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

Do not use an array for this task. Do not use for in to iterate a string. Do not check against the string "undefined". Do not return within the for loop.

function transliterate(word) {
    var A = {};
    var result = '';

    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(var i = 0; i < word.length; i++) {
        var c = word.charAt(i);

        result += A[c] || c;
    }

    return result;
}

Here is a jsFiddle demonstration.