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

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky