transliterated

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The city has asked translators to furnish names that are transliterated, a process that more closely approximates English pronunciations.

From New York Times • Feb. 18, 2024

Associated Press journalists saw some walls cracked or partially collapsed in the empty Aksu country village of Youkakeyamansu, a name transliterated in Mandarin from Uyghur.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 23, 2024

Team officials also asked them to take those transliterated names.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2022

In Chaucer’s time, spelling was less standard and people often simply transliterated pronunciations onto the page.

From Slate • Aug. 31, 2020

The Islamic statement of faith, in transliterated Arabic: there is no God but God.

From "An Abundance of Katherines" by John Green