transliterate
verb (used with object)
to change (letters, words, etc.) into corresponding characters of another alphabet or language.
transliterating
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present participleof transliterate.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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Her nonconformist style tempts critics to place her in categories where she doesn’t belong — she’s no dull neo-formalist, though she takes pleasure transliterating Shakespeare’s sonnets, delights in reworking phrases from Yeats.
From New York Times ● Jun. 24, 2020
“Simply transliterating Mitsuha and Taki’s star-crossed friendship into English, relocating it to the Pacific Northwest, and hoping for the best would be a disaster of its own,” David Ehrlich wrote on the IndieWire website.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 2, 2017
Almost certainly, a native Russian speaker wrote the original material, correctly transliterating the Russian “f” as “ph”.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 12, 2017
Arabic writing does not include most vowels, and he’s transliterating the language in his head.
From Washington Post ● May 4, 2016
When transliterating a multi word phrase, the transliteration is done using the Hebrew word ordering of right to left.
From Rashi by Adele Szold
