代だい書しょ

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

scribe; amanuensis; letter writer

Refers to a person who writes letters or documents on behalf of someone else, often as a profession. Can also be used as a suru-verb meaning 'to write for someone'.

• 彼かれは代だい書しょとして手て紙がみを書かく仕し事ごとをしている。

  He works as a scribe, writing letters for people.

• 字じが書かけない人ひとのために代だい書しょする。

  I write on behalf of someone who cannot write.