How to say "transcript" in Japanese

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  • 謄本とうほんCommon
    nounUsed for 'transcript' meaning a certified copy of an official document or record, such as a family or property register; what matters is the formal certification, not just the copying.
  • 写しうつしJLPT N1approx.Common
    nounCovers 'transcript' when it means a copy, duplicate, or facsimile of a document; it carries no implication of official certification, so it fits ordinary requests for a copy of an original.
    その写うつしは原本げんぽんと合あっている。↗
    The copy agrees with the original.

Both translate 'transcript' as a copy of a document: 謄本 is a certified copy of an official record, 「写し」 an ordinary copy or facsimile; neither covers transcripts of speech or academic records.

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Japanese equivalents
  • 謄本とうほんcertified copy
  • 写しうつしcopy
  • 録ろくrecord
  • 内申書ないしんしょschool record (on a student)
  • 書き起こしかきおこしtranscription (e.g. voice to text)
  • 調査書ちょうさしょschool record (on a student)

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