What is transliteration?

Transliteration maps the letters of one script onto the closest letters of another, so the result can be read aloud roughly the same way. It is different from translation, which conveys meaning rather than sound.

Which scripts are supported?

This tool covers Russian Cyrillic, modern Greek, and Eastern Armenian using widely used romanisation conventions. Each script has its own letter-by-letter mapping table applied in order from longest match to shortest.

Is the romanisation standardised?

It follows common practical romanisation close to ISO and BGN/PCGN conventions, favouring readable Latin output. Official documents may require a specific standard, so always check the rules for passports or legal use.

Why do some letters map to two Latin letters?

Single characters in Cyrillic or Greek often represent sounds that need a digraph in Latin, such as the Cyrillic ch, sh, and ya, or the Greek theta and chi. The table emits multiple Latin letters where one would lose the sound.

Latin Transliterator

Transliteration converts text from one writing system into another letter by letter, preserving roughly how it sounds. This tool romanises Cyrillic, Greek, and Armenian text into the Latin alphabet using standard mapping tables.

How it works

Each script has a lookup table mapping its characters to Latin equivalents. The text is scanned and every character is replaced with its mapped value:

Cyrillic:  ш → sh,  ч → ch,  я → ya,  ж → zh
Greek:     θ → th,  χ → ch,  ψ → ps,  ω → o
Armenian:  ղ → gh,  ճ → ch,  ջ → j,   ո → o

Multi-letter sounds are emitted as digraphs so the romanised form can be pronounced. Characters with no mapping (spaces, digits, Latin letters, punctuation) pass through unchanged.

Example and tips

The Cyrillic Москва becomes Moskva, and the Greek Αθήνα becomes Athina. Transliteration is one-directional and lossy — several source letters can collapse to the same Latin output, so you cannot always reverse it perfectly. For official documents like passports, confirm which national standard applies before relying on the output.