Foreign Language Aids

This page links to guides to selected foreign language transcription systems.

Arabic

Modern Standard Arabic Page
http://arabic.wjh.harvard.edu/ref/translit/encyislam/translit.htm

Kusic, Dane
http://research.umbc.edu/~dkusic1/arabtrsl.html

Chinese

Pinyin to Wade-Giles Conversion
Cornell University Library
http://www.library.cornell.edu/Asia/pinwade.html

Greek

Princeton University Library
http://infoshare1.princeton.edu/katmandu/catcopy/trgrk.html

Hebrew

Princeton University Library
http://infoshare1.princeton.edu/katmandu/hebrew/trheb.html

Japanese

Hiragana http://www2.gvsu.edu/~sterzinb/japanese/hiragana/both.htm

Katakana http://www2.gvsu.edu/~sterzinb/japanese/katakana/both.htm

Kanji http://members.aol.com/rtdrpt/kanji/writutor.htm

Persian

Princeton University Library
http://infoshare1.princeton.edu/katmandu/catcopy/trpers.html

Russian

Mark D. Steinberg, University of Illinois
http://www.history.uiuc.edu/steinb/translit/translit.htm


Miscellaneous Resources

Princeton University Library Transliteration Tables
http://infoshare1.princeton.edu/katmandu/catcopy/transtoc.html

Slavic Cataloging Manual; Cyrillic Abbreviations
Princeton University Library
http://infoshare1.princeton.edu/katmandu/sgman/cyrabb.html