RESEARCHarXiv CS.CL·4/22/2026
Scripts Through Time: A Survey of the Evolving Role of Transliteration in NLP
This paper surveys the evolving role of transliteration in NLP, a technique crucial for overcoming the "script barrier" in cross-lingual transfer. It presents a taxonomy of motivations and approaches for incorporating transliterations, analyzing their effectiveness and contextualizing their need in modern LLMs across various beneficial settings.
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