transliterate

Example Sentences

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“I wanted to transliterate an energetic, vigorous, daring collection.”

From Reuters

Her nonconformist style tempts critics to place her in categories where she doesn’t belong — she’s no dull neo-formalist, though she takes pleasure transliterating Shakespeare’s sonnets, delights in reworking phrases from Yeats.

From New York Times

But this wasn’t just hip-hop; the RZA transliterated a supernatural creole of comic books and 5 Percent Islam, criminology rap and creaky Memphis soul samples, kung fu flicks and street hustler slang.

From Washington Post

Brands that are neither translated nor Romanized nor transliterated from another language, and which may contain words, or names, that do not seem to refer to the products they sell.

From Seattle Times

Chi, which looks like an “X,” is most often transliterated as a hard “ch,” as in “chaos.”

From The New Yorker