The file translit (you need to retrieve it in binary
mode of ftp) is a TRANSLIT executable produced with
gcc under the SunOS 5.4 (i.e., Solaris) on a Sparc.

If you want to set up the path for the directory where
the transliteration files reside you need to edit the
executable. Editing binary file is not fun, but
can be done. The first rule is, you cannot insert
or delete any character from the file. You can only
OVERWRITE characters. That is all other characters
which were in the file have to be exactly at the same
position as before editing. Search for a string:
/sci/jkl/translit_sparc_version/conversion_files/
and change it to whatever you want, but you have to
terminate it with the byte zero (it usually appears
as ^@ on your screen. In emacs you can just do it
by entering CTRL/Q CTRA/@ but I do not know what
you use. Again, you need to work in an overtype
(or overwrite) mode in your editor, and you are
not allowed to delete or insert characters, you can
only change them to something else. Good luck.

Jan Labanowski
jkl@ccl.net

P.S. Of course, if your path is longer than the length
of "/sci/jkl/translit_sparc_version/conversion_files/"
you need to edit paths.h and recompile the program.