Meaning of interpretation | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Exegesis, interpretation.
2. An act of interpreting or explaining something unclear; a translation; a version.
   countable
3. vertaling تَفْسير، تأويل، تَرْجَمَه интерпретация interpretação interpretace die Interpretation fortolkning; udlægning ερμηνείαinterpretación tõlgendus تفسیر؛ ترجمه tulkkaus, tulkinta interprétationפירוש बयान tumačenje értelmezés; tolmácsolás, interpretáció penafsiran túlkun interpretazione 解釈 통역 vertimas, aiškinimas, interpretacija (mutvārdu) tulkojums; izskaidrojums; iztulkojums; interpretācija terjemahan vertolking, interpretatietyding, tolking, framføringinterpretacja تفسير، ژباړنه interp...
4. A sense given by an interpreter; an exposition or explanation given; meaning.
   countable
5. a person who translates the words of a speaker into the language of his hearers. vertaler مُتَرْجِم، مُفَسِّر преводач intérprete tlumočník, -ice der/die Dolmetscher(in) tolk διερμηνέαςintérprete tõlk مترجم شفاهی tulkki interprète מְתוּרגְמָן अनुवादक tumač tolmács penerjemah túlkur interprete 通訳 통역자 vertėjas tulks juru bahasa tolktolktłumacz شفاهى ژباړونكۍ intérprete interpret переводчик tlmočník, -čka tolmač prevodilac tolk ล่าม çevirmen, tercüman; yorumcu 口譯員 усний перекладач; тлумач ترجمان...
6. The discipline or study of translating one spoken or signed language into another (as opposed to translation, which concerns itself with written language).
   uncountable
7. interpretación.
8. The power of explaining.
   uncountable
9. The act or process of interpreting.
10. An artist's way of expressing thought or embodying a conception of nature through art.
    countable
11. A result of interpreting.
12. An act or process of applying general principles or formulae to the explanation of the results obtained in special cases.
    countable
13. An explanation or conceptualization by a critic of a work of literature, painting, music, or other art form; an exegesis.
14. An approximation that allows aspects of a mathematical theory to be discussed in ordinary language.
    countable
15. the act or process of interpreting or explaining; elucidation
16. An assignment of a truth value to each propositional symbol of a propositional calculus.
    countable
17. the result of interpreting; an explanation
18. Short for heritage interpretation
    abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable
19. a particular view of an artistic work, esp as expressed by stylistic individuality in its performance
20. explanation, as of the environment, a historical site, etc, provided by the use of original objects, personal experience, visual display material, etc

Equivalents

Examples

“The interpretation of a dream, or of an enigma”

“The interpretation of the rules”

“Commentators give various interpretations of the same passage of Scripture.”

“Again, the multiplist would hold that the grounds for separating admissible from inadmissible interpretations cannot be the same as the grounds for preferability among admissible interpretations.”

“I believe that interpretation, particularly consecutive interpretation, is an art. I also believe, however, that the skill of consecutive interpretation can be taught, but only up to a point.”

“Interpretation studies is a young discipline, much younger than translation studies, and it cannot claim a long tradition and history of reflexions ^([sic]) and studies.”

“The most pervasive need of non-English-speaking immigrants and refugees is interpretation for every English transaction. Interpretation is needed in stores, schools, and job training, and it is of critical importance in health care.”

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