text_original: Long before our period begins, the Poles and Bohemians had been converted to Christianity and so had the Wends, as the Western Slavs in Pomerania were called, a country which had been practically Germanised.
text_transcription: LONG BEFORE OUR PERIOD BEGINS THE POLES AND THE BOHEMIANS HAD BEEN CONVERTED TO CHRISTIANITY AND SO HAD THE VENS AS THE WESTERN SLAVS AND POMERANIA WERE CALLED A COUNTRY WHICH HAD BEEN PRACTICALLY GERMANIZED
phonemes: lˈɔŋ bᵻfˌɔːɹ ˌaʊɚ pˈiəɹɪəd bɪɡˈɪnz, ðə pˈoʊlz ænd boʊhˈiːmiənz hɐdbɪn kənvˈɜːɾᵻd tə kɹˌɪstɪˈænᵻɾi ænd sˌoʊ hæd ðə wˈɛndz, æz ðə wˈɛstɚn slˈævz ɪn pˌɑːmɚɹˈeɪniə wɜː kˈɔːld, ɐ kˈʌntɹi wˌɪtʃ hɐdbɪn pɹˈæktɪkli dʒˈɜːmɐnˌaɪzd.