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Q&A How do you transcribe a dialogue when abbreviations are used?

How do you transcribe a dialogue when abbreviations are used? For example, when people uses acronyms like FBI or abbreviations like a.m., do we just write them as we write them when they're in a d...

2 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by blackbird‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T12:10:20Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar blackbird‭ · 2019-12-08T12:10:20Z (almost 5 years ago)
How do you transcribe a dialogue when abbreviations are used?

For example, when people uses acronyms like FBI or abbreviations like a.m., do we just write them as we write them when they're in a dialogue?

I am thinking FBI is FBI even if it's in a dialogue, but I am not sure about a.m.

For example:

> "It's 4:00 a.m.." she said.
> 
> "It's four a em." she said.

To be honest, both look strange. Also, when would you transcribe the words or abbreviation or whatever else as they are pronounced?

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2019-06-12T01:27:06Z (over 5 years ago)
Original score: 3