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Secretary of State Marco Rubio was heading Tuesday to Beijing with President Donald Trump despite being under Chinese sanctions -- a breakthrough apparently made possible after China changed his name's transliteration.
From Barron's • May 12, 2026
Even to native English speakers, the transliteration of familiar words into an alphabet with imperfectly matched consonants — lacking, for example, a precise “F” or “R” sound — can be confusing.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2025
The dog has the American name “Decoy” and a Japanese name, “Dekopin” or “Decopin” depending on the transliteration.
From Washington Times • Dec. 14, 2023
He wanted to make a small number of good Urdu poems accessible by presenting each in three different scripts — in the original Urdu; in Devanagari, the script of Hindi; and in English transliteration.
From New York Times • Dec. 18, 2022
Often, books will include a transliteration of how to pronounce the lyrics as well as a translation.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
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Words with 15 or More Letters, List 3
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