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# [Transliteration Is Not Translation: How Roman Keystrokes Become Devanagari](https://jamescarterwrites.hashnode.dev/transliteration-is-not-translation-how-roman-keystrokes-become-devanagari?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

People often use the words interchangeably, but transliteration and translation solve different problems. Translation changes the language: "how are you" becomes a Hindi sentence with Hindi words. Tra

8h ago · 2 min read · jamescarterwrites.hashnode.dev  
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