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Transliteration vs Romanization - What's the difference?

transliteration | romanization |

As nouns the difference between transliteration and romanization

is that transliteration is the act or product of transliterating, or of representing letters or words in the characters of another alphabet or script while romanization is alternative case form of Romanization|lang=en.

transliteration

Noun

(en noun)
  • (linguistics, translation studies) The act or product of transliterating, or of representing letters or words in the characters of another alphabet or script.
  • (sign language) The act or product of rendering speech in sign language, or vice versa.
  • See also

    * transcription * romanisation * *