c:\@Work\Perl\monks\nikop>perl xlate_cyrillic_1.pl original: 't\'e|t\'i|t\'u|t\'a|.' suggested: (?^msx: t\'e | t\'i | t\'u | t\'a ) raw: [t'i don't understand t'any cyrillic.] translation: [ти don't understand тяny cyrillic.]