All 13 Uses
interpret
in
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
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- We need not look far for an interpretation: in Czech slang the word cat means a pretty woman.†
Chpt 1interpretation = a particular understanding or explanation
- Tomas was not sure whether to interpret it as a sincere, friendly warning ( Watch out, we're being filmed; if you talk to us, you may be hauled in for another interrogation ) or as irony ( If you weren't brave enough to sign the petition, be consistent and don't try the old-pals act on us ).†
Chpt 5 *interpret = to understand or explain something in a particular way
- The current conventional interpretation of these films is this: that they showed the Communist ideal, whereas Communist reality was worse.†
Chpt 6interpretation = a particular understanding or explanation
- Sabina always rebelled against that interpretation.†
Chpt 6
- Then, every sentence had to resound in both English and French, which made the discussion take twice as long, or rather more than twice as long, since all the French had some English and kept interrupting the interpreter to correct him, disputing every word.†
Chpt 6interpreter = someone who translates language
- The interpreter was frightened and did not dare translate what they said.†
Chpt 6
- The interpreter was recalled and a long quarrel ensued.†
Chpt 6
- At last everyone assented to the following: the parade would be headed by one American, one Frenchman, and the Cambodian interpreter; next would come the doctors, and only then the rest of the crowd.†
Chpt 6
- Just then the interpreter, at the head of the parade, raised a large megaphone to her lips and called out in Khmer to the other side: These people are doctors; they request permission to enter the territory of Cambodia and offer medical assistance; they have no political designs whatsoever and are guided solely by a concern for human life.†
Chpt 6 *
- Once more the interpreter shouted her challenge into the megaphone.†
Chpt 6
- For the third time the interpreter shouted her challenge into the megaphone.†
Chpt 6
- Before it could resume, however, a suitable interpreter had to be found.†
Chpt 6
- It can be interpreted in religious terms: the wanderings being our earthly existence, the return our return to God's embrace.†
Chpt 6
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)