All 3 Uses
interpret
in
The Impossible Knife of Memory
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- My interpreter claims he can.†
p. 115.7 *interpreter = someone who translates language
- "We got the wrong house," the interpreter says.†
p. 116.5
- He'd probably answer it with an obscure quote from The Tibetan Book of the Dead or gibberish about runic interpretations, but there was a chance he'd really think about it, and then we might get somewhere.†
p. 135.4
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)