Meaning of transcribe

tran•scribe

1. to make a written copy, esp. a typewritten copy, of (dictated material, notes taken during a lecture, or other spoken material).
2. to make an exact copy of (a document, text, etc.).
3. to write out in another language or alphabet; translate or transliterate: to transcribe Chinese into English characters.
4. to represent (speech sounds) in written phonetic or phonemic symbols.
5. to make a recording of (a program, announcement, etc.) for broadcasting.
6. to arrange (a composition) for a medium other than that for which it was originally written.
7. to effect genetic transcription of (a DNA molecule template).