TRANSCRIBE
transcribe
(verb) convert the genetic information in (a strand of DNA) into a strand of RNA, especially messenger RNA
transliterate, transcribe
(verb) rewrite in a different script; “The Sanskrit text had to be transliterated”
transcribe
(verb) make a phonetic transcription of; “The anthropologist transcribed the sentences of the native informant”
transcribe
(verb) write out from speech, notes, etc.; “Transcribe the oral history of this tribe”
transcribe
(verb) rewrite or arrange a piece of music for an instrument or medium other than that originally intended
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
transcribe (third-person singular simple present transcribes, present participle transcribing, simple past and past participle transcribed)
To convert a representation of language, typically speech but also sign language, etc, to another representation. The term now usually implies the conversion of speech to text by a human transcriptionist with the assistance of a computer for word processing and sometimes also for speech recognition, the process of a computer interpreting speech and converting it to text.
(dictation) To make such a conversion from live or recorded speech to text.
(computing) To transfer data from one recording medium to another.
(music) To adapt a composition for a voice or instrument other than the original; to notate live or recorded music.
(biochemistry) To cause DNA to undergo transcription.
(linguistics) To represent speech by phonetic symbols.
Source: Wiktionary
Tran*scribe", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Transcribed; p. pr. & vb. n. Transcribing.] Etym: [L. transcribere, transcriptum; trans across, over + scribere to write. See Scribe.]
Definition: To write over again, or in the same words; to copy; as, to transcribe Livy or Tacitus; to transcribe a letter.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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