Transcription may be one of the following:

• In linguistics, transcription is the conversion of spoken words into written language.
• In genetics, transcription is the process of copying DNA to RNA by an enzyme called RNA polymerase (RNAP).
• In music transcription is either notating an unnotated piece, common in ethnomusicology, or rewriting a piece, either simply recopying (as for clarity), or as an arrangement for another instrument.