to record something written, spoken, or played by writing it down

Recordings of conversations are transcribed and entered into the database. 谈话的录音被转写下来并输入资料库。

to change a piece of writing or music into another form, for example into a different writing system or into music for different instruments

Transcribing the Ethiopian text into the English alphabet was their first task. 把埃塞俄比亚原文转换成英文是他们的第一项任务。

The quintet had been transcribed for clarinet and piano. 这个五重奏被改编成单簧管和钢琴二重奏。