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What is transliteration?

Transliteration is the process of converting text from one script to another based on phonetic similarity, while preserving the original sound. For example, the Russian question Как перевести русский в транслит? can be written as Kak perevesti russkij v translit?

The most common system is phonetic transliteration, where letters are mapped based on their sound: й→j, ц→ts, ч→ch, ш→sh, е→ye, ю→yu, я→ya. iTRANSLIT uses informal transliteration — practical for writing emails, SMS, and other texts when Cyrillic input is unavailable.

For official documents like passports, use the official transliteration standard, which differs from informal usage. perevesti reads more naturally than pyeryevyesti, but formal documents require the precise standard variant.

Why use iTRANSLIT?

iTRANSLIT is a fast, free tool for converting Cyrillic text to Latin. It's useful for transliterating names, words, and sentences into a Latin-script equivalent.

Website owners and bloggers also use transliteration to create URL slugs from article titles. For best results, use our dedicated URL generator, which handles spaces, punctuation, and SEO optimization automatically.

How does iTRANSLIT work?

iTRANSLIT replaces each Cyrillic letter with its Latin equivalent. Punctuation marks remain unchanged. Conversion happens instantly in your browser using JavaScript — no page reload required.

To create SEO-friendly URL slugs from article titles, use our URL generator, which also handles spaces and special characters.

Which languages are supported?

iTRANSLIT can convert text from Russian, Ukrainian, Polish, Latvian, Bulgarian, Czech, Greek, and Turkish to Latin script.