How to say "transcription" in Japanese

• 転写てんしゃCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbCovers transcription in the sense of copying a text, and also the biological transcription of DNA into RNA. The go-to word when the emphasis is on transferring or reproducing written or genetic content.
• 書写しょしゃCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbMeans transcription or copying in the sense of writing something out by hand, such as copying a text character for character. Use it for the act of written copying, not for scientific or recorded transcription.
• 採録さいろくCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbRefers to recording or transcription, typically transcribing spoken material such as proceedings or testimony into a written record. Not the word for copying texts or for biological transcription.
• 表記ひょうきCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbMeans expression in writing or notation: transcription as in representing sounds or speech in written symbols, e.g. phonetic transcription. It is about how something is written down, not about copying an existing text.
  日本語にほんごの難むずかしい点てんは文字もじを使つかった表記ひょうきの仕方しかたです。↗

  What is difficult about Japanese is how characters are used in its writing system.
• 写本しゃほんCommon
  nounA manuscript or written copy of a book, such as a codex; its 'transcription' sense is marginal. Use it for the resulting copied document itself, not for the act of transcribing or for other transcription senses.
  コズビの議論ぎろんはヘッテ写本しゃほんの信頼性しんらいせいに関かんするものである。↗

  Cosby's argument concerns the reliability of the Hette Manuscript.

Choose 転写 for copying text or DNA/RNA transcription, 書写 for copying by hand, 採録 for recording/transcribing proceedings, 表記 for written notation of sounds or words, and 写本 for manuscript copies of books.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

• 転写てんしゃtranscription (of a text, DNA, RNA, etc.)
• 書写しょしゃtranscription
• 採録さいろくrecording
• 表記ひょうきexpression in writing
• 写本しゃほんmanuscript (book)
• トランスクリプションtranscription
• 翻音ほんおんtranscription
• 文字起こしもじおこしtranscription (of speech to text)
• 転記てんきposting (of notes, notices, etc.)
• 謄写とうしゃcopy
• 音写おんしゃtransliteration
• 写字しゃじcopying
• 書き取りかきとりtranscription (of spoken material)
• 書き起こしかきおこしtranscription (e.g. voice to text)
• 反訳はんやくback translation