Do transliterated names of G-d (tetragrammata, adoshem, et c.) cause a book to be shemos?
I have never noticed a traditional Jewish sefer which contains such an example, although most are already shemos due to the Hebrew text.
Edit: what about these names in speech, for example, a certain Christian sect which uses a transliterated tetragrammaton in it's name.
There is more than one opinion on this matter. For example:
Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik famously wrote GOD on a blackboard and erased it in front of a class to make it clear that it was not a "shem" when it is not Hebrew. I have read this numerous places but you can find it referenced here.
That being said, it could be seen as more respectful to write G-d, especially when the book may be read by people who follow a more stringent opinion. An author would free the reader from having to consider the book shemot. For example, I was dismayed when reading "Boychicks in the Hood" to suddenly come across the four letters of the divine name in Hebrew in the center of one page. It causes mental anguish. Did I read it in the bathroom before I knew its status? What if one of the kids threw it on the floor? Why should the author cause these problems?
Based I what I could glean from an article in Kosher Spirit Magazine even writing G-d's name in English would be considered sheimos.
However, it does point out a few stipulations. For example the spelling G-d with a hyphen has no holiness, while spelling the name without the hyphen does. I would infer from the general rules mentioned in the article that even transliteration of one of G-d's names written on paper would be considered shaimos as well.
