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