Transliterate

[træns'lɪtəreɪt;trɑːns-;-nz-] or [træns'lɪtəret]

(verb.) rewrite in a different script; 'The Sanskrit text had to be transliterated'.

Inputed by Lilly--From WordNet

(v. t.) To express or represent in the characters of another alphabet; as, to transliterate Sanskrit words by means of English letters.

Typed by Leona

v.t. to express the words of one language in the alphabetic characters of another.—ns. Transliterā′tion; Translit′erātor.

Inputed by Frances