transliterator

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English

Etymology

From transliterate +‎ -or.

Noun

transliterator (plural transliterators)

  1. One who transliterates.
    • 1986 April 28, J J Goldberg, “Anyway you spell it, it still means ‘terror’”, in The Central New Jersey Home News, New Brunswick, N.J., →OCLC, page A9, column 1:
      The transliterator’s first dilemma, then, is “Hanukkah” vs. “Chanuka,” or convenience for the reader vs. faithfulness to the original.

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