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transliteration


"rendering of the letters of one alphabet by the equivalents of another," 1835, from trans- "across" (see trans-) + Latin littera (also litera) "letter, character" (see l [..]
Source: etymonline.com

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transliteration


The process of writing Hebrew using the Roman (English) alphabet. More an art than a science. See also Yiddish Transliteration, which is somewhat more standardized.
Source: jewfaq.org

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transliteration


The representation of the symbols appearing in one language's writing system by those of another language's writing system. For instance, Anglo-Saxon had a letter called eth (∂), which does [..]
Source: web.cn.edu

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transliteration


Transliteration is the process of creating a name or term in a foreign or alternate language for an existing name or term, by read more:
Source: brandchannel.com

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transliteration


Rendering the characters of one alphabet in characters representing the same sound (or sounds) in another alphabet (example: Greek or Cyrillic into Roman). Each character is treated independently of t [..]
Source: abc-clio.com

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transliteration


Writing words in one alphabet closely corresponding to a different alphabet or language. This is usually done phonetically.
Source: languagetran.com (offline)

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transliteration


Transforming text from one script to another, usually based on phonetic equivalences. For example, Russian text might be transliterated into the Latin script so that it can be pronounced by English sp [..]
Source: trans-k.co.uk

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transliteration


(n) a transcription from one alphabet to another
Source: beedictionary.com

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transliteration


Transformation of text from one script to another, usually based on phonetic equivalencies. For example, Greek text might be transliterated into the Latin script so that it can be pronounced by English speakers.
Source: ibm.com (offline)

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transliteration


The rendering of the written glyphs of a spoken language into a foreign writing system. This is usually achieved in a manner such that the original script can be reconstructed from the transliteration [..]
Source: thai-language.com

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transliteration


A systematic way to convert characters in one alphabet or phonetic sounds into another alphabet.
Source: cs.cornell.edu (offline)

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transliteration


Converting the consonant and vowel sounds from one language into another (usually when the two languages employ different writing systems or scripts). Transliteration attempts to allow a reader to be able to say a word in the other language, such as people's names and place names. Because not all speech sounds exist in all languages, sometimes [..]
Source: globalconnects.com (offline)

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transliteration


Represent data in one script in the corresponding characters of another script in records.
Source: oclc.org (offline)

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transliteration


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Source: en.wiktionary.org

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transliteration


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Source: en.wiktionary.org

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transliteration


Transliteration is a type of conversion of a text from one script to another that involves swapping letters (thus trans- + liter-) in predictable ways (such as α → a, д → d, χ → ch, ն → n or æ → e). F [..]
Source: en.wikipedia.org

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transliteration


Transliteration is a type of conversion of a text from one script to another that involves swapping letters (thus trans- + liter-) in predictable ways (such as α → a, д → d, χ → ch, ն → n or æ → e). F [..]
Source: en.wikipedia.org





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