音おん訳やく

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

transliteration; phonetic transcription

General term for converting text from one script to another based on pronunciation. Often used for rendering foreign words into Japanese kana or Chinese characters. Related term: 音写.

See also: 音写

• 外がい国こくの地ち名めいを音おん訳やくしてカタカナで書かく。

  Transliterate foreign place names and write them in katakana.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

phonetic representation using Chinese characters

Specifically refers to representing foreign sounds with Chinese characters, a practice seen in historical contexts or in some East Asian languages.

• 漢かん字じによる音おん訳やくは、昔むかしの仏ぶっ典てん翻ほん訳やくでよく使つかわれた。

  Phonetic representation using Chinese characters was often used in old Buddhist scripture translations.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

reading aloud for the visually impaired

Used in the context of accessibility, where text is read aloud for people with impaired vision. Often appears as 音訳サービス or 音訳ボランティア.

• 彼かの女じょは図と書しょ館かんで音おん訳やくボランティアをしている。

  She volunteers as a reading-aloud assistant at the library.