transliteration

transliteration - English

Pronunciation

IPA: /ˌtɹænzlɪtəˈɹeɪʃən/

Noun

transliteration (countable and uncountable, plural transliterations)

(linguistics, translation studies) The act or product of transliterating, of representing letters or words in the characters of another alphabet or script.
(sign language) The act or product of rendering speech in sign language, or vice versa.

Related terms

Translations

Afrikaans: transliterasie (af)
Albanian: transliterim m
Arabic: نَقْحَرَة‎ f (naqḥara), كَرْشَنَة‎ f (karšana), (romanisation) رَوْمَنَة‎ f (rawmana)
Armenian: գրադարձություն (hy) (gradarjutʿyun), տառադարձություն (hy) (taṙadarjutʿyun)
Azerbaijani: transliterasiya
Belarusian: транслітара́цыя f (translitarácyja), трансьлітара́цыя f (transʹlitarácyja)
Bengali: প্রতিবর্ণীকরণ (prôtibôrṇīkôrôṇô)
Bulgarian: транслитера́ция f (transliterácija)
Catalan: transliteració (ca) f
Chinese:
- Cantonese: 譯音／译音 (jik⁶ jam¹), 譯名／译名 (jik⁶ ming⁴)
- Mandarin: 轉寫／转写 (zh) (zhuǎnxiě), 音譯／音译 (zh) (yīnyì), 譯名／译名 (zh) (yìmíng)
Czech: transliterace f
Danish: translitteration (da) c
Dutch: transliteratie (nl) f
Estonian: transliteratsioon
Finnish: translitterointi (fi), siirtokirjoitus (fi)
French: transcription (fr) f, translittération (fr) f
Friulian: trasliterazion f
Galician: transliteración (gl) f
Georgian: ტრანსლიტერაცია (ṭransliṭeracia)
German: Transkription (de) f, Transliteration (de) f, Umschrift (de) m, Umschreibung (de) f
Greek: μεταγραμματισμός (el) m (metagrammatismós)
Hebrew: תַּעְתִּיק‎ (he) m (ta'tík)
Hindi: लिप्यन्तरण m (lipyantaraṇ)
Hungarian: átbetűzés, transzliteráció, betű szerinti / betűnkénti átírás
Icelandic: umritun f
Indonesian: alih aksara (id), transliterasi (id)
Italian: traslitterazione (it) f
Japanese: (lexical translation) 字訳 (じやく, jiyaku), (phonetical translation) 音訳 (ja) (おんやく, on'yaku), 翻字 (ほんじ, honji)
Kazakh: транслитерация (transliterasiä)
Khmer: អក្សរសព្ទ (km) (ʼaksɑɑ sap)
Korean: 전자(轉字) (ko) (jeonja), 음역(音譯) (ko) (eumyeok)
Kyrgyz: транслитерация (transliteratsiya)
Latin: (Classical and Vulgar Latin) transcriptio f, (Modern Latin) translitteratio f
Latvian: transliterācija f
Lithuanian: transliteracija f
Macedonian: транслитерација f (transliteracija)
Malay: transliterasi (ms)
Maori: kupu whakawhiti
Norwegian:
- Bokmål: translitterasjon (no) m
Persian: حرف‌نویسی‎ (harf-nevisi), نویسه‌گردانی‎ (fa) (nevise-gardâni)
Polish: transliteracja (pl) f
Portuguese: transcrição (pt) f, transliteração (pt) f
Romanian: transcripție (ro) f, transliterație (ro) f
Russian: транслитера́ция (ru) f (transliterácija), транслитери́рование n (transliterírovanije), трансли́т (ru) m (translít)
Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: транслитера́ција f, пријеслов m
- Roman: transliterácija f, prijeslov m
Slovak: transliterácia f
Slovene: prečrkovanje n, transliteracija f
Spanish: transcripción (es) f, transliteración (es) f
Swedish: translitteration (sv) c, translitterering c, transkribering c
Tagalog: transliterasyon
Tajik: транслитератсия (transliteratsiya), нависагардонӣ (navisagardonī)
Telugu: ప్రతిలేఖనం (pratilēkhanaṁ)
Thai: คำทับศัพท์ (kam-táp-sàp)
Turkish: transliterasyon (tr)
Turkmen: transliterasiýa
Ukrainian: транслітера́ція f (transliterácija)
Urdu: نقل حرفی‎ (ur) f (naqal harfī)
Uzbek: transliteratsiya (uz)
Vietnamese: sự chuyển chữ

Meaning and Definition of transliteration