Which of the following is a symbolic notation method to record spoken language?

Our boss decided he needed a typist, and so a lovely lady who could take shorthand was employed and for some reason I was the one designated to help her. She was a good typist, but banks, like a lot of other offices, use words that are rare outside of that environment. The first time she pointed to something in her notebook I had to explain that it could be written in Chinese and she would have to read me the whole sentence so I could figure it out. It turned out what she was trying to decipher was 'irrevocable mandate' and I think she made up her own symbol for that and some of the other strange phrases she came across. Luckily the dictaphone came along and made life lot easier.

Nice picture of the World Cup soccer ball. I like how every 4 years they produce a ball with the flag of each participating country.