[englishrookie]

No transliteration: Dutch uses the Latin alphabet.

[jhardy54]

Thanks, I didn’t realize that I’ve been using that word incorrectly. I should have said ‘literal translation’.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literal_translation

[grumpopotamus]

Maybe word for word translation is the phrase we're looking for? As opposed to an idiomatic translation. Transliteration means phonetically translating from one alphabet to another, in order to p reserve the pronunciation.

[jhardy54]

Exactly this — I thought that’s what “transliteration” meant, but I was wrong. I appreciate the pointer.