1Put (thoughts, speech, or data) into written or printed form.

每次采访都被录音，并整理成文字。

1. 1.1 Transliterate (foreign characters) or write or type out (shorthand, notes, or other abbreviated forms) into ordinary characters or full sentences.
   将（外文字母的音）用本国字母拼出；整理，打印（速记、笔记及其他缩略文字形式）
   Example sentencesExamples

   • Massaging her temples, she sat back down at the desk and began to transcribe her notes.
   • She sat quietly at the table, drinking tea and transcribing her notes on the interview with Jerry.
   • Should I, perhaps, apply more editorial distance when transcribing my notes to your page?
   • As I scanned the pile of little DayGlo yellow notes I realized that there was enough notations to keep me busy transcribing my notes for days to come.
   • That manuscript note is accurately transcribed in the typed version.
   • Finally one day Jeanne got tired of trying to transcribe my notes that were scribbled on numerous bits of paper in longhand.
   • That transcript was part of the minutes were provided to Professor Arnold in shorthand, and she paid to have them transcribed.
   • The handwritten notes were then transcribed into typewritten interview transcripts to be used for data analysis.
   • Stein transcribed the work from Husserl's shorthand in 1916.
   • The writing system Romoaji is used to transcribe Japanese into the Roman alphabet.
   • I was very tired when I went to see it, which probably didn't help, but I scribbled down some notes during the screening, which I transcribe for you here.
   • From about 1564 he began to collect and transcribe manuscripts and to compose historical works, the first to be based on systematic study of public records.
   • A smaller portion of their literature was written in chu nom, a writing system that uses a combination of Chinese characters to transcribe Vietnamese sounds.
   • She decides to transcribe his notes on the typewriter in case anyone should ever have to read it.
   • Shorthand is eventually transcribed to longhand, and buzzwords lose their sting.
   • The only thing missing is my secretary to transcribe the following notes.
   • In the seminary classroom I taught relative clauses by transcribing examples of Kiswahili sentences on the blackboard with their English equivalents.
   • I made my own money, transcribing notes for Jeremy's growing translation business, and I paid for my tickets, so what was the big deal?
   • From his notes, which have been transcribed, and are not just obscure scribbles, it is clear that he considered painting a science, on an equal par with mechanics, biology or mathematics.
   • Later, some people will return to their offices or hotels and transcribe the words onto their computers if they can read them, others may just file away their notes.

   Synonyms

   write out, copy out, copy in full, write in full, put in writing, set down, take down, type out, print out, put on paper, commit to paper, reproduce

   transliterate, interpret, translate, render, convert, write up, rewrite
2. 1.2 Arrange (a piece of music) for a different instrument, voice, or group of these.
   改编（乐曲）
   his largest early work was transcribed for organ

   他早期的最宏大作品被改编成管风琴曲。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • Originally written for organ in 1945, McKay transcribed it for two string orchestras in 1962.
   • In adapting the work, Beethoven does not simply transcribe it note for note.
   • In those early years he would frequently transcribe orchestral music for the organ.
   • Surely we can't take him seriously, given the G major Concerto he did complete, and the D major Concerto he transcribed for flute?
   • They also transcribed music for the instrument from many sources, most notably the harpsichord, violin and piano.
   • Sérgio observes that there is now a lot of music being composed for guitar, unlike the fairly recent past when most music had to be transcribed.
   • Transcription can be a dodgy game: the instrument being transcribed for must bear some harmonic relationship to the original.
   • Liszt developed a physical virtuosity for the instrument and transcribed for it, sacrificing musical subtlety to an astonishing mechanical technique.
   • Barshai transcribed the Eighth Quartet for chamber orchestra under the composer's supervision.
   • The only change is that Orff transcribed the orchestral parts for two pianos.
   • There is also a C.P.E. Bach Sonata here, transcribed and sounding delightful with its switch of instrument.
   • Milhaud originally scored it for a small orchestra, then, due to its great success, transcribed it for duet.
   • Liszt transcribed Beethoven's symphonies, as well as a myriad other vocal and instrumental works, for piano.
   • In 1930, the composer transcribed the score for two pianos.
   • The Five Songs Without Words that follow were later transcribed for violin and piano and in that guise they have been heard far more often than in vocal form.
   • There are four popular Chopin items, the first set of the Schubert Impromptus, and Ravel's La Valse as transcribed by the composer for piano solo.
   • Indeed, the Sonata in G essentially transcribes an earlier work for two flutes and continuo.
   • Bach's most famous organ work, the Toccata and Fugue in D minor, was transcribed for violin by Bruce Fox-Lefriche (who changed the key to A minor in the process).
3. 1.3Biochemistry Synthesize (a nucleic acid, typically RNA) using an existing nucleic acid, typically DNA, as a template, thus copying the genetic information in the latter.
   〔生化〕转录
   Example sentencesExamples

   • However, additional studies are needed to determine if Twin is actually transcribed by polymerase III.
   • All genes are transcribed from the same strand, and scaling is only approximate.
   • All of the 19 identified genes are transcribed from the same DNA strand.
   • The ligated mRNA is reverse transcribed using a general or gene-specific primer.
   • Thus, the Y-linked copy of the S. latifolia spermidine synthase gene is actively transcribed.