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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def ascii_text(text):
 """Transliterate the given text and make sure it ends up as ASCII."""

    text = latinize_text(text, ascii=True)
    if isinstance(text, six.text_type):
        text = text.encode('ascii', 'ignore').decode('ascii')
    return text