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It’s something we unknowingly encounter every day, which shows the mark of a good translation. This is a very basic overview, but can be applied to wider concepts like brand names and data processing as well. Transliteration is just one tool in their toolbox. Translators will you a large combination of tactics in order to render a translation. There are a lot of other translation strategies that go along with transliteration, like foreignization or domestication, explicitation, and borrowing, in order to make the meaning of the word clearer. It’s important to note that just because it’s been transliterated, it doesn’t mean that it’ll be understood by the reader. We haven’t translated his name, but simply rendered it in a different way. Those who speak English wouldn’t have a problem reading that name, but as he’s Russian, his name is written in the Cyrillic alphabet: Фёдор Достоевский. Think of renowned Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky. Transliteration occurs when you take the characters of one alphabet or script and render them into another. Transliteration is orthographically accurate (the original spelling can be recovered), but transcription is phonetically accurate (the pronunciation can be reproduced). While it is a translation strategy, it isn’t exactly translation itself. In the context of Bengali romanisation, it is important to distinguish transliteration from transcription. Transliteration is a bit different to the other subjects we’ve touched on. Transliteration isn’t a type of translation We’ve done multiple blogs on the differences between translation and localisation, interpretation, and transcreation, but what about transliteration? It’s a phrase that sometimes is used, but often incorrectly. Translation vs Transliteration – What’s the Difference?
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