---
title: TRANSLITERATE
url: https://www.tines.com/docs/formulas/functions/transliterate/
kind: formula-function
---

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# TRANSLITERATE

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Replaces non-ASCII characters with an ASCII approximation, or if none exists, a replacement character: “?”.

**Categories:** Text

## Syntax

```
TRANSLITERATE(text)
```

## Examples

### Example 1

Input:

```json
{
  "my_action": {
    "message": "À È Î Ô Û"
  }
}
```

Formula:

```
TRANSLITERATE(my_action.message)
```

Output:

```json
"A E I O U"
```

### Example 2

Input:

```json
{
  "my_action": {
    "message": "Trademark - ™, Pound Sterling - £, Cents - ¢"
  }
}
```

Formula:

```
TRANSLITERATE(my_action.message)
```

Output:

```json
"Trademark - ?, Pound Sterling - ?, Cents - ?"
```

## Sample actions

```json
{
  "standardLibVersion": "13",
  "actionRuntimeVersion": "1",
  "agents": [
    {
      "disabled": false,
      "name": "My Action",
      "description": "",
      "options": {
        "mode": "message_only",
        "loop": false,
        "payload": {
          "message": "À È Î Ô Û"
        }
      },
      "position": {
        "x": 585,
        "y": 1695
      },
      "type": "eventTransformation",
      "timeSavedUnit": "minutes",
      "timeSavedValue": 0,
      "monitorAllEvents": false,
      "monitorFailures": false,
      "monitorNoEventsEmitted": null,
      "form": null
    },
    {
      "disabled": false,
      "name": "My Action",
      "description": "",
      "options": {
        "mode": "message_only",
        "loop": false,
        "payload": {
          "message": "Trademark - ™, Pound Sterling - £, Cents - ¢"
        }
      },
      "position": {
        "x": 750,
        "y": 1695
      },
      "type": "eventTransformation",
      "timeSavedUnit": "minutes",
      "timeSavedValue": 0,
      "monitorAllEvents": false,
      "monitorFailures": false,
      "monitorNoEventsEmitted": null,
      "form": null
    },
    {
      "disabled": false,
      "name": "TRANSLITERATE",
      "description": "",
      "options": {
        "mode": "message_only",
        "loop": false,
        "payload": {
          "transliterate": "=TRANSLITERATE(my_action.message)"
        }
      },
      "position": {
        "x": 675,
        "y": 1770
      },
      "type": "eventTransformation",
      "timeSavedUnit": "minutes",
      "timeSavedValue": 0,
      "monitorAllEvents": false,
      "monitorFailures": false,
      "monitorNoEventsEmitted": null,
      "form": null
    }
  ],
  "links": [
    {
      "sourceIdentifier": 0,
      "receiverIdentifier": 2
    },
    {
      "sourceIdentifier": 1,
      "receiverIdentifier": 2
    }
  ],
  "diagramNotes": []
}
```