Conversion of scripts
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The conversion of scripts or writing is a procedure of replacing text written in one script
or writing system
with the character
s of another script or system in order to make the text (e.g. proper names) legible for users of another language
or script.
It has two basic forms and many practical implementations of each:
Transliteration
: Graphemic conversion, i.e. from one script to another.
Transcription
: Phonemic conversion
, i.e. from one writing system into another, possibly including script conversion.
A special case is re-conversion, i.e. returning to the original form from a form written while using one of the above mentioned systems. This is used, among other things, as a text input method
.
Script
Script may refer to:Computing* Script , a small program written for a command interpreter or another scripting language* script , a tool that records a tty session* SCRIPT/VS, a text formatting language developed at IBM...
or writing system
Writing system
A writing system is a symbolic system used to represent elements or statements expressible in language.-General properties:Writing systems are distinguished from other possible symbolic communication systems in that the reader must usually understand something of the associated spoken language to...
with the character
Character
- Art and entertainment :* Character , an agent in a work of art, including literature, drama, cinema, opera, etc.* Character , a 1997 Dutch film, based on the novel by Dutch author Ferdinand Bordewijk* Character , by Dark Tranquillity...
s of another script or system in order to make the text (e.g. proper names) legible for users of another language
Language
Language may refer either to the specifically human capacity for acquiring and using complex systems of communication, or to a specific instance of such a system of complex communication...
or script.
It has two basic forms and many practical implementations of each:
Transliteration
Transliteration
Transliteration is a subset of the science of hermeneutics. It is a form of translation, and is the practice of converting a text from one script into another...
: Graphemic conversion, i.e. from one script to another.
Transcription
Transcription (linguistics)
Transcription in the linguistic sense is the systematic representation of language in written form. The source can either be utterances or preexisting text in another writing system, although some linguists only consider the former as transcription.Transcription should not be confused with...
: Phonemic conversion
Phoneme
In a language or dialect, a phoneme is the smallest segmental unit of sound employed to form meaningful contrasts between utterances....
, i.e. from one writing system into another, possibly including script conversion.
A special case is re-conversion, i.e. returning to the original form from a form written while using one of the above mentioned systems. This is used, among other things, as a text input method
Input method
An input method is an operating system component or program that allows any data, such as keyboard strokes or mouse movements, to be received as input. In this way users can enter characters and symbols not found on their input devices...
.