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transliterate

[trans-lit-uh-reyt, tranz-] / trænsˈlɪt əˌreɪt, trænz- /






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The best an English translation can do is to transliterate the Greek letters—“Ototototoi”—or go with something like “Woe is me!” or “Alas!”

From The New Yorker • Jan. 7, 2019

In attempting to devise an alphabetic system with which to transliterate Chinese, Mr. Zhou was continuing an orthographic tradition that went back at least to the 16th century.

From New York Times • Jan. 14, 2017

Maybe there was too much internal debate on how to best transliterate it.

From The Guardian • Feb. 19, 2013

Though most of the world’s languages have no written form, people are beginning to transliterate their mother tongues into the alphabet of a national language.

From New York Times • Dec. 9, 2011

The first approach is to transliterate into Roman characters according to a standard table such as that given in The Chicago Manual of Style.

From People of Africa by How, Edith A.