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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

  1. 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.
  2. noun A particular word or text that has been rendered in another alphabet in this way.

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