# POST /v1/transliterate

Part of the HebrewCore documentation. Web: https://hc.itsbaba.com/docs#transliterate · Whole docs: https://hc.itsbaba.com/docs.md · Index: https://hc.itsbaba.com/llms.txt

`POST /v1/transliterate`

Transliterate between scripts. `direction: "he-to-latin"` (default) romanizes Hebrew; `direction: "latin-to-he"` converts Latin spelling into Hebrew letters (useful for name entry and search). `text` up to 5,000 characters.

```http
POST /v1/transliterate   { "text": "שלום" }
{ "text": "שלום", "transliteration": "shalom", "scheme": "general", "direction": "he-to-latin" }
```