> > This is a silly thread, words are wonderful but they also can have various > interpretations. To paraphrase The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, "we don't > need no stinkin' dictionaries". > > > > Transcription, a copy from one form to another - or a direct copy to > another medium. From the roots "trans", meaning approximately "cross", > "scribe" meaning "write". It is an automatic form. > > > > Transliteration (not mentioned in this thread), the rewriting of words > into a different language using exact definitions or lettering. Not always > an accurate reflection of meaning. Wrong. Transliteration is rewriting of words into a different alphabet, essentially the same thing as transcription, KAK NAPRIMER VOT ETO (in transliterated Russian), no more English than the original ÐÐÐ ÐÐÐÐ ÐÐÐÐ ÐТÐ. > > > > I'll not be told by the late Stanley Sadie how I should use words, and I > doubt that he would have disagreed. Sadie was an excellent writer, and you might learn a few things from him.
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