To start typing in Kannada, just type a word as it is pronounced in English. This would then be transliterated into Kannada. For E.g. if you type "Nivu hegiddiri" then it would be transliterated into “ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ”.
If the transliterated word is not what you have expected - either click on the word or use the backspace to get more choices on a dropdown menu.
A translation tells you the meaning of words in another language. For e.g. the translation of "How are you?" would be "ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ" in Kannada. You can use various online tool for translating word, sentence and phrase from English to Kannada for FREE. Some of the popular translation tool are Google Translator, Bing Translator or use our own Kannada Translation for FREE.
On the other hand, transliteration software works on phonetics. A transliteration doesn't tell you the meaning of the words but it helps you pronounce them. What you type in Roman script is converted in Kannada script. For E.g. typing "Bharata bahusanskrtiya desavagide" will be converted into "ಭಾರತ ಬಹುಸಂಸ್ಕೃತಿಯ ದೇಶವಾಗಿದೆ".
Therefore, we can say, transliteration changes the letters from one alphabet into the similar-sounding characters of another alphabet. This makes it the simplest and fastest method of typing in Kannada without practising any Kannada Keyboard. You can either use Google Input Tool for FREE.