Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Transliterate \Trans*lit"er*ate\, v. t. [Pref. trans- + L.
   litera, littera letter.]
   To express or represent in the characters of another
   alphabet; as, to transliterate Sanskrit words by means of
   English letters. --A. J. Ellis.

Source : WordNet®

transliterate
     v : rewrite in a different script; "The Sanskrit text had to be
         transliterated" [syn: {transcribe}]