KoreanName

The KoreanName gem converts Korean names from hangeul into their English equivalent. It can also do the reverse.

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'korean_name'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install korean_name

Usage

Require the gem:

require 'korean_name'

Then convert a Korean name into English:

name = KoreanName::Translator.new :first_name => '연아', :last_name => "김"
name.to_en
 => {:first_name=>"Yeonah", :last_name=>"Kim"}

or do the opposite:

name = KoreanName::Translator.new :first_name => "Sohyeon", :last_name => "Choe"
name.to_ko
 => {:first_name=>"소현", :last_name=>"최"}

Development

To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install. To release a new version, update the version number in version.rb, and then run bundle exec rake release, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and tags, and push the .gem file to rubygems.org.

Contributing

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/DaniG2k/korean_name.