code: def latinize_text(text, ascii=False):
      
      if text is None or not isinstance(text, six.string_types) or not len(text):
          return text
  
      if ascii:
          if not hasattr(latinize_text, '_ascii'):
              # Transform to latin, separate accents, decompose, remove
              # symbols, compose, push to ASCII
              latinize_text._ascii = Transliterator.createInstance('Any-Latin; NFKD; [:Symbol:] Remove; [:Nonspacing Mark:] Remove; NFKC; Accents-Any; Latin-ASCII')  # noqa
          return latinize_text._ascii.transliterate(text)
  
      if not hasattr(latinize_text, '_tr'):
          latinize_text._tr = Transliterator.createInstance('Any-Latin')
      return latinize_text._tr.transliterate(text)
docs: Transliterate the given text to the latin script.
  
      This attempts to convert a given text to latin script using the
      closest match of characters vis a vis the original script.