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Definition of transcription : 1. A copy; a transcript.
2. An arrangement of a composition for some other instrument or voice than that for which it was originally written, as the translating of a song, a vocal or instrumental quartet, or even an orchestral work, into a piece for the piano; an adaptation; an arrangement; -- a name applied by modern composers for the piano to a more or less fanciful and ornate reproduction on their own instrument of a song or other piece not originally intended for it; as, Liszt's transcriptions of songs by Schubert.
3. The act or process of transcribing, or copying; as, corruptions creep into books by repeated transcriptions.

Synonyms:

blue book, bestselling, confidentiality agreement, agreement, system, document, organisation, company report, annual report, consent form, creative writing, charter, edit, censorship, arranging, dossier, certificate, authorial, arrangement, pen name, pagination, cut, written text, concept statement, organization, musical arrangement, placement, editorial

comment, rephrasing, decoding, restatement, version, analysis, commentary, interpretation, rendition, translation, facsimile, elucidation, paraphrasing, condensation, decipherment, explanation

correspondence, calligraphy, journalism, ghostwriting, notation, literature, typescript, portrayal, composition, formulation, recording, writing, authorship, handwriting, rewriting

imitation, duplication, procreation, replication, reproduction, copying

Usage examples:

• A plain transcription of the young mother's acts and words did more to portray her: the reader could supply reflections. - "The Amazing Marriage, v3", George Meredith Edition: 10 Language: English.
• Wagner's name only appears once, in a transcription of the Venusberg for the pianoforte; and Richard Strauss's name figures only against his Quartette. - "Musicians of To-Day", Romain Rolland Commentator: Claude Landi.
• " No." Thereupon he told the story, and a few weeks later sent me by mail, to my home in New Orleans, whither I had returned, a transcription, which he had most generously made, of a brief summary of the case- it would be right to say tragedy instead of case- as printed in " The Law Reporter" some forty years ago. - "Strange True Stories of Louisiana", George Washington Cable.