Interpreter
noun
A person who translates one language into another, especially spoken language.
Simultaneous interpreter services were provided at the international conference.
Often appears as...
- simultaneous interpreter
- sign language interpreter
noun
A person who explains or simplifies something.
Our guide acted as an interpreter, explaining the local customs to us.
Often appears as...
- cultural interpreter
- historical interpreter
noun
A program that interprets high-level programming languages, turning them into machine code that computers can use.
Python is an interpreted language, which means you run its code through an interpreter.
Often appears as...
- python interpreter
- java interpreter
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A person who translates one language into another, especially spoken language.
Simultaneous interpreter services were provided at the international conference.
Often appears as...
- simultaneous interpreter
- sign language interpreter
noun
A person who explains or simplifies something.
Our guide acted as an interpreter, explaining the local customs to us.
Often appears as...
- cultural interpreter
- historical interpreter
noun
A program that interprets high-level programming languages, turning them into machine code that computers can use.
Python is an interpreted language, which means you run its code through an interpreter.
Often appears as...
- python interpreter
- java interpreter
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Not Written Translation
Interpreters translate spoken language, unlike translators who work with written texts.
She worked as an interpreter, providing real-time translation at meetings.
Pro Tip 2/3Real-Time Translation
Interpreters must translate quickly and accurately without delays, often in live situations.
The interpreter translated the speech as the diplomat was speaking.
Pro Tip 3/3Domain Specific
Interpreters often specialize in certain fields like law or medicine to ensure precise translation.
The legal interpreter helped the witness during the trial.
Pro Tip 1/3Not Written Translation
Interpreters translate spoken language, unlike translators who work with written texts.
She worked as an interpreter, providing real-time translation at meetings.
Pro Tip 2/3Real-Time Translation
Interpreters must translate quickly and accurately without delays, often in live situations.
The interpreter translated the speech as the diplomat was speaking.
Pro Tip 3/3Domain Specific
Interpreters often specialize in certain fields like law or medicine to ensure precise translation.
The legal interpreter helped the witness during the trial.
Pro Tip 1/3Not Written Translation
Interpreters translate spoken language, unlike translators who work with written texts.
She worked as an interpreter, providing real-time translation at meetings.
Pro Tip 2/3Real-Time Translation
Interpreters must translate quickly and accurately without delays, often in live situations.
The interpreter translated the speech as the diplomat was speaking.
Pro Tip 3/3Domain Specific
Interpreters often specialize in certain fields like law or medicine to ensure precise translation.
The legal interpreter helped the witness during the trial.
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Video examples
Brian Skerry: Ocean Soul...
of fish feeding at night you know an ocean soul in the book I write that I believe my my most important role remains as artistic interpreter of all that I see and as a storyteller I need to understand the science but I want to see and capture the poetry and that's really what it's about it's about
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Our fight for disability...
when buses were not accessible, when trains were not accessible, where there were no wheelchair-accessible bathrooms in shopping malls, where you certainly did not have a sign language interpreter, or captioning, or braille or other kinds of supports. These things have changed,
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How interpreters juggle...
put the world on a path that could have led to nuclear armageddon. So now, given the complexities of language and cultural exchange, how does this sort of thing not happen all the time? Much of the answer lies with the skill and training of interpreters
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Borneo: Paradise Under...
have any guides or interpreters because nobody wanted to take the risk to join us because there is so much corruption in some of the places we worked and most of the places we worked unfortunately so for example one of our drivers said that
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Steve Winter: On the...
through an interpreter I said we're on this mountain I hear you used to hunt here do you think there's still Tigers here and his answer was yes and that was a like a big weight lifted off my shoulder I actually left the island without any
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The enchanting music of...
So I need to work with individuals who can support me as an equal and become my voice. And that way, I'm able to maintain relevancy in society today. So at school, at work and institutions, I work with many different ASL interpreters.
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Gastronomy and the...
interpreters cooked a meal for 150 people of all different colors and backgrounds and you know what the main ingredient that day was mutual respect we sat down with southern white folks as cousins rather than combatants you know
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How Magellan circumnaviga...
and the native's bamboo spears ended the captain's life. Yet the voyage had to continue. Magellan's will specified that Enrique should be freed, but the expedition still needed an interpreter. With his freedom at stake,
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Lisa Kristine: Photos...
I want to shine a light on slavery. When I was working in the field, I brought lots of candles with me, and with the help of my interpreter,
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What Was Tyrannosaurus...
this is how Turan asaurus rex may have moved in the opinion of one of the new generation of dinosaur interpreters
Video examples
Brian Skerry: Ocean Soul...
of fish feeding at night you know an ocean soul in the book I write that I believe my my most important role remains as artistic interpreter of all that I see and as a storyteller I need to understand the science but I want to see and capture the poetry and that's really what it's about it's about
Video examples
Our fight for disability...
when buses were not accessible, when trains were not accessible, where there were no wheelchair-accessible bathrooms in shopping malls, where you certainly did not have a sign language interpreter, or captioning, or braille or other kinds of supports. These things have changed,
Video examples
How interpreters juggle...
put the world on a path that could have led to nuclear armageddon. So now, given the complexities of language and cultural exchange, how does this sort of thing not happen all the time? Much of the answer lies with the skill and training of interpreters
Video examples
Borneo: Paradise Under...
have any guides or interpreters because nobody wanted to take the risk to join us because there is so much corruption in some of the places we worked and most of the places we worked unfortunately so for example one of our drivers said that
Video examples
Steve Winter: On the...
through an interpreter I said we're on this mountain I hear you used to hunt here do you think there's still Tigers here and his answer was yes and that was a like a big weight lifted off my shoulder I actually left the island without any
Video examples
The enchanting music of...
So I need to work with individuals who can support me as an equal and become my voice. And that way, I'm able to maintain relevancy in society today. So at school, at work and institutions, I work with many different ASL interpreters.
Video examples
Gastronomy and the...
interpreters cooked a meal for 150 people of all different colors and backgrounds and you know what the main ingredient that day was mutual respect we sat down with southern white folks as cousins rather than combatants you know
Video examples
How Magellan circumnaviga...
and the native's bamboo spears ended the captain's life. Yet the voyage had to continue. Magellan's will specified that Enrique should be freed, but the expedition still needed an interpreter. With his freedom at stake,
Video examples
Lisa Kristine: Photos...
I want to shine a light on slavery. When I was working in the field, I brought lots of candles with me, and with the help of my interpreter,
Video examples
What Was Tyrannosaurus...
this is how Turan asaurus rex may have moved in the opinion of one of the new generation of dinosaur interpreters
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Quote examples
William T. Vollmann
American Novelist
Whenever I travel to a poor country, I try to help at least one person. Usually, that person helps me just as much - I can find a local poor person to be my guide or my interpreter. That person makes money from me, I make money from him or her, we both learn about each other. It's an equal win-win relationship.
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Ann Wilson
American Musician
I trained myself by doing other people's songs in clubs way back when. And so I have no pride about doing covers. I love it. And being a song interpreter, to me, is just as important as, you know, putting your own thing out there. It's all about the soul - where the soul comes from.
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Grace Jones
Model
I didn't think I had a voice at all, and I still think of myself as an interpreter of songs more than a singer. I thought it was too deep; people thought I was a man. I had a very strong Jamaican accent, too; the accent really messed me up for auditions.
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Roy Harper
English Musician
I'm attending to my legacy, making sure that it travels the universe in the best shape I can get it into. For as long as I'm alive, I'll still be its interpreter.
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Aaliyah
American Singer
I'm the interpreter. I'm the one who takes your words and brings them to life. I was trained to sing and dance and laugh, and that's what I want to do.
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Thomas Chatterton Williams
American Critic
Whether or not a text really is a universe unto itself, it is safe to say that it can only ever be as rich as its most sensitive interpreter.
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Kristian Nairn
Irish Actor
I trained to become a sign-language interpreter because it helps you read physical expression and the emotions of body language.
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Charlotte Bronte
British Novelist
The soul, fortunately, has an interpreter - often an unconscious, but still a truthful interpreter - in the eye.
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John Morley
British Statesman
A great interpreter of life ought not himself to need interpretation.
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Karl Barth
Swiss Theologian
Conscience is the perfect interpreter of life.
Quote examples
William T. Vollmann
American Novelist
Whenever I travel to a poor country, I try to help at least one person. Usually, that person helps me just as much - I can find a local poor person to be my guide or my interpreter. That person makes money from me, I make money from him or her, we both learn about each other. It's an equal win-win relationship.
Quote examples
Ann Wilson
American Musician
I trained myself by doing other people's songs in clubs way back when. And so I have no pride about doing covers. I love it. And being a song interpreter, to me, is just as important as, you know, putting your own thing out there. It's all about the soul - where the soul comes from.
Quote examples
Grace Jones
Model
I didn't think I had a voice at all, and I still think of myself as an interpreter of songs more than a singer. I thought it was too deep; people thought I was a man. I had a very strong Jamaican accent, too; the accent really messed me up for auditions.
Quote examples
Roy Harper
English Musician
I'm attending to my legacy, making sure that it travels the universe in the best shape I can get it into. For as long as I'm alive, I'll still be its interpreter.
Quote examples
Aaliyah
American Singer
I'm the interpreter. I'm the one who takes your words and brings them to life. I was trained to sing and dance and laugh, and that's what I want to do.
Quote examples
Thomas Chatterton Williams
American Critic
Whether or not a text really is a universe unto itself, it is safe to say that it can only ever be as rich as its most sensitive interpreter.
Quote examples
Kristian Nairn
Irish Actor
I trained to become a sign-language interpreter because it helps you read physical expression and the emotions of body language.
Quote examples
Charlotte Bronte
British Novelist
The soul, fortunately, has an interpreter - often an unconscious, but still a truthful interpreter - in the eye.
Quote examples
John Morley
British Statesman
A great interpreter of life ought not himself to need interpretation.
Quote examples
Karl Barth
Swiss Theologian
Conscience is the perfect interpreter of life.
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