Definition of "interpreter" []

• One who translates orally from one language into another. (noun)
• One who gives or expounds an interpretation: "An actor is an interpreter of other men's words, often a soul which wishes to reveal itself to the world” ( Alec Guinness). (noun)
• Computer Science A program that translates an instruction into a machine language and executes it before proceeding to the next instruction. (noun)

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• "Of course, having an interpreter is also good, but the interpreted words may lack the vital ingredient because you do not feel the emotion accompanied by these words being passed."
• "One critic, Stanley Fish, has said that his goal as an interpreter is not to find ‘the truth,’ but to be as interesting as possible."
• "On Aug. 12, the wire services reported fighting near the Pakistani border and the death of three U.S. soldiers and their Afghan interpreter from a roadside bomb."