transliteration

Etymology

From trans- + literation.

noun

1. (linguistics, translation studies) The act or product of transliterating, of representing letters or words in the characters of another alphabet or script.
   This searching was facilitated by the author's knowledge of the vagaries of Anglo-Indian spelling and the numerous colonial-era transliteration systems used for loanwords from Indian languages. 2018, James Lambert, “Anglo-Indian slang in dictionaries on historical principles”, in World Englishes, volume 37, page 251
2. (sign language) The act or product of rendering speech in sign language, or vice versa.