把聽到的固定成寫下來的
這一族最貼近字面。聲音留不住,說完就散了,所以有人一句一句把它寫下來,讓它變成看得見、可以回頭讀的東西。差別只在用哪一套記號:一般文字、音標,或是音符。
verb · B2
To write down what someone says, using their exact words — either while you listen to them, or later from a recording.
逐字寫下(說出來的話)
One way to hold the whole word: something already exists — a voice in the room, a page of old handwriting, a tune, a recording — and transcribe is the act of putting that same thing down again in another form. The content is not meant to change. What changes is what it is written in, or written on. So when you meet the word, two small questions usually unlock the sentence: what is being carried over, and what is it being carried into?
The packet's source entry gives a learned borrowing from Latin trānscrībere, 'to write again in another place, to copy', from trans- ('across') plus scribere ('to write'). That literal 'write it across to somewhere else' sits close to every modern use.
依packet 提供的來源資料,這個字借自拉丁文 trānscrībere(在另一個地方再寫一次、抄寫),由 trans-(越過)加 scribere(寫)組成。字面上的「寫到另一邊去」,和它今天各種用法都對得上:換的一直是形式或位置,不是內容本身。
Wiktionary entry supplied in this packet (source_ref kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:895593524:25565), etymology_text: 'Learned borrowing from Latin trānscrībere (to write again in another place, transcribe, copy).'
Three branches
把聽到的固定成寫下來的
這一族最貼近字面。聲音留不住,說完就散了,所以有人一句一句把它寫下來,讓它變成看得見、可以回頭讀的東西。差別只在用哪一套記號:一般文字、音標,或是音符。
verb · B2
To write down what someone says, using their exact words — either while you listen to them, or later from a recording.
逐字寫下(說出來的話)
原封不動換一套寫法或載體
這一族的來源本來就已經是「記錄下來的東西」了,不是聲音。要搬的不是形式的有無,而是換一種符號、換一個地方存放。內容必須一模一樣,這正是核心畫面裡最堅持的那一點。
verb · B2
To copy a piece of writing out again exactly as it stands, by hand or by typing, so that there is a second, readable version of it.
抄錄;謄寫
同一首曲子,換一組人來演奏
這一族搬的是音樂,而且是搬給不同的手和不同的嗓子。音符可能要移高移低、重新分配,因為每種樂器摸得到的範圍不一樣;但旋律要留住,聽的人得認得出還是同一首。所以它仍然在核心畫面裡:換的是被誰寫出來、寫成什麼版本,不是曲子本身。
verb · C1
To rewrite a piece of music so that it can be played on a different instrument, or sung by a different kind of voice, while the tune stays the same.
改編(樂曲給別的樂器或聲部)