Transliteration

//ˌtɹænzlɪtəˈɹeɪʃən//

Synonyms for "transliteration" (28 found)

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Translations

94 translations across 63 languages.

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Afrikaans

1 entries
  • transliterasie noun (product of transliterating)

Albanian

1 entries
  • transliterim noun (product of transliterating)

Arabic

3 entries
  • رَوْمَنَة noun (product of transliterating)
  • كَرْشَنَة noun (product of transliterating)
  • نَقْحَرَة noun (product of transliterating)

Armenian

2 entries
  • գրադարձություն noun (product of transliterating)
  • տառադարձություն noun (product of transliterating)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • transliterasiya noun (product of transliterating)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • транслітара́цыя noun (product of transliterating)
  • трансьлітара́цыя noun (product of transliterating)

Bengali

1 entries
  • প্রতিবর্ণীকরণ noun (product of transliterating)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • транслитера́ция noun (product of transliterating)

Catalan

1 entries
  • transliteració noun (product of transliterating)

Chinese Cantonese

2 entries
  • 譯名 /译名 noun (product of transliterating)
  • 譯音 /译音 noun (product of transliterating)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 譯名 /译名 noun (product of transliterating)
  • 轉寫 /转写 noun (product of transliterating)
  • 音譯 /音译 noun (product of transliterating)

Czech

1 entries
  • transliterace noun (product of transliterating)

Danish

1 entries
  • translitteration noun (product of transliterating)

Dutch

1 entries
  • transliteratie noun (product of transliterating)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • transliterigo noun (product of transliterating)

Estonian

1 entries
  • transliteratsioon noun (product of transliterating)

Finnish

2 entries
  • siirtokirjoitus noun (product of transliterating)
  • translitterointi noun (product of transliterating)

French

2 entries
  • transcription noun (product of transliterating)
  • translittération noun (product of transliterating)

Friulian

1 entries
  • trasliterazion noun (product of transliterating)

Galician

1 entries
  • transliteración noun (product of transliterating)

Georgian

1 entries
  • ტრანსლიტერაცია noun (product of transliterating)

German

4 entries
  • Transkription noun (product of transliterating)
  • Transliteration noun (product of transliterating)
  • Umschreibung noun (product of transliterating)
  • Umschrift noun (product of transliterating)

Greek

1 entries
  • μεταγραμματισμός noun (product of transliterating)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • תַּעְתִּיק noun (product of transliterating)

Hindi

1 entries
  • लिप्यन्तरण noun (product of transliterating)

Hungarian

3 entries
  • betű szerinti / betűnkénti átírás noun (product of transliterating)
  • transzliteráció noun (product of transliterating)
  • átbetűzés noun (product of transliterating)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • umritun noun (product of transliterating)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • alih aksara noun (product of transliterating)
  • transliterasi noun (product of transliterating)

Italian

1 entries
  • traslitterazione noun (product of transliterating)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 翻字 noun (product of transliterating)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • транслитерация noun (product of transliterating)

Khmer

1 entries
  • អក្សរសព្ទ noun (product of transliterating)

Korean

2 entries
  • 음역 noun (product of transliterating)
  • 전자 noun (product of transliterating)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • транслитерация noun (product of transliterating)

Latin

2 entries
  • transcriptio noun (product of transliterating)
  • translitteratio noun (product of transliterating)

Latvian

1 entries
  • transliterācija noun (product of transliterating)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • transliteracija noun (product of transliterating)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • транслитерација noun (product of transliterating)

Malay

1 entries
  • transliterasi noun (product of transliterating)

Malayalam

2 entries
  • ലിപിമാറ്റം noun (product of transliterating)
  • ലിപ്യന്തരണം noun (product of transliterating)

Māori

1 entries
  • kupu whakawhiti noun (product of transliterating)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • translitterasjon noun (product of transliterating)

Persian

2 entries
  • حرفنویسی noun (product of transliterating)
  • نویسهگردانی noun (product of transliterating)

Polish

1 entries
  • transliteracja noun (product of transliterating)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • transcrição noun (product of transliterating)
  • transliteração noun (product of transliterating)

Romanian

2 entries
  • transcripție noun (product of transliterating)
  • transliterație noun (product of transliterating)

Russian

3 entries
  • трансли́т noun (product of transliterating)
  • транслитера́ция noun (product of transliterating)
  • транслитери́рование noun (product of transliterating)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • prijeslov noun (product of transliterating)
  • transliterácija noun (product of transliterating)
  • пријеслов noun (product of transliterating)
  • транслитера́ција noun (product of transliterating)

Slovak

1 entries
  • transliterácia noun (product of transliterating)

Slovene

2 entries
  • prečrkovanje noun (product of transliterating)
  • transliteracija noun (product of transliterating)

Spanish

2 entries
  • transcripción noun (product of transliterating)
  • transliteración noun (product of transliterating)

Swedish

3 entries
  • transkribering noun (product of transliterating)
  • translitteration noun (product of transliterating)
  • translitterering noun (product of transliterating)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • transliterasyon noun (product of transliterating)

Tajik

2 entries
  • нависагардонӣ noun (product of transliterating)
  • транслитератсия noun (product of transliterating)

Tamil

1 entries
  • ஒலிபெயர்ப்பு noun (product of transliterating)

Telugu

1 entries
  • ప్రతిలేఖనం noun (product of transliterating)

Thai

1 entries
  • คำทับศัพท์ noun (product of transliterating)

Turkish

1 entries
  • transliterasyon noun (product of transliterating)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • transliterasiýa noun (product of transliterating)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • транслітера́ція noun (product of transliterating)

Urdu

1 entries
  • نقل حرفی noun (product of transliterating)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • transliteratsiya noun (product of transliterating)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • sự chuyển chữ noun (product of transliterating)

Sample sentences

4 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Sysko, will you fix the Uzbek transliteration tomorrow?

Source: tatoeba (678047)

The transliteration on that website was terrible.

Source: tatoeba (5147302)

Translation is not transliteration.

Source: tatoeba (10522466)

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.

Source: wiktionary

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