interpreter
Noun
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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 partiessubtypes:
- 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 -
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"
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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 ideasubtypes:
- ambassador - an informal representative
- flack, flack catcher, flak, flak catcher - a slick spokesperson who can turn any criticism to the advantage of their employer
- mouth, mouthpiece - a spokesperson (as a lawyer)
- spokesman - a male spokesperson
- spokeswoman - a female spokesperson
- bagman, commercial traveler, commercial traveller, roadman, traveling salesman, travelling salesman - a salesman who travels to call on customers
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(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 structuresis a type of: computer program, computer programme, program, programme - (computer science) a sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and executesame as: interpretive program
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