Which romanization system is used in Azure Translator 3.0 when transliterating Japanese and Chinese text?

Question

When transliterating Japanese and Chinese texts, there are multiple romanization systems available.

For Chinese transliteration, some of the romanization systems are Hanyu Pinyin, Wade-Giles, and Yale. For Japanese transliteration, some of the romanization systems are Hepburn, Kunrei-shiki, and Nihon-shiki.

Which romanization system is being used for each of these when transliterating text via Azure Translator 3.0?

Answer 1

Hi KB
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Azure Translator uses the Modified Hepburn system for transliterating Japanese text.
For Chinese text, Azure Translator utilizes the Hanyu Pinyin system, the official romanization method for Mandarin Chinese.

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