Romanisation

noun2

1. •
   The act or process of putting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet, by means such as transliteration and transcription.
2. •
   An instance (a string) of text transliterated or transcribed from another alphabet into the Latin alphabet.

   • As an alternate name for Sakyamuni, Kircher gave "Omyto", which is a romanization of A-mi-to-fu, whom Kircher stated was commonly called "Amida", i.e., the Japanese pronunciation. — 1989