Transcription Meaning
/tɹænˈskɹɪpʃən/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounThe act or process of transcribing.
nounSomething that has been transcribed, including:, An adaptation of a composition.
Sentence Examples
That transcription is wrong.
The student made a neat transcription of the lecture notes.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The reporter prepared the ____ of the judge's spoken verdict for the record.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The ____ of the ancient manuscript was a very difficult task that required a high level of specialist knowledge today.
Word Origin & History
From Middle French transcription, or directly from Latin transcriptiōnem, from trānscrībō (“transcribe”).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"One might eaſier beleeue that the error was committed in the tranſcription of the copy from Ptolomies library, and ſo that it had a ſucceſſiue propagation through all the copies diſperſed."
— 1610, chapter 13, in John Healey, transl., The Citie of God, London: George Eld, translation of De civitate Dei contra paganos by St. Augustine, page 548:
"[...] the error originated in a mistaken transcription, as the locomotive involved was No. 61271 (a B1 4-6-0), not No. 61771."
— 1961 December, “Motive Power Miscellany: London Midland Region”, in Trains Illustrated, page 759:
"In other words, data are (re)constructed in the process of transcription as a result of multiple decisions that reflect both theoretical and ostensibly pragmatic considerations."
— 2003, James Holstein, Jaber F. Gubrium, Inside Interviewing: New Lenses, New Concerns, SAGE, →ISBN, page 268:
"In other words, the adantino was written first as an independent piece; it is, moreover, hardly more than an elaborated transcription of the little song, ‘Im Herbste’, written in 1828, with its two exactly similar strophes (each only five bars long) and four-bar piano epilogue."
— 2013, Gerald Abraham, Slavonic and Romantic Music: Essays and Studies, Faber & Faber, →ISBN:
"From the outset, Selvage had hoped to interest NBC or CBS in broadcasting the American Family Robinson on a sustaining basis. Neither did, and the series ended up in transcription, recorded and circulated to individual stations by the World Broadcasting System."
— 1999, William L. Bird, "Better Living": Advertising, Media and the New Vocabulary of Business Leadership, 1935-1955, Northwestern University Press, →ISBN:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The reporter prepared the ____ of the judge's spoken verdict for the record.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The ____ of the ancient manuscript was a very difficult task that required a high level of specialist knowledge today.