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The word "stenographer" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used to refer to a person who specializes in shorthand writing, often in legal or business settings.
Example: "The stenographer quickly transcribed the court proceedings to ensure an accurate record."
Alternatives: "Shorthand writer" or "Court reporter."
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stenographer
noun
Someone skilled in the transcription of speech (for example, a secretary who takes dictation)
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Look! …" Suddenly she pointed to an American girl going into the water: "That young lady may be a stenographer and yet be compelled to warp herself, dressing and acting as if she had all the money in the world".
A second court stenographer should transcribe non-English testimony along with English.
Beside him, past the stenographer, is Colonel John Amen, the chief pre-trial interrogator for the tribunal that will put Hitler's henchmen on trial for war crimes.
Bill Young, an American who has worked in China since 1985, originally for McDonnell Douglas and now running a boiler business in Shenyang, recalls that in one round of talks with a customer, "the stenographer in the corner turned out to be the CEO".
She later moved to New York City and worked for New Directions Press as a stenographer and editor.
Evans was working as a stenographer when, at the suggestion of her boss, she sang on a local radio program.
Rose became an expert at taking shorthand dictation and during World War I was the chief stenographer for the financier Bernard Baruch, head of the War Industries Board.
Educated at Commercial School, Amsterdam, Drees was appointed stenographer to the Netherlands States General (Parliament) in 1907.
In 1918 he immigrated to New York City, where he attended City College of New York (1922 24) and Columbia University (1924 26) and worked as a secretary, stenographer, and journalist.
In all autopsies, but especially in forensic cases, findings must be dictated to a stenographer or recording instrument during the actual performance of the procedure.
The opening scene eerily creates an atmosphere of suffocation as the Young Woman is cast adrift in a sea of commuters in a subway car on the way to her office where she works as a stenographer.
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