English[edit]Etymology[edit]From Middle English [Term?], from
Anglo-Norman [Term?], from Old French [Term?], from Latin
interpretātiō, noun of action from interpretor (“to explain, expound, interpret, understand, conclude, infer, comprehend”) Morphologically
interpret + -ation Pronunciation[edit]- (General American) IPA(key): /ɪntɚpɹəˈteɪʃən/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪntəpɹəˈteɪʃən/
- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
- Hyphenation: in‧ter‧pre‧ta‧tion
Noun[edit]interpretation (countable and uncountable, plural interpretations) - (countable) An act of interpreting or explaining something unclear; a translation; a version.
The interpretation of a dream, or of an enigma The interpretation of the rules - (countable) A sense given by an
interpreter; an exposition or explanation given; meaning.
Commentators give various interpretations of the same passage of Scripture. - (uncountable, linguistics, translation studies) The
discipline or study of translating one spoken or signed language into another (as opposed to
translation, which concerns itself with written language).
- 1994, Richard K. Seymour, University of Hawaii at Manoa. Translation and Interpreting: Bridging East and West : Selected Conference Papers, University of Hawaii Press (→ISBN), page 11
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.
- 2002, Alessandra Riccardi, Translation Studies: Perspectives on an Emerging Discipline, Cambridge University Press
(→ISBN), page 90 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.
- 2013, Sana
Loue, Handbook of Immigrant Health, Springer Science & Business Media (→ISBN), page 61 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.
Synonym: interpretingHyponyms: simultaneous interpretation,
consecutive interpretation - (uncountable) The power of explaining.
- (countable) An artist's way of expressing his thought or embodying his conception of nature.
- (countable) An act or process of applying general principles or formulae to the explanation of the results
obtained in special cases.
- (countable, physics) An approximation that allows aspects of a mathematical theory to be discussed in ordinary
language.
- (countable, logic, model theory) An assignment of a
truth value to each propositional symbol of a propositional calculus.
- heritage interpretation
Derived
terms[edit]- Bohm interpretation
- consecutive interpretation
- counterinterpretation
- heritage interpretation
- interpretational
- many-worlds
interpretation
- misinterpretation
- noninterpretation
- overinterpretation
- photographic interpretation
- reinterpretation
- simultaneous interpretation
- underinterpretation
[edit]- interpret
- interpretative
- interpreter
- interpretive
Translations[edit]act of interpreting
- Arabic: تَفْسِير m (tafsīr)
- Belarusian:
інтэрпрэта́цыя f (interpretácyja)
- Bulgarian:
тълкуване (bg) n
(tǎlkuvane), обяснение (bg) n (objasnenie)
- Catalan: interpretació (ca) f
- Chinese: Mandarin:
翻譯 (zh), 翻译 (zh)
(fānyì)
- Danish: tolkning c
- Dutch: interpretatie (nl) f
- Estonian: tõlgendamine
- Finnish:
tulkkaus (fi), tulkkaaminen (fi)
- French: interprétation (fr) f
- German:
Interpretation (de) f, Auslegung (de) f
- Greek: ερμηνεία (el) f (ermineía)Ancient: ἑρμηνεία f (hermēneía),
ἑρμήνευμα n (hermḗneuma)
- Hindi:
तफसीर (hi) m (taphsīr)
- Hungarian:
értelmezés (hu), (in compound with álom ’dream’)
-fejtés (hu)
- Indonesian: interpretasi (id)
- Irish: teangaireacht f, míniú m
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| - Japanese: 通訳 (ja) (つうやく, tsūyaku)
- Javanese: interpretasi
- Kazakh:
аударма (kk) (audarma)
- Khmer:
ការបកស្រាយ (kar bakasray)
- Korean: 통역 (ko) (tong'yeok)
- Maori: whakamāoritanga,
whakamāramatanga
- Mongolian: тайлбарлал (mn) (taylbarlal)
- Polish: interpretacja (pl) f
- Portuguese: interpretação (pt) f
- Romanian: interpretare (ro) f
- Russian:
перево́д (ru) m (perevód) (from one language to another),
интерпрета́ция (ru) f
(intɛrpretácija), тракто́вка (ru) f
(traktóvka), толкова́ние (ru) n
(tolkovánije)
- Scottish Gaelic: eadar-mhìneachadh m
- Spanish: interpretación (es) f
- Swahili: ufasiri, ukalimani
- Swedish: tolkning (sv) c
- Tagalog: interpretasyon,
pagkahulugan
- Ukrainian: інтерпрета́ція f
(interpretácija)
- Uzbek: talqin (uz)
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sense given by an interpreter
- Arabic: تَفْسِير m (tafsīr)
- Catalan:
interpretació (ca) f
- Cebuano: hubad
- Cherokee:
ᎠᏁᏟᏔᏅᎢ (anetlitanvi)
- Chinese: Mandarin: 解釋 (zh), 解释 (zh) (jiěshì)
- Danish:
tolkning c
- Estonian: tõlgendus
- Finnish:
tulkinta (fi)
- French: interprétation (fr) f
- German: Interpretation (de) f, Deutung (de) f, Auslegung (de) f
- Greek: ερμηνεία (el) f (ermineía)Ancient: ἑρμηνεία f (hermēneía),
ἑρμήνευμα n (hermḗneuma)
- Hindi:
तफसीर (hi) m (taphsīr),
अनुवाद (hi) m (anuvād)
- Hungarian: értelmezés (hu)
- Japanese: 解釈 (ja)
(かいしゃく, kaishaku)
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| - Javanese: interpretasi
- Khmer: បកស្រាយ (bakasray)
- Maori:
whakamāramatanga
- Mongolian: тайлах (mn) (taylah)
- Plautdietsch: Äwasatunk f
- Polish:
interpretacja (pl) f
- Portuguese:
interpretação (pt) f
- Romanian:
interpretare (ro) f, semnificație (ro) f
- Russian: интерпрета́ция (ru) f (intɛrpretácija), тракто́вка (ru) f (traktóvka), толкова́ние (ru) n (tolkovánije), объясне́ние (ru) n (obʺjasnénije)
- Sanskrit: अनुवाद (sa) n (anuvāda)
- Scottish Gaelic: ciallachadh m
- Spanish:
interpretación (es) f
- Swahili: tafsiri (sw)
- Swedish: tolkning (sv) c
- Uzbek:
tushuntirib berish
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artist's way of expressing his thought
- Bulgarian: интерпретация (bg) f (interpretacija)
- Danish: tolkning c
- Finnish: tulkinta (fi)
- German: Interpretation (de) f
- Greek: ερμηνεία (el) f (ermineía)
- Hungarian: előadás (hu), tolmácsolás (hu),
interpretáció
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| - Portuguese: interpretação (pt) f
- Romanian:
interpretare (ro) f
- Russian:
интерпрета́ция (ru) f
(intɛrpretácija), тракто́вка (ru) f
(traktóvka), толкова́ние (ru) n
(tolkovánije)
- Swedish: tolkning (sv) c
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Translations to be checked See also[edit]Further reading[edit]- interpretation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- interpretation in The
Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
What does interpretation mean example?
interpretation noun [C or U] (EXPLANATION)
an explanation or opinion of what something means: The dispute is based on two widely differing interpretations of the law. The rules are vague and open to interpretation. It is difficult for many people to accept a literal interpretation of the Bible. More examples.
What is called interpretation?
Interpretation is the act of explaining, reframing, or otherwise showing your own understanding of something. A person who translates one language into another is called an interpreter because they are explaining what a person is saying to someone who doesn't understand.
What is the definition to interpret?
transitive verb. : to explain or tell the meaning of : present in understandable terms.
What can I say instead of interpretation?
synonyms for interpretation. analysis.. clarification.. explanation.. judgment.. meaning.. perception.. reading.. translation..
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