Difference between Transliterate and Transcribe

What is the difference between Transliterate and Transcribe?

Transliterate as a verb is to represent letters or words in the characters of another alphabet, script, or in semantic equivalent words of another language. while Transcribe as a verb is to make a full written or typewritten copy of something

Transliterate

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To represent letters or words in the characters of another alphabet, script, or in semantic equivalent words of another language.

Transcribe

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To make a full written or typewritten copy of somethingTo transfer data from one recording media to anotherTo adapt a composition for a voice or instrument other than the original; to notate live or recorded musicTo cause DNA to undergo transcriptionTo represent speech by phonetic symbols

We hope you now know whether to use Transliterate or Transcribe in your sentence.

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