transliteration

Transliteration is the attempt to represent the text of one language in the writing system of another. For instance, for the Greek term , which is usually translated as , the usual transliteration into the Latin script (romanization) is ; and the Russian term , which is usually translated as , can be transliterated either as or alternatively as .

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Transliteration is the process of converting words from one language's writing system into the writing system of another language—for example, turning Greek or Russian words into Latin letters. It matters because it allows people who don't read certain alphabets or scripts to recognize and use words from those languages in a familiar writing system.

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Transliteration is the process of representing or intending to represent a word, phrase, or text in a different script or writing system. Transliterations are designed to convey the pronunciation of the original word in a different script, allowing readers or speakers of that script to approximate the sounds and pronunciation of the original word. Transliterations do not change the pronunciation of the word. Thus, in the Greek example above, is transliterated as , though it is pronounced exactly the same way as , i.e. ; likewise, is transliterated as , though pronounced as rather than , and is transliterated , though pronounced as (exactly like ) rather than or , and is not a long vowel.