tran ‧ scribe /trænˈskraɪb/ BrE AmE verb [transitive]
[ Date: 1500-1600 ; Language: Latin ; Origin: transcribere , from scribere 'to write' ]
1 . to write down something exactly as it was said:
A secretary transcribed the witnesses’ statements.
2 . to write an exact copy of something:
He had been asked to transcribe an ancient manuscript.
3 . technical to represent speech sounds with ↑ phonetic symbols
4 . formal to change a piece of writing into the alphabet of another language
transcribe something into something
The book has been transcribed into braille.
5 . to arrange a piece of music for a different instrument or voice
transcribe something for something
a piece transcribed for piano
6 . technical to copy recorded music, speech etc from one system to another, for example from ↑ tape to ↑ CD