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tran·scribe
\\tran(t)-ˈskrīb\\ transitive verb
(tran·scribed ; tran·scrib·ing)1.
  a. to make a written copy of
  b. to make a copy of (dictated or recorded matter) in longhand or on a machine (as a typewriter)
  c. to paraphrase or summarize in writing
  d.

write down

,

record

2.
  a. to represent (speech sounds) by means of phonetic symbols
  b.

translate

2a
  c. to transfer (data) from one recording form to another
  d. to record (as on magnetic tape) for later broadcast
3. to make a musical transcription of
4. to cause (as DNA) to undergo genetic transcription
• tran·scrib·er noun

transcribe
  1550s, from L. transcribere "to copy, write again in another place, write over, transfer," from trans- "over" + scribere "write" (see script). To do it poorly is to transcribble (1746). Transcript "written copy" is attested from late 13c., from L. transcriptum, neut. pp. of transcribere.

transcribe
tran·scribe / trAn5skraib / verb [VN]
1. ~ sth (into sth) to record thoughts, speech or data in a written form, or in a different written form from the original
   记录；抄录；把…转成(另一种书写形式):
   Clerks transcribe everything that is said in court.
   书记员把在法庭上所有的话都记录在案。
   The interview was recorded and then transcribed.
   采访谈话先录了音,然后再抄录出来。
   How many official documents have been transcribed into Braille for blind people?
   有多少官方文件已经转成盲文供盲人阅读？
2. (technical 术语) to show the sounds of speech using a special

phonetic

alphabet
   用音标标音
3. ~ sth (for sth) to write a piece of music in a different form so that it can be played by another musical instrument or sung by another voice
   改编(乐曲,以适合其他乐器或声部):
   a piano piece transcribed for the guitar
   为吉他改编的钢琴曲

transcribe verb

tran·scribe
I. \tranzˈkrī, traan-, -n(t)ˈsk-\ verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Latin transcribere, from trans- + scribere to write — more at
transitive verb
1.
 a. : to make a written copy of
  < scrupulously transcribed from the surviving manuscripts of the war years — D.C.Mearns >
 b. : to make a copy of (dictated or recorded matter) in longhand or especially on a typewriter
  < taking dictation in the mornings, transcribing correspondence in the afternoons — Jean Holloway >
  < take letters down in shorthand or on the dictating machine and transcribe them on the typewriter — E.M.Robinson >
 specifically : to read aloud (shorthand notes)
  < lay aside this book and orally transcribe your shorthand notes — Law Stenographer >
 c. : to reproduce in writing by more or less exact quotation : ,
  < I need not transcribe any more of this part of the séance — Beverley Nichols >
  < what he expressed as a mere surmise was transcribed by others as a positive statement — Richard Semon >
 d. : to write down :
  < a unique achievement in the amazing fidelity with which it transcribes the life and mentality of an alien people — Amy Loveman >
  < if one looks the jungle straight in the face and transcribes what is seen — William Beebe >
  < is endowed with … an unerring ear for transcribing speech — Angel Flores >
2. obsolete : ,
3.
 a.
  (1) :
   < the larger part … would be unintelligible if transcribed in an alphabet or syllabary — K.S.Latourette >
   < transcribed into Cyrillic characters from the original Glagolitic — R.G.A.DeBray >
   < his hobby is transcribing books into braille — New York Herald Tribune >
  (2) : to represent (speech sounds) by means of phonetic symbols
   < the letter b transcribe s Greek beta, which represented a phoneme with both stop and spirant allophones — W.G.Moulton >
  (3) : to arrange (the letters of a cryptogram) by a prescribed route or system
   < there are 39 routes by which the letters in the rectangle might have been transcribed to form the cryptogram — J.M.Wolfe >
 b. : 2a
  < transcribed English hymns into German — American Guide Series: Pennsylvania >
 c. : to transfer or convey (as information) from one recording form to another
  < the account number could then be transcribed to the receiving ticket — H.D.McGuigan >
  < reproducers automatically transcribe punching from one card to another — H.C.Zeisig & P.T.Martin >
4. obsolete : ,
5. : to make a musical transcription of
 < originally written for organ, the work was transcribed for symphony orchestra — Current Biography >
6.
 a. : to broadcast (a radio or television program) by electrical transcription
 b. : to record (as on magnetic tape) for later broadcast
intransitive verb
1.
 a. : to make a copy of something in writing
  < shall begin to transcribe again and polish — T.B.Macaulay >
 b. : to reproduce in writing dictated or recorded matter
  < ability to take dictation easily and transcribe accurately on the typewriter — Gregg Dictation Simplified >
  < the belts are mailed to the … office for transcribing — Dun's Review >
 c. : to write down, set forth, or produce a factual or objective representation
  < some transcribe directly from nature — Thomas Munro >
  < no artist is content to transcribe — New Mexico Quarterly >
2. : 1 a
 < this question of whether they should … transcribe into modern idiom — H.L.Savage >
II. transitive verb

: to cause (as DNA) to undergo genetic transcription