Átírási

Átírási is a Hungarian adjective derived from the noun átírás, meaning transcription. In linguistic and editorial contexts, átírás refers to the process or result of rendering spoken language or written text into another form of representation. The exact meaning depends on context and may refer to phonetic transcription, orthographic transcription, or transliteration between writing systems.

Phonetic vs phonemic: In linguistics, átírási often denotes phonetic transcription, which uses a phonetic alphabet to capture speech sounds, commonly the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). A related form is phonemic transcription, which abstracts away allophonic detail to represent underlying phoneme structure.

Transliteration and orthographic transcription: The term also covers transliteration, the mechanical conversion of text from one script to another (for example from Latin to Cyrillic) or from historical spellings to modernized spellings. Orthographic transcription can refer to transcribing spoken language into orthographic form, preserving punctuation and capitalization as appropriate.

Applications and standards: Transcription systems are used in linguistics, fieldwork documentation, lexicography, and language education. IPA-based transcription provides cross-linguistic comparability, while language-specific átírási rules may be applied for official documents, names, or archiving. In computing, automated transcription and OCR-based conversion rely on defined átírási conventions.

See also: IPA, transliteration, transcription (linguistics), orthography, phonology.