transliterate, transcribe - rewrite in a different script; "The Sanskrit text had to be transliterated"

translate, interpret, render - restate (words) from one language into another language; "I have to translate when my in-laws from Austria visit the U.S."; "Can you interpret the speech of the visiting dignitaries?"; "She rendered the French poem into English"; "He translates for the U.N."

convert - cause to adopt a new or different faith; "The missionaries converted the Indian population"