transliteration

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Related terms 1.2.2 Translations

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[edit] Etymology

From Latin transliteratus past participle of transliterare "to transliterate", from trans- "across" + littera "letter".

[edit] Noun

transliteration (plural transliterations)

1. (linguistics) The act or product of transliterating, or of representing letters or words in the characters of another alphabet or script.

[edit] Related terms

• transliterate
• transliterator

[edit] Translations

Afrikaans: transliterasie af(af) Chinese: Cantonese: 譯音 (jik6 jam1) Mandarin: trad. 音譯, simpl. 音译 Czech: Czech Danish: translitteration da(da) c. Dutch: transliteratie nl(nl) f. French: transcription fr(fr) f., translittération fr(fr) f. German: Transkription de(de) f. Greek: μεταγραφή el(el) (metagraphé) Italian: traslitterazione it(it)

Japanese: (lexical translation) 字訳 ja(ja) (jiyaku), (phonetical translation)音訳 ja(ja) (on'yaku) Korean: 음역 (eumyeog) Latin: (Classical and Vulgar Latin) transcriptio f., (Modern Latin) ttranslitteratio f. Norwegian: transliterasjon no(no) Portuguese: transcrição pt(pt), transliteração pt(pt) Russian: транслитерирование ru(ru) (transliterirovaniye) n. Spanish: transcripción es(es), transliteración es(es) Ukrainian: транслітерація uk(uk) (transliterácija) f.