Transliterate - v.t. Represent (word etc) in corresponding characters of
another alphabet or language; transliteration - n.; transliterator - n.
[L littera letter]

So it IS a word!!!!!  :P

Maybe, but that's still not what Gerard is doing; that's nuts and bolts
stuff. Gerard is adapting R1/2 to the English world.

Yep, and what Gerard is doing is NOT translation. Toshifumi does that.
If you want to call it 'adapting' while I call it 'transliteration',
go ahead, but Gerard does NOT translate.

Kun-chan...