I am trying to use Microsoft's Cognitive Services Translator Text to transliterate text. The results with Kanji do not appear to be correct.
Here are 3 examples of Kanji:
こんにちは
j-talk.com: Konnichiwa
Translate.Google.com transliteration: Kon'nichiwa
Bing translation: hello
Translator Text:
Transliteration: connich - this result appears to be incomplete
Translation: Hello
烏丸通七条下ル
Hand transliteration: Karasuma-Shichijō-sagaru
j-talk.com: Karasuma tsū shichijō sagaru
Translate.Google.com transliteration: Karasuma dōri nana-jō kudaru
Bing translation: Karasuma-Dori Shichijo-Le
Translator Text API call: imartsunanajoukar
this result appears to be wrong. Japanese shouldn't have the letter "r"
東塩小路町 721-1 Note: this is an address
Hand transliteration: Higashi-Shiokōji 721-1
j-talk.com: Higashi shiokōji machi 721-1
Translate.Google.com transliteration: Higashishiokouji-chō 721 - 1
Bing translation: Higashi-Shikoji-machi 721-1
Translator Text: fails to transliterate because of the numeric characters.
the translation API handles the numbers, but the transliteration API doesn't.
So I have 2 questions:
1) Will Microsoft correct/improve the Kanji transliteration?
2) Is there a site like www.bing.com/translator where I can confirm that the transliteration results I get are to be expected?
Thank you.
