transliteration
noun/ˌtɹænzlɪtəˈɹeɪʃən/
Etymology From trans- + literation.
1
Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences, Translation studies The act or product of transliterating, of representing letters or words in the characters of another alphabet or script.
- This searching was facilitated by the author's knowledge of the vagaries of Anglo-Indian spelling and the numerous colonial-era transliteration systems used for loanwords from Indian languages.2018, James Lambert, “Anglo-Indian slang in dictionaries on historical principles”, in World Englishes, volume 37, page 251:
2
The act or product of rendering speech in sign language, or vice versa.
- Derived terms
- back-transliteration, mistransliteration, retransliteration
- Related terms
- transliterate, transliterator, transletteration, transcription, Romanization, pronunciation spelling, pronunciation respelling, Wiktionary:Transliteration and romanization