interpreter

[US]/ɪnˈtɜːprətə(r)/
[UK]/ɪnˈtɜːrprətər/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. a person who translates orally the words of a speaker into another language; a person who explains the meaning of something

Phrases & Collocations

conference interpreter

simultaneous interpreter

Example Sentences

he is a percipient interpreter of the public mood.

We communicated through an interpreter.

sign language interpreters represent a vital link between the deaf and hearing communities.

I had my admirable interpreter of the previous year Major Birse.

Listening to the speech through an interpreter lessened its impact somewhat.

She’s doing an interpreters’ course with an eye to getting a job abroad.

When the DISKCOPY command is finished, the command interpreter will attempt to read the BAT file .

The perspicuity of Scripture means that there is no “necessity for human interpreters to intervene between Scripture and those to whom Scripture comes.

Perhaps the future role of the sedimentary petrologist will be as an interpreter and an arbiter of cases too complex for the machine to decide unaided.

The complicated misanthropy which enabled him, his interpreters declared, to love the public and spurn humanity, did not preclude certain trifling investigation of the tenderer emotions.

Real-world Examples

OK, and how do you become an interpreter?

Source: American English dialogue

The voice you'll hear is a sign language interpreter.

Source: CNN 10 Student English November 2021 Compilation

You had to be an active interpreter of them.

Source: BBC documentary "Civilization"

Here she is speaking through an interpreter.

Source: NPR News January 2020 Compilation

There aren't any interpreters I know who don't have professional qualifications and training.

Source: CET-6 Listening Past Exam Questions (with Translations)

Naim said he had been an interpreter for U.S. forces.

Source: VOA Special English: World

So we have an interpreter, just in case I need one.

Source: The Ellen Show

We don't speak the language, so I need to find some interpreters.

Source: CNN 10 Student English March 2023 Collection

But on October 15th, 1962, Dino Brugioni, a senior photo interpreter, found something.

Source: Vox opinion

Cole credits his interpreter with saving the lives of his fellow soldiers and his own.

Source: VOA Standard English_Americas

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