diff --git a/src/words/index.js b/src/words/index.js
index 2cd94fc..4c7471d 100644
--- a/src/words/index.js
+++ b/src/words/index.js
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import createLiteral       from './literal.js'
 import createTranscription from './transcription.js'
 
 export default function createWords(words, options) {
@@ -8,10 +9,12 @@ export default function createWords(words, options) {
 
   for (const word of words) {
 
+    const literal       = createLiteral(word.literal, options)
     const transcription = createTranscription(word.transcription, options)
 
     html += `\n<li class=word>
       ${ transcription }
+      ${ literal }
     </li>`
 
   }
diff --git a/src/words/literal.js b/src/words/literal.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bdc8901
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/words/literal.js
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+export default function createLiteral(data, { analysisLang }) {
+
+  if (!data) return ``
+
+  if (typeof data === `string`) {
+    const lang = analysisLang ? `lang='${ analysisLang }'` : ``
+    return `<span class=w-lit ${ lang }>${ data }</span>`
+  }
+
+  let html = ``
+
+  for (const lang in data) {
+    const tln = data[lang]
+    html += `<span class=w-lit lang='${ lang }'>${ tln }</span>`
+  }
+
+  return html
+
+}
diff --git a/test/words.test.js b/test/words.test.js
index 0c7d6ce..8ccf86b 100644
--- a/test/words.test.js
+++ b/test/words.test.js
@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@ import findElementByClass from './utilities/findElementByClass.js'
 import { getTextContent } from '../node_modules/@web/parse5-utils/src/index.js'
 import parse              from './utilities/convertAndParse.js'
 
+import {
+  findElement,
+  getTagName,
+} from '@web/parse5-utils'
+
 describe(`words`, function() {
 
   it(`renders one HTML word per linguistic word`, async function() {
@@ -46,7 +51,7 @@ describe(`words`, function() {
     \\tln    one day a man
     `
 
-    const { dom, html }           = await parse(scription)
+    const { dom }                 = await parse(scription)
     const wordsContainer          = findElementByClass(dom, `words`)
     const [firstWord, secondWord] = wordsContainer.childNodes.filter(node => node.tagName === `li`)
 
@@ -73,4 +78,40 @@ describe(`words`, function() {
     expect(getTextContent(b)).to.equal(`waxdungu`)
 
   })
+
+  it(`word literal translation (single language)`, async function() {
+
+    const scription = `
+    \\w   waxdungu qasi
+    \\wlt one.day  a.man
+    `
+
+    const { dom }                 = await parse(scription)
+    const wordsContainer          = findElementByClass(dom, `words`)
+    const [firstWord, secondWord] = wordsContainer.childNodes.filter(node => node.tagName === `li`)
+
+    expect(getTextContent(firstWord)).to.include(`one.day`)
+    expect(getTextContent(secondWord)).to.include(`a.man`)
+
+  })
+
+  it(`word literal translation (single language)`, async function() {
+
+    const scription = `
+    \\w      waxdungu qasi
+    \\wlt-en one.day  a.man
+    \\wlt-sp un.día   un.hombre
+    `
+
+    const { dom }                 = await parse(scription)
+    const wordsContainer          = findElementByClass(dom, `words`)
+    const [firstWord, secondWord] = wordsContainer.childNodes.filter(node => node.tagName === `li`)
+
+    expect(getTextContent(firstWord)).to.include(`one.day`)
+    expect(getTextContent(firstWord)).to.include(`un.día`)
+    expect(getTextContent(secondWord)).to.include(`a.man`)
+    expect(getTextContent(secondWord)).to.include(`un.hombre`)
+
+  })
+
 })