transcription

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun something written, especially copied from one medium to another, as a typewritten version of dictation
noun (genetics) the organic process whereby the DNA sequence in a gene is copied into mRNA; the process whereby a base sequence of messenger RNA is synthesized on a template of complementary DNA
noun a sound or television recording (e.g., from a broadcast to a tape recording)

From Middle French transcription, or directly from Latin transcriptiōnem, from trānscrībō (“transcribe”).

You’re talking to a transcription, no more. — I, Mars, Ray Bradbury
[Transcriber's note: Transcription given at the end of the text.] — Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, Benjamin Franklin
J. TULLY” is unreadable; this transcription is just a guess. — Report of the President's Commission on the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy, United States. Warren Commission

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