Arabic Translation vs Transliteration

translate.rb

require 'dotenv'

require 'any_ascii'
require 'aws-sdk-translate'

Dotenv.load

class String
  def is_western?
    count('a-zA-Z') > 0
  end
end

places = File.readlines('dlme-cho-spatial-values-unique.txt')

client = Aws::Translate::Client.new(
  region: 'us-east-1'
)

places.each do |place|
  t2 = AnyAscii.transliterate(place)

  translation = ""

  unless place.is_western?
    translation = client.translate_text(
      text: place,
      source_language_code: 'ar',
      target_language_code: 'en'
    )

    puts "Original: #{place} | Transliterated: #{t2} | Translated: #{translation['translated_text']}"
  end

end