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Meaning of interpreting | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized

Definitions

  1. interpretation
  2. Synonym of interpretation (an act of interpreting or explaining what is obscure)
    countable
  3. interpreting (i.e. oral translating)
  4. Synonym of interpretation (the discipline or study of translating one spoken or signed language into another)
    uncountable
  5. performance, rendition, acting, portrayal (film, theatre)
  6. acting (profession)
  7. reading, construction (i.e. interpretation of a text or action)

Equivalents

العربية الترجمة
Español interpretación

Examples

“To put these statements in the singular, of course, is to abstract — there is always a plurality of interpretings when interpretation takes place.”
“The scholarship supporting translation and interpreting education necessarily entails discussions of assessment and there has been some encouraging work in this area.”
“Is there a theory of interpreting, or a set of distinct theories of interpreting?”
“An orphan among its peers, consecutive interpreting appears to have a short life and little if any luster.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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