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interpret
in
Half the Sky
(Edited)

Rath voyaged back to Kuala Lumpur with the protection of an interpreter and a local antitrafficking activist.
Chpt Intr.

interpreter = someone who translates language
Nick needed his interpreter present in the room as well, and this puzzled the pimp, who nevertheless accommodated.
Chpt 2
After some awkward conversation through the interpreter, as Nick asked Neth about how she had grown up and about her family, she began to calm down.
Chpt 2
A week later, an excruciating e-mail arrived from Lor Chandara, our interpreter: Very bad, bad news.
Chpt 2
Dina was shy, speaking softly through an interpreter, and she smiled often in nervousness.
Chpt 5
At that point, our Cameroonian interpreter tugged us aside.
Chpt 7
There was no high school for girls, so she returned to Hargeisa to work as an interpreter for a British doctor.
Chpt 7 *
On Nick's first trip to Afghanistan, he employed an interpreter who had studied English in university.
Chpt 9
"My mother has never been to a doctor," the interpreter said, "and she never will go."
Chpt 9
"That would be a terrible thing," the interpreter said gravely.
Chpt 9
Ali crushed the rebellion, and then for centuries Islamic scholars discounted Aisha's importance and rejected her feminist interpretations.
Chpt 9 *

interpretations = ways of understanding or explaining things
The women caught the repetition and asked the interpreter to explain in detail what "achievable" meant.
Chpt 14

interpreter = someone who translates language
"What are your hopes?" she asked the women, through the interpreter.
Chpt 14

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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
(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
(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)

interpret in Half the Sky (Edited)

interpret
in
Half the Sky
(Edited)