transliteration

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
transliteration
    n 1: a transcription from one alphabet to another
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Transliteration \Trans*lit`er*a"tion\, n.
   The act or product of transliterating, or of expressing words
   of a language by means of the characters of another alphabet.
   [1913 Webster]
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
26 Moby Thesaurus words for "transliteration":
      amplification, bilingual text, clavis, crib, decipherment,
      decoding, epigraph, faithful translation, free translation, gloss,
      glossary, initialing, inscription, interlinear,
      interlinear translation, key, lettering, loose translation,
      metaphrase, paraphrase, pony, restatement, rewording,
      transcription, translation, trot
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