Romanization

Romanization is the process of converting a language's writing system into the Latin alphabet, commonly used in English and many other languages. This method helps people unfamiliar with a particular language's script—like Chinese, Arabic, or Cyrillic—read and pronounce words more easily. For example, the name of the city "Beijing" in Chinese characters is rendered phonetically in the Latin alphabet. Romanization can vary, as different systems use varying rules to represent sounds, which can lead to multiple spellings for the same word. This practice is essential in education, travel, and cross-cultural communication.