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SHORTHAND NOTES [1 record]

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Record 1 2022-12-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Writing Styles
  • Business and Administrative Documents
  • Meetings and Assemblies (Administration)
CONT

A typical shorthand system provides symbols or abbreviations for words and common phrases, allowing someone well trained in the system to write as quickly as people speak. Typically, shorthand notes are intended either for immediate use or for later transcription to longhand and are therefore temporary in nature.

OBS

shorthand note; stenographic note: designations usually used in the plural.

Key term(s)
  • short-hand note
  • shorthand notes
  • short-hand notes
  • stenographic notes

French

Domaine(s)
  • Techniques d'écriture
  • Écrits commerciaux et administratifs
  • Réunions et assemblées (Administration)
CONT

[Le sténographe officiel] retouche la version finale de la transcription afin de s'assurer que ses notes sténographiques représentent exactement ce qui a été dit [...]

OBS

note sténographique : désignation habituellement utilisée au pluriel.

Key term(s)
  • notes sténographiques

Spanish

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