Note that reversibility is generally only in one direction, so a transliteration from a native script to Latin may be reversible, but not the other way around. (Note that even if theoretically a transliteration system is supposed to be reversible, in source standards it is often not specified in sufficient detail in the edge cases to actually be reversible.) A non-reversible transliteration is often called a transcription, or called a lossy or ambiguous transcription. In CLDR this is not the case the term transliteration is interpreted broadly to mean both reversible and non-reversible transforms of text. The term transliteration is sometimes given a narrow meaning, implying that the transformation is reversible (sometimes called lossless ). When a service engineer is sent a program dump that is filled with characters from foreign scripts, it is much easier to diagnose the problem when the text is transliterated and the service engineer can recognize the characters. When the user performs searching and indexing tasks, transliteration can retrieve information in a different script. When a user views names that are entered in a world-wide database, it is extremely helpful to view and refer to the names in the user's native script. There are several situations where this transliteration is especially useful, such as the following. While an English speaker may not recognize that the Japanese word kyanpasu is equivalent to the English word campus, the word kyanpasu is still far easier to recognize and interpret than if the letters were left in the original script. Some of the characters in this document may not be visible in your browser, and with some fonts the diacritics will not be correctly placed on the base letters.

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