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My mother soon decided that the easiest way for her to communicate with Americans was to use me as an interpreter.†
p. 10.7

interpreter = someone who translates language
Dragging me along as his interpreter, he and I headed for the Say-On drugstore to buy diet pills and a scale.†
p. 27.7 *
My mother had always hoped that I would marry an Iranian doctor, someone whom she could speak to without an interpreter, a man whose parents would consider me the best thing that had ever happened to their son.†
p. 143.6
At some point, someone must have yelled "Good job, Kaz!" which my father interpreted as "You should go on television and win a fortune!"†
p. 14.7
I had always assumed that she would be relieved to return to her family and to a land where she spoke the language and didn't need me to act as her interpreter.†
p. 35.9
Today someone might interpret this behavior as a sign of anger, since the poor tot was stuck with a nanny against his wishes while the other family members reveled.†
p. 42.4 *
I wrote about being my mother's interpreter.†
p. 129.8

Definitions:

(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)