Transcription should not be confused with translation, which means representing the meaning of a source language text in a target language (e.g. translating the meaning of an English text into Spanish), or with transliteration which means representing a text from one script in another (e.g. transliterating a Cyrillic text into the Latin script).
Linguists and activists are harnessing speech recognition, transcription, and machine learning to document endangered tongues ...Open data initiatives can support such efforts by gathering and sharing linguistic records.
... of the percussion, and ‘Quivem Vrastorr’ a spell of vocal gymnastics where intonations – more scat than Yoshida’s linguistic transcription – tumble up and down with gymnastic, playful drums.