8. A portable device comprising: a touch-sensitive display; memory; one or more processors; and instructions stored in the memory and configured for execution by the one or more processors, the instructions comprising instructions to: present a virtual keyboard corresponding to a first alphabet in a first region of the touch-sensitive display of a device; receive an input on the virtual keyboard representing a phonetic string; present the phonetic string in a second region of the touch-sensitive display; identify one or more candidaterepresentations based on the phonetic string, wherein the candidate representations correspond to a second alphabet different from the first alphabet; present a candidate tray including at least a subset of the candidate representations in the first region; receive an input of a selected candidate representation selecting one of the candidate representations; and replace the entered phonetic string with the selected candidate representation.
11. The device of claim 8 , wherein the virtual keyboard comprises keys corresponding to letters of the Latin alphabet.