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interpreter (enc)

Interpreter

Noun1.interpreter - someone who mediates between speakers of different languages
go-between, intercessor, intermediary, intermediator, mediator - a negotiator who acts as a link between parties
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, symbolizer, symbolist - someone skilled in the interpretation or representation of symbols
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)
2.interpreter - someone who uses art to represent something; "his paintings reveal a sensitive interpreter of nature"; "she was famous as an interpreter of Shakespearean roles"
human, individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"
3.interpreter - an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose; "the meeting was attended by spokespersons for all the major organs of government"
advocate, advocator, exponent, proponent - a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea
ambassador - an informal representative; "an ambassador of good will"
flack, flack catcher, flak, flak catcher - a slick spokesperson who can turn any criticism to the advantage of their employer
mouthpiece, mouth - a spokesperson (as a lawyer)
spokesman - a male spokesperson
spokeswoman - a female spokesperson
4.interpreter - (computer science) a program that translates and executes source language statements one line at a time
computer science, computing - the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures
computer program, computer programme, program, programme - (computer science) a sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute; "the program required several hundred lines of code"

 

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