transliterate
pronunciation
How to pronounce transliterate in British English:
UK [trænsˈlɪtəreɪt]
How to pronounce transliterate in American English:
US [træns'lɪtəreɪt]
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- Verb:
- rewrite in a different script
Word Origin
- transliterate (v.)
- "to write a word in the characters of another alphabet," 1849, from trans- "across" (see trans-) + Latin littera (also litera) "letter, character" (see letter (n.)). Related: Transliterated; transliterating.
Example
- 1. Often romanize to write or transliterate in the latin alphabet .
- 2. The number of people gathering and handling intelligence also increased suddenly , and many newcomers had little language training or were unsure how to transliterate names from spoken sources .
- 3. For papers in english , chinese authors usually " transliterate " their names using the so-called pinyin system , which leads to many ambiguities .