Transliterate ["string"]
attempts to transliterate string into plain ASCII.
Transliterate ["string",script]
attempts to transliterate string into the specified writing script script.
Transliterate ["string",script1script2]
attempts to transliterate string from script1 to script2.
Transliterate
Transliterate ["string"]
attempts to transliterate string into plain ASCII.
Transliterate ["string",script]
attempts to transliterate string into the specified writing script script.
Transliterate ["string",script1script2]
attempts to transliterate string from script1 to script2.
Details and Options
- Transliterate is typically used to convert between two different writing scripts.
- Transliterate uses standard Unicode writing script transformation rules.
- The specified script or scripti may be script name strings, Automatic , or "WritingScript" entities. They can also be language specifications.
- A list of "WritingScript" entities can be found using EntityList ["WritingScript"]. Some entities may not have transliteration rules available.
- Transliterate also accepts "Language" entities, using the primary writing script associated with that language if available.
- Transliterate automatically threads over lists.
Examples
open all close allBasic Examples (3)
Transliterate text to ASCII:
Transliterate text to Hiragana:
Transliterate from one writing system to another:
Scope (3)
Transliterate accepts script name strings, Automatic , "WritingScript" entities, and language specifications:
A script specification of Automatic indicates that the origin of the script will be automatically detected:
Transliterate is Listable and automatically threads over lists:
Possible Issues (5)
Transliterate converts between different writing scripts; it does not translate text:
Transliterate [lang] will automatically select the writing script associated with the language lang, which may not correspond directly with the alphabet associated with that language:
Transliterate does not automatically reverse text for right-to-left scripts:
Not all writing scripts have transliteration available:
If a script does not normally include some characters, they will not be transliterated into the target script:
Related Workflows
- Configure for a Non-English Interface ▪
- Configure Non-English Code Captions
History
Text
Wolfram Research (2015), Transliterate, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Transliterate.html.
CMS
Wolfram Language. 2015. "Transliterate." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Transliterate.html.
APA
Wolfram Language. (2015). Transliterate. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Transliterate.html
BibTeX
@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_transliterate, author="Wolfram Research", title="{Transliterate}", year="2015", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Transliterate.html}", note=[Accessed: 05-December-2025]}
BibLaTeX
@online{reference.wolfram_2025_transliterate, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={Transliterate}, year={2015}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Transliterate.html}, note=[Accessed: 05-December-2025]}