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interpreter
Interpreting is translation from a spoken or signed language into another language, usually in real time to facilitate live communication. It is distinguished from the translation of a written text, which can be more deliberative and make use o ...
is someone who performs interpretation, not just translation, of speech or sign from a language into another.
Interpreter may also refer to:
Math and computing
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Interpreter (computing)
In computer science, an interpreter is a computer program that directly executes instructions written in a programming or scripting language, without requiring them previously to have been compiled into a machine language program. An interp ...
, a computer program that directly executes a programming or scripting language
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Interpreter pattern, a software engineering design pattern which embeds an interpreter inside a system
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Punched card interpreter, a machine that interprets the holes in a punched card
Media
Film and television
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''The Interpreter'' (2005 film), a 2005 film
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''The Interpreter'' (2018 film), a 2018 Slovak film
* ''The Interpreter'', working title of 2023 film ''
Guy Ritchie's The Covenant''
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''The Interpreter'' (TV series), a 2016 Chinese television series
Literary
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The Comics Interpreter, a magazine of comics criticism
* ''The Interpreter'', a blog published by the
Lowy Institute
The Lowy Institute is an independent think tank founded in April 2003 by Frank Lowy to conduct original, policy-relevant research regarding international political, strategic and economic issues from an Australian perspective.
It is based in ...
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''The Interpreter'' (novel), a 2003 novel by Suki Kim
* ''The Interpreter: A Story of Two Worlds New York'', a 2012 book by
Robert Moss
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''The Interpreters'' (novel), a 1965 novel by Wole Soyinka
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''Interpreter'' (journal), a Mormon studies journal
Music
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The Interpreters (band), a Philadelphia band
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''Interpreter'' (album), a 1996 album by Julian Cope
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''The Interpreter'' (album), a 2011 live album by Rhett Miller of Old 97
Other
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Left-brain interpreter, the ''post-hoc'' construction of explanations by the brain's left hemisphere
See also
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Interpretation (disambiguation)
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Interpreted language
In computer science, an interpreter is a computer program that directly executes instructions written in a programming or scripting language, without requiring them previously to have been compiled into a machine language program. An inter ...
, in computing
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