from translit import Lexicon

en2el = Lexicon('corpora/en2el.txt')
rules = sorted([(v,k) for k,v in  en2el.rule_model.items()])
rules = reversed(sorted([(v,k) for k,v in  en2el.rule_model.items()]))
rules = list(reversed(sorted([(v,k) for k,v in  en2el.rule_model.items()])))
rules = [v for k,v in rules] 

def translit(word):
  letters = list(word)
  for i, letter in enumerate(letters):
    letters[i] = lookup(letter)
  return ''.join(letters)

def lookup(letter):
  for rule in rules:
    if letter in rule:
      return rule[1]
    else:
      return letter