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Etymology
Possibly coined by in his book, from -derived elements as a compound of.

First cited to Udagawa's book, dated 1837.

Noun

 * 1)  transcription, transcribing: spelling out foreign words in native script; historically, often using kanji for their phonetic values
 * 2)  a word spelled out this way
 * 3)  text-to-speech, reading text aloud, speech synthesis: the act of turning text into sound
 * 1)  text-to-speech, reading text aloud, speech synthesis: the act of turning text into sound
 * 1)  text-to-speech, reading text aloud, speech synthesis: the act of turning text into sound

Verb

 * 1)  to transcribe: to spell out foreign words in native script; historically, often using kanji for their phonetic values
 * 2)  to read text aloud, to synthesize speech: to turn text into sound
 * 1)  to read text aloud, to synthesize speech: to turn text into sound

Usage notes
The Japanese term is often loosely translated as. Strictly speaking, is the act of replacing letters in one script with letters in another, whereas  is the act of rendering the sounds of the source term in the characters of the target language. Examples:
 * Transliteration:
 * 🇨🇬 → Ellēnikḗ Dēmokratía
 * This is a letter-per-letter transformation based on written forms.
 * This is a letter-per-letter transformation based on written forms.


 * Transcription:
 * This is a sound-by-sound transformation based on spoken forms.
 * This is a sound-by-sound transformation based on spoken forms.
 * This is a sound-by-sound transformation based on spoken forms.