cyrtranslit

What it is and what it does

CyrTranslit is a Python library that converts text between Cyrillic and Latin alphabets in both directions. It defaults to Serbian transliteration but supports ten languages total: Belarusian, Bulgarian, Greek, Macedonian, Montenegrin, Mongolian, Russian, Serbian, Tajik, and Ukrainian. The package handles the script conversion rules for each language, allowing developers to normalize or convert text between writing systems—useful for text processing, data normalization, and cross-script analysis.

The library has no external dependencies and installs as a pure Python wheel, making it lightweight and easy to integrate. It is actively maintained, has been in development since 2015, and has been adopted in academic research for NLP tasks including machine translation, sentiment analysis, and text normalization. The MIT license permits use in any project.

Use it for:

• Normalize Serbian or Russian text data by converting between Cyrillic and Latin for unified storage or comparison
• Prepare multilingual datasets for machine translation or NLP models that require consistent script representation
• Convert user-generated content (tweets, forum posts) between scripts for text analysis or moderation workflows
• Support search and indexing systems that need to match queries across both Cyrillic and Latin variants of the same text
• Transliterate names and addresses in Cyrillic languages for international systems or reports

Worth the install?

AI-flagged interpretation of the facts on this page — verify before relying

Converts text between Cyrillic and Latin scripts bi-directionally, with language-specific support for Serbian, Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian, Belarusian, Macedonian, Montenegrin, Tajik, Mongolian, and Greek.

Yes. The package is lightweight, dependency-free, actively maintained, MIT-licensed, and solves a specific problem with no known vulnerabilities. Install it if you need to convert between Cyrillic and Latin scripts for any of the ten supported languages.

Install

cyrtranslit on PyPI

pip install cyrtranslit

uv add cyrtranslit

poetry add cyrtranslit

Installing cyrtranslit

Before you install

No runtime dependencies and a pure-Python wheel distribution make installation straightforward. The package is actively maintained with a recent release and steady repository activity.

License in practice

MIT license permits unrestricted use, modification, and distribution in both open and proprietary projects with minimal obligations.

Quickstart

pip install cyrtranslit

from cyrtranslit import to_latin, to_cyrillic

# Serbian example
result = to_latin('Мој ховеркрафт је пун јегуља')
print(result)  # Output: Moj hoverkraft je pun jegulja

# Reverse direction
original = to_cyrillic('Moj hoverkraft je pun jegulja', lang_code='sr')
print(original)

Verify before relying

• Whether Greek transliteration uses the same API as Cyrillic languages or requires special handling
• Performance characteristics for large text volumes or batch processing
• Accuracy and coverage of transliteration rules for each supported language variant

Package facts

Evidence: cyrtranslit-1.2.0-py3-none-any.whl

Keywords: cyrillic, latin, transliteration, transliterate, cyrtranslit, belarusian, bulgarian, greek, montenegrin, macedonian, mongolian, russian, serbian, tajik, ukrainian

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