transcribe
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• verb
To put spoken words, thoughts, or data into written or printed form, or to copy out a text into a different script or medium.
"The research assistant spent the afternoon helping to transcribe the recorded interviews into a digital document."
To arrange a piece of music for a different instrument, voice, or ensemble than that for which it was originally composed.
"The guitarist decided to transcribe Bach's cello suites so they could be performed on the classical guitar."
To synthesize a complementary RNA molecule from a DNA template during protein production (in genetics and molecular biology).
"Specialized enzymes enter the cell nucleus to transcribe the genetic code from DNA into messenger RNA."
Word Nuance & Usage
Do not confuse 'transcribe' (to write out spoken speech or copy text into a different written format within the same language) with 'translate' (to convert text or speech from one language into another) or 'transliterate' (to write words using the alphabet of a different script).
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the mid-16th century from Latin 'transcribere' ('to copy out, transfer in writing'), formed from 'trans-' ('across, over') and 'scribere' ('to write').