Transcription Theoretical Test (English)
1. Which statements are true regarding Full Verbatim and Clean Read
Transcriptions?
In a Clean Read AND Full Verbatim transcription you use the [inaudible
00:00:00 - 00:00:00] tag when the audio if impossible to understand after
listening three times at a high volume and lower speed (0.7).
A Full Verbatim transcription includes everything exactly as it sounds and
includes all the utterances of the speakers.
In a Clean Read transcription you do not remove filler words if they change the
meaning of the phrase.
2. How does one transcribe uh/uhm/eh/ehm in a Full Verbatim
Transcription?
All options are wrong. Leave blank
3. How should you transcribe the following sentence in Clean Read:
"And then, I was like, uh, you know, I was like do it yourself! I, I don't
have time, you know.
And then I thought: “Do it yourself, I do not have time."
4. How does one transcribe a silence/pause longer than 3 seconds?
[silence 00:15:10 - 00:16:35]
[silence]
5. How do you show that a sentence is incomplete?
, --
6. Which sentence is correct?
As an engineer, I am in frequent contact with Gerald Manson, the vice
president of General motors.
7. How should you transcribe hours?
1:00 PM, 10:00 AM, six o’clock, eleven o’clock
8. Which statements are true regarding transcribing numbers?
Figures that exceed a million or billion are written as 35 billion
For large figures you use a comma: 98,898,374 dollars
The number 10 and above are written in digits: 10, 11, 12, etc.
9. Choose the verb form that best completes the sentence:
"I went to visit my friend and held baby very carefully because she was just
born."
10. Choose the verb form that best completes the sentence:
During the 19th century, Charles Dickens was one of the most famous British
novelists.
11. Choose the word that best fits the sentence:
I must admit that is not my first choice!
1. Which statements are true regarding Full Verbatim and Clean Read
Transcriptions?
In a Clean Read AND Full Verbatim transcription you use the [inaudible
00:00:00 - 00:00:00] tag when the audio if impossible to understand after
listening three times at a high volume and lower speed (0.7).
A Full Verbatim transcription includes everything exactly as it sounds and
includes all the utterances of the speakers.
In a Clean Read transcription you do not remove filler words if they change the
meaning of the phrase.
2. How does one transcribe uh/uhm/eh/ehm in a Full Verbatim
Transcription?
All options are wrong. Leave blank
3. How should you transcribe the following sentence in Clean Read:
"And then, I was like, uh, you know, I was like do it yourself! I, I don't
have time, you know.
And then I thought: “Do it yourself, I do not have time."
4. How does one transcribe a silence/pause longer than 3 seconds?
[silence 00:15:10 - 00:16:35]
[silence]
5. How do you show that a sentence is incomplete?
, --
6. Which sentence is correct?
As an engineer, I am in frequent contact with Gerald Manson, the vice
president of General motors.
7. How should you transcribe hours?
1:00 PM, 10:00 AM, six o’clock, eleven o’clock
8. Which statements are true regarding transcribing numbers?
Figures that exceed a million or billion are written as 35 billion
For large figures you use a comma: 98,898,374 dollars
The number 10 and above are written in digits: 10, 11, 12, etc.
9. Choose the verb form that best completes the sentence:
"I went to visit my friend and held baby very carefully because she was just
born."
10. Choose the verb form that best completes the sentence:
During the 19th century, Charles Dickens was one of the most famous British
novelists.
11. Choose the word that best fits the sentence:
I must admit that is not my first choice!
