interpreter

Noun
  1. Someone who mediates between speakers of different languages (synset 110232171)
    is a type of: go-between, intercessor, intermediary, intermediator, mediator - a negotiator who acts as a link between parties
    subtypes:
    • dragoman - an interpreter and guide in the Near East; in the Ottoman Empire in the 18th and 19th centuries a translator of European languages for the Turkish and Arab authorities and most dragomans were Greek (many reached high positions in the government)
    • symboliser, symbolist, symbolizer - someone skilled in the interpretation or representation of symbols
    specific instances:
    • edward fitzgerald, fitzgerald - English poet remembered primarily for his free translation of the poetry of Omar Khayyam (1809-1883)
    • benjamin jowett, jowett - English classical scholar noted for his translations of Plato and Aristotle (1817-1893)
    • tindal, tindale, tyndale, william tindal, william tindale, william tyndale - English translator and Protestant martyr; his translation of the Bible into English (which later formed the basis for the King James Version) aroused ecclesiastical opposition; he left England in 1524 and was burned at the stake in Antwerp as a heretic (1494-1536)
    • bishop ulfila, bishop ulfilas, bishop wulfila, ulfila, ulfilas, wulfila - a Christian believed to be of Cappadocian descent who became bishop of the Visigoths in 341 and translated the Bible from Greek into Gothic; traditionally held to have invented the Gothic alphabet (311-382)
    same as: translator
  2. Someone who uses art to represent something (synset 110232450)
    "his paintings reveal a sensitive interpreter of nature"; "she was famous as an interpreter of Shakespearean roles"
    is a type of: individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being
  3. An advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose (synset 110657783)
    "the meeting was attended by spokespersons for all the major organs of government"
    is a type of: advocate, advocator, exponent, proponent - a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea
    subtypes:
    same as: representative, spokesperson, voice
  4. (computer science) a program that translates and executes source language statements one line at a time (synset 106588108)
    referred to in: computer science, computing - the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures
    is a type of: computer program, computer programme, program, programme - (computer science) a sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute
    same as: interpretive program

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