title: compare short strings in different languages for similar sound - is Soundex the answer?
body: <p>How could i get a sound similarity "rating" for a string written in one language with another string in another language: i.e an algorithm that will identify that</p>
  
  <p>"<strong>David Letterman</strong>" and "<strong>דוד לטרמן</strong>" are strings that sound alike.</p>
  
  <p>-Oh, yes, btw the above is Hebrew for, you guessed it: "David Letterman", and it sounds/spoken almost the same as in English..</p>
  
  <p>The only raw material I have is strings in unicode in their respective languages.
  That is, i do <strong>not</strong> have phonemes or phonetic transcriptions/translations of the strings. </p>
  
  <p>I Have already implemented a Soundex implementation tweak kinda thing, which works so-so. Is this the way to go?</p>