PyThaiNLP / PyThaiNLP/pythainlp
Feature request: Transliterate back into Thai
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@wannaphong is already working on this.
Since Jan 14, 2026.
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Description
In Thai it is very common to write English words with Thai letters.
There's even a ruleset for doing this: หลักเกณฑ์การทับศพทั ์ภาษาอังกฤษ.
Poorly it's often the case that these rules are not obeyed which results in an awkward spelling.
Therefore having a way to transliterate English to Thai would be great.
To generalize this one might even go so far and do something like IPA to Thai instead so that any language will be supported and not just English.
By the way you guys are doing an awesome job!
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