All 7 Uses of
interpret
in
Unbroken, by Hillenbrand
- An interpreter translated.
p. 35.4interpreter = someone who translates language
- There was always some risk of to be misunderstood by other Japanese by making humane interpretation of our duty.
p. 197.0 *interpretation = understanding
- Both Maher and Fitzgerald spoke Japanese, and they served as the camp's only resident interpreters.
p. 201.3interpreters = people who translate spoken words into another language
- No one did more than Private Yukichi Kano, the camp interpreter.
p. 245.7interpreter = someone who translates language
- Late one night, when Louie was walking back from the benjo, he saw the camp interpreter, Yukichi Kano, kneeling beside Mansfield, draping a blanket over him.
p. 268.8
- They asked the Japanese interpreter if he could get them sake, and a barrel full of it soon arrived.
p. 309.9 *
- He had not been the chief interrogator, bearing a rank equal to admiral, that he had claimed to be; he'd been only a low-ranking interpreter.
p. 357.1
Definitions:
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(1)
(interpret as in: interpret Spanish to English) to translate words into spoken words of another language
(This word is especially used in place of translate when the translation is done real-time, or on-the-fly, or immediately as needed.) -
(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