sociology - Transcription

Transcription may be one of the following:

In linguistics, transcription is the conversion of spoken words into written language.
In genetics, transcription is the process of copying DNA to RNA by an enzyme called RNA polymerase (RNAP).
In music transcription is either notating an unnotated piece, common in ethnomusicology, or rewriting a piece, either simply recopying (as for clarity), or as an arrangement for another instrument.