Associations to the word «Transliteration»

Wiktionary

TRANSLITERATION, noun. (linguistics) (translation studies) The act or product of transliterating, or of representing letters or words in the characters of another alphabet or script.
TRANSLITERATION, noun. (sign language) The act or product of rendering speech in sign language, or vice versa.

Dictionary definition

TRANSLITERATION, noun. A transcription from one alphabet to another.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King