How to resolve the algorithm Transliterate English text using the Greek alphabet step by step in the Phix programming language

Published on 12 May 2024 09:40 PM

How to resolve the algorithm Transliterate English text using the Greek alphabet step by step in the Phix programming language

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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: 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. English: The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog. Greek: Θε κυικ βροων φοξ ιυμπεδ οβερ θε λαζυ δογ. Transliterate the following English text into Greek using the above rules: If your language does not support the printing of non-ascii characters, then you can instead transliterate the following lower-case pangram: Just represent the Greek letters by their names in angle brackets. For example:

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