Umschrift — meaning in English
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English meaning
- transliteration noun The process of writing a word from one alphabet using the letters of another, so that the sounds are preserved rather than the meaning translated.
Senses
Umschrift is used for these senses in English:
- transliteration (linguistics, translation studies) The act or product of transliterating, of representing letters or words in the characters of another alphabet or script.
transliteration — full definition
- noun The process of writing a word from one alphabet using the letters of another, so that the sounds are preserved rather than the meaning translated.
- noun A particular word or text that has been rendered in another alphabet in this way.