transliterating cyrillic to latin with javascript function

Question

I made this function:

function transliterate(word){

    var answer = \"\";

    A = new Array();
    A[\"Ё\"]=\"YO\";A[\"Й\"]=\"I\";A[\"Ц\"]=\"TS\";A[\"У\"         


        

Answer 1

By combining recommendations of Bart Riemens and T.J. Crowder I came up with this code, that seams to do the trick nicely:

 function transliterate(word){

    var answer = "";
    var a = {}

    a["Ё"]="YO";a["Й"]="I";a["Ц"]="TS";a["У"]="U";a["К"]="K";a["Е"]="E";a["Н"]="N";a["Г"]="G";a["Ш"]="SH";a["Щ"]="SCH";a["З"]="Z";a["Х"]="H";a["Ъ"]="'";
    a["ё"]="yo";a["й"]="i";a["ц"]="ts";a["у"]="u";a["к"]="k";a["е"]="e";a["н"]="n";a["г"]="g";a["ш"]="sh";a["щ"]="sch";a["з"]="z";a["х"]="h";a["ъ"]="'";
    a["Ф"]="F";a["Ы"]="I";a["В"]="V";a["А"]="a";a["П"]="P";a["Р"]="R";a["О"]="O";a["Л"]="L";a["Д"]="D";a["Ж"]="ZH";a["Э"]="E";
    a["ф"]="f";a["ы"]="i";a["в"]="v";a["а"]="a";a["п"]="p";a["р"]="r";a["о"]="o";a["л"]="l";a["д"]="d";a["ж"]="zh";a["э"]="e";
    a["Я"]="Ya";a["Ч"]="CH";a["С"]="S";a["М"]="M";a["И"]="I";a["Т"]="T";a["Ь"]="'";a["Б"]="B";a["Ю"]="YU";
    a["я"]="ya";a["ч"]="ch";a["с"]="s";a["м"]="m";a["и"]="i";a["т"]="t";a["ь"]="'";a["б"]="b";a["ю"]="yu";

    for (i = 0; i < word.length; ++i){

        answer += a[word[i]] === undefined ? word[i] : a[word[i]];
    }   
    return answer;
}

Than you!