : "Ρ", "S" : "Σ", "Y" : "U", "W" : "Ω", "X" : "Ξ" };
def translate($replacements):
gsub("s(?<W>\\W)"; "ς\(.W)")
| reduce ($replacements|keys_unsorted[]) as $key (.;
gsub($key; $replacements[$key])) ;
replacements as $replacements
| texts[]
| ., "=>", translate($replacements), ""
Invocation
jq -nr -f transliterate-english-using-Greek.jq
- Output:
The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog. => Θε κυικ βροων φοξ ιυμπεδ οβερ θε λαζυ δογ. I was looking at some rhododendrons in my back garden, dressed in my khaki shorts, when the telephone rang. => I ωασ λωκινγ ατ σομε ροδοδενδρονσ ιν μυ βακ γαρδεν, δρεσσεδ ιν μυ χακι σηορτσ, ωηεν θε τελεφονε ρανγ. As I answered it, I cheerfully glimpsed that the July sun caused a fragment of black pine wax to ooze on the velvet quilt laying in my patio. => Aσ I ανσωερεδ ιτ, I χηρφυλλυ γλιμψεδ θατ θε Iυλυ συν καυσεδ α φραγμεντ οφ βλακ πινε ωαξ το ωζε ον θε βελβετ κυιλτ λαυινγ ιν μυ πατιο. sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow. => σφινξ οφ βλακ κυαρτζ, ιυδγε μυ βοω.
Julia
const texts = [
"""The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.""",
"""I was looking at some rhododendrons in my back garden,
dressed in my khaki shorts, when the telephone rang.
As I answered it, I cheerfully glimpsed that the July sun
caused a fragment of black pine wax to ooze on the velvet quilt
laying in my patio.""",
"""sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow."""]
const replacements = [
"ch" => "χ", "th" => "θ", "ps" => "ψ", "ph" => "f", r"s(\W)" => s"ς\1", "Ch" => "Χ",
"Th" => "Θ", "Ps" => "Ψ", "Ph" => "F", "ee" => "h", "ck" => "κ", "rh" => "r", "kh" => "χ",
"Kh" => "Χ", "oo" => "w", "a" => "α", "b" => "β", "c" => "κ", "d" => "δ", "e" => "ε",
"f" => "φ", "g" => "γ", "h" => "η", "i" => "ι", "j" => "ι", "k" => "κ", "l" => "λ",
"m" => "μ", "n" => "ν", "o" => "ο", "p" => "π", "q" => "κ", "r" => "ρ", "s" => "σ",
"t" => "τ", "u" => "υ", "v" => "β", "w" => "ω", "x" => "ξ", "y" => "υ", "z" => "ζ",
"D" => "Δ", "F" => "Φ", "G" => "Γ", "J" => "I", "L" => "Λ", "P" => "Π", "Q" => "Κ",
"R" => "Ρ", "S" => "Σ", "Y" => "U", "W" => "Ω", "X" => "Ξ"]
for txt in texts
println("$txt\n=>")
for pair in replacements
txt = replace(txt, pair)
end
println("$txt\n", "="^65)
end
- Output:
The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog. => Θε κυικ βροων φοξ ιυμπεδ οβερ θε λαζυ δογ. ================================================================= I was looking at some rhododendrons in my back garden, dressed in my khaki shorts, when the telephone rang. As I answered it, I cheerfully glimpsed that the July sun caused a fragment of black pine wax to ooze on the velvet quilt laying in my patio. => I ωας λωκινγ ατ σομε ροδοδενδρονς ιν μυ βακ γαρδεν, δρεσσεδ ιν μυ χακι σηορτς, ωηεν θε τελεφονε ρανγ. Aς I ανσωερεδ ιτ, I χηρφυλλυ γλιμψεδ θατ θε Iυλυ συν καυσεδ α φραγμεντ οφ βλακ πινε ωαξ το ωζε ον θε βελβετ κυιλτ λαυινγ ιν μυ πατιο. ================================================================= sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow. => σφινξ οφ βλακ κυαρτζ, ιυδγε μυ βοω. =================================================================
M2000 Interpreter
process1=lambda -> {
a=list:="ee":="η", "ch":="χ", "kh":="χ", "ph":="φ", "ps":="ψ", "th":="θ", "ck":="κ", "oo":="ω", "rh":="ρ"
b=list:="a":="α","b":="β","v":="β","g":="γ","d":="δ","e":="ε","z":="ζ","h":="η","i":="ι","j":="ι","c":="κ"
append b, "k":="κ","q":="κ","l":="λ","m":="μ","n":="ν","x":="ξ","o":="ο","p":="π","r":="ρ"
append b, "s":="σ","t":="τ","u":="υ","y":="υ","f":="φ","w":="ω"
=lambda a, b (s as string, no as integer) -> {
long i=1, j=len(s)
string r, rc, crlf={
}
while i<=j
if exist(a, lcase$(mid$(s,i,2))) then
rc=eval$(a)
if mid$(s,i,1)<>left$(eval$(a!),1) then
r+=ucase$(left$(rc,1))
else
r+=rc
end if
i+=2
else.if exist(b,lcase$(mid$(s,i,1))) then
rc=eval$(b) // eval$(b!) is the key
if mid$(s,i,1)<>eval$(b!) then
r+=ucase$(rc)
else.if rc="σ" then
if exist(b,lcase$(mid$(s,i+1,1))) then
r+=rc
else
r+="ς"
end if
else
r+=rc
end if
i++
else
r+=mid$(s,i,1)
i++
end if
end while
=">>>> Text "+no+crlf+s+crlf+" =>"+crlf+r+crlf+crlf
}
}
trans=process1()
report trans("The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.", 1)
eng$={I was looking at some rhododendrons in my back garden,
dressed in my khaki shorts, when the telephone rang.
As I answered it, I cheerfully glimpsed that the July sun
caused a fragment of black pine wax to ooze on the velvet quilt
laying in my patio.}
Report trans(eng$, 2)
Report trans("sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow.", 3)
- Output:
>>>> Text 1 The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog. => Θε κυικ βροων φοξ ιυμπεδ οβερ θε λαζυ δογ. >>>> Text 2 I was looking at some rhododendrons in my back garden, dressed in my khaki shorts, when the telephone rang. As I answered it, I cheerfully glimpsed that the July sun caused a fragment of black pine wax to ooze on the velvet quilt laying in my patio. => Ι ωας λωκινγ ατ σομε ροδοδενδρονς ιν μυ βακ γαρδεν, δρεσσεδ ιν μυ χακι σηορτς, ωηεν θε τελεφονε ρανγ. Ας Ι ανσωερεδ ιτ, Ι χηρφυλλυ γλιμψεδ θατ θε Ιυλυ συν καυσεδ α φραγμεντ οφ βλακ πινε ωαξ το ωζε ον θε βελβετ κυιλτ λαυινγ ιν μυ πατιο. >>>> Text 3 sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow. => σφινξ οφ βλακ κυαρτζ, ιυδγε μυ βοω.
Nim
import std/[strutils, unicode]
const Text = """I was looking at some rhododendrons in my back garden,
dressed in my khaki shorts, when the telephone rang.
As I answered it, I cheerfully glimpsed that the July sun
caused a fragment of black pine wax to ooze on the velvet quilt
laying in my patio."""
# Replacement table.
# It includes greek characters which look like ASCII ones but are actually different
# and coded using specific Unicode code points (as Α, Β, Ε, etc.).
const Replacements = {"CH": "Χ", "Ch": "Χ", "ch": "χ", "CK": "Κ", "Ck": "Κ", "ck": "κ",
"EE": "Η", "Ee": "Η", "ee": "η", "KH": "Χ", "Kh": "Χ", "kh": "χ",
"OO": "Ω", "Oo": "Ω", "oo": "ω", "PH": "Φ", "Ph": "Φ", "ph": "ϕ",
"PS": "Ψ", "Ps": "Ψ", "ps": "ψ", "RH": "Ρ", "Rh": "Ρ", "rh": "ρ",
"TH": "Θ", "Th": "Θ", "th": "θ", "A": "Α", "a": "α", "B": "Β",
"b": "β", "C": "Κ", "c": "κ", "D": "Δ", "d": "δ", "E": "Ε", "e": "ε",
"F": "Φ", "f": "ϕ", "G": "Γ", "g": "γ", "H": "Ε", "h": "ε", "I": "Ι",
"i": "ι", "J": "Ι", "j": "ι", "K": "Κ", "k": "κ", "L": "Λ", "l": "λ",
"M": "Μ", "m": "μ", "N": "Ν", "n": "ν", "O": "Ο", "o": "ο", "P": "Π",
"p": "π", "Q": "Κ", "q": "κ", "R": "Ρ", "r": "ρ", "S": "Σ", "s": "σ",
"T": "Τ", "t": "τ", "U": "Υ", "u": "υ", "V": "Β", "v": "β", "W": "Ω",
"w": "ω", "X": "Ξ", "x": "ξ", "Y": "Υ", "y": "υ", "Z": "Ζ", "z": "ζ"}
# All replacements are done using a single call to "multiReplace".
var text = Text.multiReplace(Replacements)
# Replacing "σ" with "ς" is a bit more complicated, as we have to deal with Unicode strings.
const Sigma1 = "σ".toRunes[0]
const Sigma2 = "ς".toRunes[0]
var runes = text.toRunes
for i in 0..runes.high:
let rune = runes[i]
if rune == Sigma1:
if i == runes.high or not runes[i + 1].isAlpha:
runes[i] = Sigma2
echo runes
- Output:
Ι ωας λωκινγ ατ σομε ροδοδενδρονς ιν μυ βακ γαρδεν, δρεσσεδ ιν μυ χακι σεορτς, ωεεν θε τελεϕονε ρανγ. Ας Ι ανσωερεδ ιτ, Ι χηρϕυλλυ γλιμψεδ θατ θε Ιυλυ συν καυσεδ α ϕραγμεντ οϕ βλακ πινε ωαξ το ωζε ον θε βελβετ κυιλτ λαυινγ ιν μυ πατιο.
PascalABC.NET
var repl := Dict(
('ch', 'χ'), ('th', 'θ'), ('ps', 'ψ'), ('ph', 'f'), ('Ch', 'Χ'),
('Th', 'Θ'), ('Ps', 'Ψ'), ('Ph', 'F'), ('ee', 'h'), ('ck', 'κ'), ('rh', 'r'), ('kh', 'χ'),
('Kh', 'Χ'), ('oo', 'w'),
($'a', 'α'), ($'b', 'β'), ($'c', 'κ'), ($'d', 'δ'), ($'e', 'ε'),
($'f', 'φ'), ($'g', 'γ'), ($'h', 'η'), ($'i', 'ι'), ($'j', 'ι'), ($'k', 'κ'), ($'l', 'λ'),
($'m', 'μ'), ($'n', 'ν'), ($'o', 'ο'), ($'p', 'π'), ($'q', 'κ'), ($'r', 'ρ'), ($'s', 'σ'),
($'t', 'τ'), ($'u', 'υ'), ($'v', 'β'), ($'w', 'ω'), ($'x', 'ξ'), ($'y', 'υ'), ($'z', 'ζ'),
($'D', 'Δ'), ($'F', 'Φ'), ($'G', 'Γ'), ($'J', 'I'), ($'L', 'Λ'), ($'P', 'Π'), ($'Q', 'Κ'),
($'R', 'Ρ'), ($'S', 'Σ'), ($'Y', 'U'), ($'W', 'Ω'), ($'X', 'Ξ')
);
var texts := Arr(
'The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.',
'''
I was looking at some rhododendrons in my back garden,
dressed in my khaki shorts, when the telephone rang.
As I answered it, I cheerfully glimpsed that the July sun
caused a fragment of black pine wax to ooze on the velvet quilt
laying in my patio.
''',
'sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow.'
);
begin
foreach var txt in texts do
begin
Println(txt); Println('=>');
var txt1 := txt;
foreach var pair in repl do
txt1 := txt1.Replace(pair.Key,pair.Value);
Println(txt1 + NewLine);
end;
end.
- Output:
The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog. => Θε κυικ βροων φοξ ιυμπεδ οβερ θε λαζυ δογ. I was looking at some rhododendrons in my back garden, dressed in my khaki shorts, when the telephone rang. As I answered it, I cheerfully glimpsed that the July sun caused a fragment of black pine wax to ooze on the velvet quilt laying in my patio. => I ωασ λωκινγ ατ σομε ροδοδενδρονσ ιν μυ βακ γαρδεν, δρεσσεδ ιν μυ χακι σηορτσ, ωηεν θε τελεφονε ρανγ. Aσ I ανσωερεδ ιτ, I χηρφυλλυ γλιμψεδ θατ θε Iυλυ συν καυσεδ α φραγμεντ οφ βλακ πινε ωαξ το ωζε ον θε βελβετ κυιλτ λαυινγ ιν μυ πατιο. sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow. => σφινξ οφ βλακ κυαρτζ, ιυδγε μυ βοω.
Perl
use v5.36;
use experimental 'for_list';
use utf8;
binmode(STDOUT, ':utf8');
sub to_Greek ($string) {
my %pre = qw<Ph F ck k ee h J I rh r oo w ph f ch χ th θ ps ψ Ch Χ Th Θ Ps Ψ kh χ 's ' 'ς '>;
my %post = split '', 'aαbβdδeεfφgγhηiιjιkκlλmμnνoοpπqκrρsσtτuυvβwωxξyυzζAΑBΒDΔEΕFΦGΓHΗIΙLΛMΜNΝOΟPΠQΚRΡSΣTΤUΥWΩXΞZΖ';
for my ($k,$v) (%pre, %post) { $string =~ s/$k/$v/g }
$string
}
say "$_\n" . to_Greek $_ . "\n" for
'The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.',
'I was looking at some rhododendrons in my back garden, dressed in my khaki shorts, when the telephone rang.',
'As I answered it, I cheerfully glimpsed that the July sun caused a fragment of black pine wax to ooze on the velvet quilt laying in my patio.';
- Output:
The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog. Θε κυικ βροων φοξ ιυμπεδ οβερ θε λαζυ δογ. I was looking at some rhododendrons in my back garden, dressed in my khaki shorts, when the telephone rang. Ι ωασ λωκινγ ατ σομε ροδοδενδρονσ ιν μυ βακ γαρδεν, δρεσσεδ ιν μυ χακι σηορτσ, ωηεν θε τελεφονε ρανγ. As I answered it, I cheerfully glimpsed that the July sun caused a fragment of black pine wax to ooze on the velvet quilt laying in my patio. Ασ Ι ανσωερεδ ιτ, Ι χηρφυλλυ γλιμψεδ θατ θε Ιυλυ συν cαυσεδ α φραγμεντ οφ βλακ πινε ωαξ το ωζε ον θε βελβετ κυιλτ λαυινγ ιν μυ πατιο.
Phix
Just for a laugh, figure out the rules directly from the task description. You can run this online here (and it'll probably look better in a browser than on a Windows console).
with javascript_semantics constant task = """ alpha a beta b or v gamma g delta d epsilon e (but not ee) zeta z eta h or ee (but not ch, kh, ph, rh or th) theta th iota i or j kappa c, k, q or ck (but not ch and kh) lambda l mu m nu n xi x omicron o (but not oo) pi p (but not ph or ps) rho r or rh sigma s (but not ps) tau t (but not th) upsilon u or y phi f or ph chi ch or kh psi ps omega w or oo """ function rules() sequence replacements = split(task,"\n"), suborder = {{" ",49},{",",50},{".",51},{"\n",52}}, {rs,ir} = columnize(suborder), names = reinstate(repeat(0,52),ir,rs), done = {} for i,s in replacements do s = substitute_all(s,{" or"," and"},{",",","}) integer k = match("(but not ",s) sequence nots = {} if k then assert(s[$]=')' and s[k-1]=' ') nots = split(s[k+9..$-1],", ") s = s[1..k-2] end if s = split(substitute(s,",","")," ") names[i] = "<" & proper(s[1]) & ">" names[i+24] = "<" & s[1] & ">" s = s[2..$] k = max(apply(s¬s,length)) replacements[i] = {k,i,reverse(s),nots} end for replacements = sort(replacements) while length(replacements) do for i=length(replacements) to 1 by -1 do bool missing = false for s in replacements[i][4] do missing += not find(s,done) end for if not missing then integer g = replacements[i][2] for s in replacements[i][3] do done = append(done,s) suborder &= {{s,g+24}} s[1] = upper(s[1]) suborder &= {{s,g}} end for replacements[i..i] = {} end if end for end while return {columnize(suborder),names} end function sequence {{sub,rep},names} = rules(), gulp = utf8_to_utf32("ΑΒΓΔΕΖΗΘΙΚΛΜΝΞΟΠΡΣΤΥΦΧΨΩ"& "αβγδεζηθικλμνξοπρστυφχψω ,.\n"), text = """ The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog. I was looking at some rhododendrons in my back garden, dressed in my khaki shorts, when the telephone rang. As I answered it, I cheerfully glimpsed that the July sun caused a fragment of black pine wax to ooze on the velvet quilt laying in my patio. sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow.""" string g = utf32_to_utf8(extract(gulp,substitute_all(text,sub,rep))) g = substitute_all(g,{"σ ","σ,"},{"ς ","ς,"}) printf(1,"%s\n=>\n%s\n\n",{text,g}) string thedog = "the dog" g = join(extract(names,substitute_all(thedog,sub,rep)),"") printf(1,"%s\n=>\n%s\n\n",{thedog,g})
- Output:
The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog. I was looking at some rhododendrons in my back garden, dressed in my khaki shorts, when the telephone rang. As I answered it, I cheerfully glimpsed that the July sun caused a fragment of black pine wax to ooze on the velvet quilt laying in my patio. sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow. => Θε κυικ βροων φοξ ιυμπεδ οβερ θε λαζυ δογ. Ι ωας λωκινγ ατ σομε ροδοδενδρονς ιν μυ βακ γαρδεν, δρεσσεδ ιν μυ χακι σηορτς, ωηεν θε τελεφονε ρανγ. Ας Ι ανσωερεδ ιτ, Ι χηρφυλλυ γλιμψεδ θατ θε Ιυλυ συν καυσεδ α φραγμεντ οφ βλακ πινε ωαξ το ωζε ον θε βελβετ κυιλτ λαυινγ ιν μυ πατιο. σφινξ οφ βλακ κυαρτζ, ιυδγε μυ βοω. the dog => <theta><epsilon> <delta><omicron><gamma>
Python
Implementation:
import re
# Input texts
texts = [
"The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.",
"""I was looking at some rhododendrons in my back garden,
dressed in my khaki shorts, when the telephone rang.
As I answered it, I cheerfully glimpsed that the July sun
caused a fragment of black pine wax to ooze on the velvet quilt
laying in my patio.""",
"sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow."
]
# Mapping of replacements
replacements = [
("ch", "χ"), ("th", "θ"), ("ps", "ψ"), ("ph", "f"), (r"s(\W)", r"ς\1"), ("Ch", "Χ"),
("Th", "Θ"), ("Ps", "Ψ"), ("Ph", "F"), ("ee", "h"), ("ck", "κ"), ("rh", "r"), ("kh", "χ"),
("Kh", "Χ"), ("oo", "w"), ("a", "α"), ("b", "β"), ("c", "κ"), ("d", "δ"), ("e", "ε"),
("f", "φ"), ("g", "γ"), ("h", "η"), ("i", "ι"), ("j", "ι"), ("k", "κ"), ("l", "λ"),
("m", "μ"), ("n", "ν"), ("o", "ο"), ("p", "π"), ("q", "κ"), ("r", "ρ"), ("s", "σ"),
("t", "τ"), ("u", "υ"), ("v", "β"), ("w", "ω"), ("x", "ξ"), ("y", "υ"), ("z", "ζ"),
("D", "Δ"), ("F", "Φ"), ("G", "Γ"), ("J", "I"), ("L", "Λ"), ("P", "Π"), ("Q", "Κ"),
("R", "Ρ"), ("S", "Σ"), ("Y", "U"), ("W", "Ω"), ("X", "Ξ")
]
# Function to apply replacements
def replace_text(text, replacements):
for old, new in replacements:
if re.search(r"\W", old): # If the key contains special characters, treat it as a regex
text = re.sub(old, new, text)
else:
text = text.replace(old, new)
return text
# Apply replacements and print the results
for txt in texts:
print(f"{txt}\n=>")
txt = replace_text(txt, replacements)
print(f"{txt}\n" + "="*65)
- Output:
The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog. => Θε κυικ βροων φοξ ιυμπεδ οβερ θε λαζυ δογ. ================================================================= I was looking at some rhododendrons in my back garden, dressed in my khaki shorts, when the telephone rang. As I answered it, I cheerfully glimpsed that the July sun caused a fragment of black pine wax to ooze on the velvet quilt laying in my patio. => I ωας λωκινγ ατ σομε ροδοδενδρονς ιν μυ βακ γαρδεν, δρεσσεδ ιν μυ χακι σηορτς, ωηεν θε τελεφονε ρανγ. Aς I ανσωερεδ ιτ, I χηρφυλλυ γλιμψεδ θατ θε Iυλυ συν καυσεδ α φραγμεντ οφ βλακ πινε ωαξ το ωζε ον θε βελβετ κυιλτ λαυινγ ιν μυ πατιο. ================================================================= sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow. => σφινξ οφ βλακ κυαρτζ, ιυδγε μυ βοω. =================================================================
Raku
sub to-Greek (Str $string is copy) {
my %pre = :Ph<F>, :ck<k>, :ee<h>, :J<I>, :rh<r>,:oo<w>, :ph<f>, :ch<χ>,
:th<θ>, :ps<ψ>, :Ch<Χ>, :Th<Θ>, :Ps<Ψ>, :kh<χ>, 's ' => 'ς ';
my %post = :a<α>, :b<β>, :d<δ>, :e<ε>, :f<φ>, :g<γ>, :h<η>, :i<ι>, :j<ι>,
:k<κ>, :l<λ>, :m<μ>, :n<ν>, :o<ο>, :p<π>, :q<κ>, :r<ρ>, :s<σ>,
:t<τ>, :u<υ>, :v<β>, :w<ω>, :x<ξ>, :y<υ>, :z<ζ>, :A<Α>, :B<Β>,
:D<Δ>, :E<Ε>, :F<Φ>, :G<Γ>, :H<Η>, :I<Ι>, :L<Λ>, :M<Μ>, :N<Ν>,
:O<Ο>, :P<Π>, :Q<Κ>, :R<Ρ>, :S<Σ>, :T<Τ>, :U<Υ>, :W<Ω>, :X<Ξ>,
:Z<Ζ>;
$string.=subst(:g, .key, .value ) for flat %pre, %post;
$string
}
my $text = chomp q:to/ENGLISH/;
The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.
I was looking at some rhododendrons in my back garden,
dressed in my khaki shorts, when the telephone rang.
As I answered it, I cheerfully glimpsed that the July sun
caused a fragment of black pine wax to ooze on the velvet quilt
laying in my patio.
sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow.
ENGLISH
say "English:\n\n" ~ $text ~ "\n" ~ '=' x 80;
say "\"Greek\":\n\n" ~ $text.&to-Greek ~ "\n" ~ '=' x 80;
say "Or, to named characters:\n\n$_\n" ~
.&to-Greek.comb.map({ .match(/\W/) ?? $_ !!
'<' ~ .uniname.subst( /.+<?after LETTER\s>/).lc ~ '>'
}).join
given 'sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow.';
- Output:
English: The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog. I was looking at some rhododendrons in my back garden, dressed in my khaki shorts, when the telephone rang. As I answered it, I cheerfully glimpsed that the July sun caused a fragment of black pine wax to ooze on the velvet quilt laying in my patio. sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow. ================================================================================ "Greek": Θε κυικ βροων φοξ ιυμπεδ οβερ θε λαζυ δογ. Ι ωας λωκινγ ατ σομε ροδοδενδρονς ιν μυ βακ γαρδεν, δρεσσεδ ιν μυ χακι σηορτσ, ωηεν θε τελεφονε ρανγ. Ας Ι ανσωερεδ ιτ, Ι χηρφυλλυ γλιμψεδ θατ θε Ιυλυ συν cαυσεδ α φραγμεντ οφ βλακ πινε ωαξ το ωζε ον θε βελβετ κυιλτ λαυινγ ιν μυ πατιο. σφινξ οφ βλακ κυαρτζ, ιυδγε μυ βοω. ================================================================================ Or, to named characters: sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow. <sigma><phi><iota><nu><xi> <omicron><phi> <beta><lamda><alpha><kappa> <kappa><upsilon><alpha><rho><tau><zeta>, <iota><upsilon><delta><gamma><epsilon> <mu><upsilon> <beta><omicron><omega>.
Ruby
replacements =
{"ch" => "χ", "th" => "θ", "ps" => "ψ", "ph" => "f", "Ch" => "Χ",
"Th" => "Θ", "Ps" => "Ψ", "Ph" => "F", "ee" => "h", "ck" => "κ", "rh" => "r", "kh" => "χ",
"Kh" => "Χ", "oo" => "w", "a" => "α", "b" => "β", "c" => "κ", "d" => "δ", "e" => "ε",
"f" => "φ", "g" => "γ", "h" => "η", "i" => "ι", "j" => "ι", "k" => "κ", "l" => "λ",
"m" => "μ", "n" => "ν", "o" => "ο", "p" => "π", "q" => "κ", "r" => "ρ", "s" => "σ",
"t" => "τ", "u" => "υ", "v" => "β", "w" => "ω", "x" => "ξ", "y" => "υ", "z" => "ζ",
"D" => "Δ", "F" => "Φ", "G" => "Γ", "J" => "I", "L" => "Λ", "P" => "Π", "Q" => "Κ",
"R" => "Ρ", "S" => "Σ", "Y" => "U", "W" => "Ω", "X" => "Ξ"}
pattern = Regexp.union(replacements.keys)
english =
"I was looking at some rhododendrons in my back garden,
dressed in my khaki shorts, when the telephone rang.
As I answered it, I cheerfully glimpsed that the July sun
caused a fragment of black pine wax to ooze on the velvet quilt
laying in my patio."
puts english.gsub(pattern, replacements).gsub(/σ(\b)/, "ς")
- Output:
I ωας λwκινγ ατ σομε rοδοδενδρονς ιν μυ βακ γαρδεν, δρεσσεδ ιν μυ χακι σηορτς, ωηεν θε τελεfονε ρανγ. Aς I ανσωερεδ ιτ, I χhρφυλλυ γλιμψεδ θατ θε Iυλυ συν καυσεδ α φραγμεντ οφ βλακ πινε ωαξ το wζε ον θε βελβετ κυιλτ λαυινγ ιν μυ πατιο.
Wren
import "./str" for Char, Greek
var English2Greek = Fn.new { |text|
// make appropriate substitutions using rarely used control characters
// for Greek letters which have no single English letter equivalents
var subs = [
["v", "b"],
["j", "i"],
["y", "u"],
["ch", "\x01"], // chi (l/c)
["kh", "\x01"], // chi (l/c)
["ph", "f"],
["rh", "r"],
["th", "\x02"], // theta (l/c)
["Ch", "\x04"], // chi (u/c)
["Kh", "\x04"], // chi (u/c)
["Ph", "F"],
["Rh", "R"],
["Th", "\x05"], // theta (u/c)
["ee", "h"],
["ck", "q"],
["c", "q"],
["k", "q"],
["oo", "w"],
["ps", "\x03"], // psi(l/c)
["Ps", "\x06"], // psi(u/c)
["V", "B"],
["J", "I"],
["Y", "U"],
["CH", "\x04"], // chi (u/c)
["KH", "\x04"], // chi (u/c)
["PH", "F"],
["RH", "R"],
["TH", "\x05"], // theta (u/c)
["EE", "H"],
["CK", "Q"],
["C", "Q"],
["K", "Q"],
["OO", "W"],
["PS", "\x06"], // psi(u/c)
]
for (sub in subs) text = text.replace(sub[0], sub[1])
// now look for final English lower case 's' and use 'DEL' to substitute for that
var letters = text.toList
for (i in 1...letters.count) {
var c = letters[i]
if ((Char.isWhitespace(c) || Char.isPunctuation(c)) && letters[i-1] == "s") {
letters[i-1] = "\x7f"
}
}
// finally substitute the remaining English 'letters' with Greek ones
// note that some of them look the same but are different codepoints
var e2g = {
"a": "α", "b": "β", "d": "δ", "e": "ε", "f": "φ", "g": "γ", "h": "η",
"i": "ι", "l": "λ", "m": "μ", "n": "ν", "o": "ο", "p": "π", "q": "κ",
"r": "ρ", "s": "σ", "t": "τ", "u": "υ", "w": "ω", "x": "ξ", "z": "ζ",
"A": "Α", "B": "Β", "D": "Δ", "E": "Ε", "F": "Φ", "G": "Γ", "H": "Η",
"I": "Ι", "L": "Λ", "M": "Μ", "N": "Ν", "O": "Ο", "P": "Π", "Q": "Κ",
"R": "Ρ", "S": "Σ", "T": "Τ", "U": "Υ", "W": "Ω", "X": "Ξ", "Z": "Ζ",
"\x01": "χ", "\x02": "θ", "\x03": "ψ", "\x7f": "ς",
"\x04": "Χ", "\x05": "Θ", "\x06": "Ψ"
}
var greek = List.filled(letters.count, null)
for (i in 0...greek.count) {
var c = letters[i]
if (Char.isWhitespace(c) || Char.isPunctuation(c)) {
greek[i] = c
} else {
greek[i] = e2g[letters[i]]
}
}
return greek.join("")
}
var texts = [
"The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.",
"""
I was looking at some rhododendrons in my back garden,
dressed in my khaki shorts, when the telephone rang.
As I answered it, I cheerfully glimpsed that the July sun
caused a fragment of black pine wax to ooze on the velvet quilt
laying in my patio.
""",
"sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow."
]
for (text in texts) {
System.print(text)
System.print()
System.print(English2Greek.call(text))
System.print("=" * 65)
}
System.print("The last example using the names of the Greek letters instead:")
var greek = English2Greek.call(texts[2])
var s = ""
for (g in greek) {
var c
if (Char.isWhitespace(g) || Char.isPunctuation(g)) {
c = g
} else {
c = "<" + Greek.name(g) + ">"
}
s = s + c
}
System.print(s)
- Output:
The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog. Θε κυικ βροων φοξ ιυμπεδ οβερ θε λαζυ δογ. ================================================================= I was looking at some rhododendrons in my back garden, dressed in my khaki shorts, when the telephone rang. As I answered it, I cheerfully glimpsed that the July sun caused a fragment of black pine wax to ooze on the velvet quilt laying in my patio. Ι ωας λωκινγ ατ σομε ροδοδενδρονς ιν μυ βακ γαρδεν, δρεσσεδ ιν μυ χακι σηορτς, ωηεν θε τελεφονε ρανγ. Ας Ι ανσωερεδ ιτ, Ι χηρφυλλυ γλιμψεδ θατ θε Ιυλυ συν καυσεδ α φραγμεντ οφ βλακ πινε ωαξ το ωζε ον θε βελβετ κυιλτ λαυινγ ιν μυ πατιο. ================================================================= sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow. σφινξ οφ βλακ κυαρτζ, ιυδγε μυ βοω. ================================================================= The last example using the names of the Greek letters instead: <sigma><phi><iota><nu><xi> <omicron><phi> <beta><lambda><alpha><kappa> <kappa><upsilon><alpha><rho><tau><zeta>, <iota><upsilon><delta><gamma><epsilon> <mu><upsilon> <beta><omicron><omega>.