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# transcription

«transcription» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **a written copy of something that was spoken, recorded or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a transcription, transcriptions; transcription — uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A transcription is a written copy of something that was spoken, recorded or written somewhere else. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/transcription/#m1)

2) Transcription is the act of writing down speech or copying a text. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/transcription/#m2)

3) (language) A phonetic transcription writes how words sound using special symbols, like in a dictionary. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/transcription/#m3)

4) (music) A transcription is a piece of music rewritten for different instruments. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/transcription/#m4)

5) (science) In biology, transcription is the copying of information from DNA in a cell. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/transcription/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In lessons it is how interviews, speeches and old documents are written down; dictionaries give a transcription showing pronunciation. In history, scholars make transcriptions of old handwriting. Phrases: a transcription of the interview, phonetic transcription, make a transcription.

### examples

- PARTIAL: English Wikisource transcription (proofread from Index:Sepher Yetzirah.djvu) — only Preface to the Second Edition, Introduction, and the text (chapters I-VI). (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/transcription/#x1)
- The teacher gave us a transcription of the radio interview. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/transcription/#x2)
- Read the transcription of the king's speech. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/transcription/#x3)
- The dictionary shows the transcription of every word in special symbols. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/transcription/#x4)
- Volunteers made a transcription of the old diaries. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/transcription/#x5)
- The band played a transcription of a piano piece for guitars. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/transcription/#x6)
- In cells, transcription copies a message from DNA. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/transcription/#x7)

### note

Verb: transcribe (transcribes, transcribed, transcribing). Note: transcribe has a b, transcription has a p. Do not confuse with «translation» (changing words into another language): a transcription keeps the same language.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «transcription» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/transcription/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.