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	Defined literally as, "to represent or spell in the characters of another alphabet" by [http://www.m-w.com Merriam-Webster Online] This process' aim is to recreate the sound or meaning of one language in the alphabet of another. There exist many different processes for the conversion from certain languages to others, for instance the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyrillic_alphabet Cyrillic] to English translation is sometimes referred to as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transliteration_of_Russian_into_English Romanization of Russian] In our context, it is the process by which [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyrillic_alphabet Cyrillic] names are written in English.		Defined literally as, "to represent or spell in the characters of another alphabet" by [http://www.m-w.com Merriam-Webster Online] This process' aim is to recreate the sound or meaning of one language in the alphabet of another. There exist many different processes for the conversion from certain languages to others, for instance the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyrillic_alphabet Cyrillic] to English translation is sometimes referred to as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transliteration_of_Russian_into_English Romanization of Russian] In our context, it is the process by which [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyrillic_alphabet Cyrillic] names are written in English.