module I18n::Backend::Transliterator

def transliterate(locale, string, replacement = nil)

approximation for the string.
Given a locale and a UTF-8 string, return the locale's ASCII 
def transliterate(locale, string, replacement = nil)
  @transliterators ||= {}
  @transliterators[locale] ||= Transliterator.get I18n.t(:'i18n.transliterate.rule',
    :locale => locale, :resolve => false, :default => {})
  @transliterators[locale].transliterate(string, replacement)
end