transliteratorn.
/trɑːnzˈlɪtəreɪtə/, /tranzˈlɪtəreɪtə/, /trɑːnsˈlɪtəreɪtə/, /transˈlɪtəreɪtə/, U.S. /trænzˈlɪdəˌreɪdər/, /træn(t)sˈlɪdəˌreɪdər/ A person who transliterates a word or text into the letters or characters of another alphabet.
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transliterator1866
1866 Pall Mall Gaz. 22 Feb. 3/1 The hope that transliterators of Oriental languages and orthographers in all barbarous tongues..may some day learn to content themselves for the most part with a simple Roman character.
1895 Athenæum 26 Oct. 575/3 Is it the last new idea of the Indian Government transliterator to put a dot under the t of Fathpûr, but not under the h?
1967 Jrnl. Southeast Asian Hist. 8 325 The transliterator appears to have made little or no attempt to track down unfamiliar words or place-names.
2008 Japanese Lang. & Lit. 42 3 We know from Chinese transcriptions of Buddhist terminology that the Chinese transliterators did not always transliterate everything perfectly.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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