interpreter
noun/ɪnˈtɜːprətə(r)/
/ɪnˈtɜːrprətər/
- a person whose job is to translate what somebody is saying into another language
- through an interpreter Speaking through an interpreter, the President said that the talks were going well.
- a sign language interpreter (= a person who translates what somebody is saying into sign language for deaf people)
- Susan acted as interpreter for us.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + interpreter- act as
- speak through
- interpreter for
- a person who performs a piece of music or a role in a play in a way that clearly shows their ideas about its meaning
- She is one of the finest interpreters of Debussy's music.
- (computing) a computer program that changes the instructions of another program into a form that the computer can understand and useTopics Computersc2
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French interpreteur, from late Latin interpretator, from Latin interpretari ‘explain, translate’, from interpres, interpret- ‘agent, translator, interpreter’.
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