English [ edit ] Alternative forms [ edit ] Etymology [ edit ] romanize -ation
Pronunciation [ edit ] IPA (key ) : /ˌɹəʊmənaɪˈzeɪʃən/ Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Hyphenation: Ro‧man‧i‧za‧tion Romanization (countable and uncountable plural Romanizations
( usually uncountable ) The act or process of putting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet , by means such as transliteration and transcription .( countable ) An instance (a string ) of text transliterated or transcribed from another alphabet into the Latin alphabet.
1989 , David E. Mungello, Curious Land: Jesuit Accommodation and the Origins of Sinology , →ISBN As an alternate name for Sakyamuni, Kircher gave "Omyto", which is a romanization of A-mi-to-fu, whom Kircher stated was commonly called "Amida", i.e., the Japanese pronunciation.
2005 , Chris Berry, Feii Lu, Island on the Edge: Taiwan New Cinema and After →ISBN , page 11:
Furthermore, certain places and people are already internationally well known by particular romanizations of their names, and these romanizations may not conform to any of the official systems detailed above. Translations [ edit ]
putting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet
Albanian: romanizim m
Arabic: رَوْمَنَة f ( rawmana ) , نَقْحَرَة f ( naqḥara ) , كَرْشَنَة f ( karšana ) , لَاتِينِيَّة f ( lātīniyya )
Armenian: ռոմանիզացիա ( ṙomanizacʿia ) , լատինականացում (hy) ( latinakanacʿum )
Azerbaijani: romanlaşdırma latınlaşma
Belarusian: латыніза́цыя f ( latynizácyja ) , раманіза́цыя f ( ramanizácyja )
Bulgarian: латиниза́ция f ( latinizácija ) , романиза́ция f ( romanizácija )
Catalan: romanització (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 羅馬化 (zh) , 罗马化 (zh) ( luómǎhuà ) , 拉丁化 (zh) ( lādīnghuà ) , ( of Mandarin ) 拼音 (zh) ( pīnyīn ) , 羅馬字 (zh) , 罗马字 (zh) ( luómǎzì )
Czech: romanizace f latinizace f
Danish: romanisering c
Dutch: romanisatie (nl) f
Finnish: latinisaatio
French: transcription en caractères romains f romanisation (fr) f
Georgian: რომანიზაცია ( romanizacia ) , ლათინიზაცია ( latinizacia )
German: Romanisierung (de) f
Hebrew: רומניזציה f
Hindi: रोमनीकरण m ( romanīkaraṇ )
Hungarian: latin betűs átírás
Indonesian: romanisasi
Italian: romanizzazione (it) f
Japanese: ラテン文字化 ( ラテンもじか, Raten mojika ) , ローマ字化 ( ローマじか, rōmajika ) , ( of Japanese ) ローマ字 (ja) ( ローマじ, rōmaji ) , ローマ字綴り ( ローマじつづり, rōmaji tsuzuri )
Kazakh: латындандыру ( latyndandyru ) , романдандыру ( romandandyru )
Khmer: ឡាតាំងនីយកម្ម ( laatangniiyĕəʼkam ) , ឡាតាំងយានកម្ម (km) ( laatangyiənnĕəʼkam )
Korean: 로마자화 ( romajahwa ) , 로마자 (ko) ( romaja ) ( of Korean )
Kyrgyz: латинизация ( latinizatsiya ) , латиндештирүү ( latindeştirüü )
Macedonian: романизација f ( romanizacija ) , латинизација f ( latinizacija )
Malay: perumian
Norwegian:
Bokmål: romanisering m
Persian: لاتیننویسی ( lâtin-nevisi ) , رومننویسی ( roman-nevisi ) , رومنسازی ( roman-sâzi )
Polish: latynizacja (pl) f romanizacja f
Portuguese: romanização (pt) f
Romanian: romanizare (ro) f
Russian: латиниза́ция (ru) f ( latinizácija ) , романиза́ция (ru) f ( romanizácija )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: латиниза́ција f романиза́ција f
Roman: latinizácija f romanizácija (sh) f
Slovak: latinizácia f romanizácia f
Slovene: latinizacija f romanizacija f
Spanish: romanización (es) f
Swedish: romanisering c
Tajik: романонӣ ( romanonī ) , лотинизатсия ( lotinizatsiya )
Thai: ทำให้ เป็น แบบ โรมัน ( tam-hâi bpen bɛ̀ɛp roo-man ) , การ ถอด เป็น อักษร โรมัน ( gaan-tɔ̀ɔt bpen àk-sɔ̌ɔn roo-man )
Turkish: romanizasyon
Ukrainian: латиніза́ція f ( latynizácija ) , романіза́ція f ( romanizácija )
Urdu: رومن نویسی f ( roman navīsī )
Uzbek: romanlashtirish (uz) , latinlashtirish
West Frisian: romanisaasje c
See also [ edit ] Further reading [ edit ] 
