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See also:Interpretationandinterprétation

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Etymology

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FromMiddle English[Term?], fromAnglo-Norman[Term?], fromOld French[Term?], fromLatininterpretātiō, noun of action frominterpretor(“to explain, expound, interpret, understand, conclude, infer, comprehend”)Morphologicallyinterpret +‎-ation

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interpretation (countable anduncountable,pluralinterpretations)

  1. (countable) An act ofinterpreting or explaining something unclear; atranslation; aversion.
    Theinterpretation of a dream, or of an enigma
    Theinterpretation of the rules
  2. (countable) Asense given by aninterpreter; anexposition orexplanation given; meaning.
    Commentators give variousinterpretations of the same passage of Scripture.
    • 1993, Michael Krausz,Rightness and Reasons: Interpretation in Cultural Practices,→ISBN, page27:
      Again, the multiplist would hold that the grounds for separating admissible from inadmissibleinterpretations cannot be the same as the grounds for preferability among admissibleinterpretations.
  4. (uncountable, linguistics, translation studies) Thediscipline orstudy oftranslating one spoken orsigned language into another (as opposed totranslation, 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 thatinterpretation, particularly consecutiveinterpretation, is an art. I also believe, however, that the skill of consecutiveinterpretation can be taught, but only up to a point.
    • 2002, Alessandra Riccardi,Translation Studies: Perspectives on an Emerging Discipline, Cambridge University Press,→ISBN, page90:
      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, page61:
      The most pervasive need of non-English-speaking immigrants and refugees isinterpretation for every English transaction.Interpretation is needed in stores, schools, and job training, and it is of critical importance in health care.
    Synonym:interpreting
    Hyponyms:simultaneous interpretation,consecutive interpretation
  5. (uncountable) The power of explaining.
  6. (countable) An artist's way ofexpressing histhought or embodying his conception of nature.
  7. (countable) An act or process ofapplying generalprinciples orformulae to the explanation of the results obtained in special cases.
  8. (countable, physics) Anapproximation that allows aspects of a mathematical theory to be discussed in ordinary language.
  9. (countable, logic, model theory) Anassignment of atruth value to each propositional symbol of apropositional calculus.
  10. heritage interpretation

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act of interpreting
sense given by an interpreter
the discipline of translating a spoken language
power or explaining
artist's way of expressing his thought
process of applying general principles to the explanation of the results
heritage interpretation—seeheritage interpretation
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