different between transcribe vs transliterate

English

Etymology

From Latin tr?nscr?b? (“to write again in another place, transcribe, copy”), from trans (“over”) + scr?b? (“to write”). See scribe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /træn?sk?a?b/
• Rhymes: -a?b
• Hyphenation: tran?scribe

Verb

transcribe (third-person singular simple present transcribes, present participle transcribing, simple past and past participle transcribed)

1. To convert a representation of language, typically speech but also sign language, etc., to another representation. The term now usually implies the conversion of speech to text by a human transcriptionist with the assistance of a computer for word processing and sometimes also for speech recognition, the process of a computer interpreting speech and converting it to text.
2. (dictation) To make such a conversion from live or recorded speech to text.

   The doctor made several recordings today which she will transcribe into medical reports tomorrow.

3. (computing) To transfer data from one recording medium to another.
4. (music) To adapt a composition for a voice or instrument other than the original; to notate live or recorded music.
5. (biochemistry) To cause DNA to undergo transcription.
6. (linguistics) To represent speech by phonetic symbols.

Derived terms

• transcriber

Related terms

• transcription
• translate
• transliterate

Translations

References

• transcribe in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• transcribe in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Latin

Verb

tr?nscr?be

1. second-person singular present active imperative of tr?nscr?b?

Spanish

Verb

transcribe

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of transcribir.
2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of transcribir.
3. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of transcribir.

English

Etymology

From Latin transliter?tum, past participle of transliter?, from trans (“across”) + liter? , from littera (“letter”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t?ænz?l?t??e?t/

Verb

transliterate (third-person singular simple present transliterates, present participle transliterating, simple past and past participle transliterated)

1. (transitive) To represent letters or words in the characters of another writing system.

Related terms

Translations

See also

• transcribe

Further reading

• transliterate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• transliterate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.