transliterate

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

transliterate
    v 1: rewrite in a different script; "The Sanskrit text had to be
         transliterated" [syn: {transliterate}, {transcribe}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.
   [1913 Webster]