All 12 Uses
interpret
in
The Bourne Supremacy
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- Speaking English to the interpreter who translated accurately for the officer of the guard, he had claimed to be a bewildered executive instructed by the consulate on Queen's Road in Hong Kong to come to the airport to meet an official flying in from Beijing.†
Chpt 13interpreter = someone who translates language
- Now, if you wish I will accompany you to the police and act as your interpreter, but it was our opinion that we should first hear your desires in this regard.†
Chpt 22
- My God, it was the first place all twelve of those bureaucrats from the Trade Commission took me, prattling incessantly through the interpreter that it was a sign of their permanence.†
Chpt 24
- I'm sorry to bother you, but I'm First Interpreter for all French delegations having business with government industry and I'm afraid I've lost one of my confused sheep.†
Chpt 24
- One rushed ahead to the lobby liquor store as the others detained him by the elevator, chattering continuously through the interpreter.†
Chpt 24 *
- To each his own interpretation, Major.†
Chpt 29 *interpretation = a particular understanding or explanation
- 'Below the Mongkok, in the Yau Ma Ti, actually,' said the woman interpreter.†
Chpt 30interpreter = someone who translates language
- 'He appeared to be most anxious,' offered the interpreter.†
Chpt 30
- 'Gladly, sir,' said the interpreter.†
Chpt 30
- Unless there's a grave misinterpretation.'†
Chpt 14misinterpretation = wrong translationstandard prefix: The prefix "mis-" in misinterpretation means wrong and reverses the meaning of interpretation. This is the same pattern you see in words like misunderstand, misbehave, and misuse.
- You must be a fine interpreter.†
Chpt 24
- Every now and then someone with an entourage came through the doors, obsequious interpreters bowing and translating between uniformed government officials trying to appear casual and weary executives from across the globe whose eyes were dazed from jet lag and the need for sleep, to be preceded, perhaps, by whisky.†
Chpt 24
Definitions:
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(1)
(interpret as in: interpret Spanish to English) to translate someone’s words into spoken words of another language while they are speaking
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(2)
(interpret as in: her interpretation of the data) to understand or explain something in a particular way -- often the meaning or significance of something
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(3)
(interpret as in: her musical interpretation) capture someone else's ideas, or express personal artistic ideas or feelings while performing someone else's work
- (4) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)