interpret vs transcribe

interpret

verb
  • To explain or tell the meaning of; to translate orally into intelligible or familiar language or terms. applied especially to language, but also to dreams, signs, conduct, mysteries, etc. 

  • To convey what a user of one language is saying or signing, in real time or shortly after that person has finished communicating, to a user of a different language 

  • To analyse or execute (a program) by reading the instructions as they are encountered, rather than compiling in advance. 

  • To apprehend and represent by means of art; to show by illustrative representation 

  • To decode the meaning of a topic and then act, whether to continue researching the topic, follow through, act in opposition, or further the understanding through sharing an interpretation. 

transcribe

verb
  • To convert a representation of language, typically speech but also sign language, etc., to a written representation of it. The term now usually implies the conversion of speech to text by a human transcriptionist with the assistance of a computer for word processing and sometimes also for speech recognition, the process of a computer interpreting speech and converting it to text. 

  • To represent speech by phonetic symbols. 

  • To transfer data from one recording medium to another. 

  • To cause DNA to undergo transcription. 

  • To make such a conversion from live or recorded speech to text. 

  • To adapt a composition for a voice or instrument other than the original; to notate live or recorded music. 

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