had been transliterating

• past perfect progressive

  past perfect progressive

  Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.

  of transliterate.
  transliterate

  verb (used with object)

  to change (letters, words, etc.) into corresponding characters of another alphabet or language.

Related Words

• decipher
• duplicate
• interpret
• reprint
• reproduce
• rewrite
• translate
• write out