Noun
A copy; a transcript.
The act or process of transcribing, or copying; as, corruptions creep into books by repeated transcriptions.
An arrangement of a composition for some other instrument or voice than that for which it was originally written, as the translating of a song, a vocal or instrumental quartet, or even an orchestral work, into a piece for the piano; an adaptation; an arrangement; -- a name applied by modern composers for the piano to a more or less fanciful and ornate reproduction on their own instrument of a song or other piece not originally intended for it; as, Liszt's transcriptions of songs by Schubert.
Source: Webster's dictionaryMy aim in painting has always been the most exact transcription possible of my most intimate impression of nature. Edward Hopper
A novel, or indeed any work of art, is not intended to be a literal transcription from Nature. ... Life is a series of false values. There it is always the little things that are greatest. Art attempts to remedy this. It may be defined as an expurgated edition of Nature. James Branch Cabell
But as of right now and yesterday, anybody that needs a test - That's the important thing. And the tests are all perfect. Like, the letter was perfect. The transcription was perfect. Right? This was not as perfect as that but pretty good. Donald Trump
A novel, or indeed any work of art, is not intended to be a literal transcription from Nature. James Branch Cabell
As human beings, we are the genetic elite, the sentient, contemplating and innovating sum of countless genetic accidents and transcription errors. Gary Hamel
We'd dub the one that came off best into the final transcription. It gave us a chance to ad lib as much as we wanted, knowing that excess ad libbing could be sliced from the final product. Bing Crosby