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# interpreter

«interpreter» in Mova's school dictionary: **a person whose job is to change what someone says from…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (an interpreter, interpreters)

### meaning for a pupil

1) An interpreter is a person whose job is to change what someone says from one language into another, out loud, as they speak. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interpreter/#m1)

2) (computing) An interpreter is a computer program that reads and runs code line by line. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interpreter/#m2)

3) An interpreter is someone who explains the meaning of something, like a performer of music or a person who explains a dream or a text. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interpreter/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life interpreters help at hospitals, courts, schools and international meetings; sign language interpreters help deaf people. In computing lessons, Python uses an interpreter. In the Bible, Joseph was an interpreter of dreams. Phrases: «through an interpreter», «sign language interpreter».

### examples

- The doctor spoke to the family through an interpreter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interpreter/#x1)
- A sign language interpreter stood next to the speaker. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interpreter/#x2)
- Interpreters at the UN listen and speak at the same time. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interpreter/#x3)
- My aunt works as a Ukrainian interpreter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interpreter/#x4)
- Joseph was the interpreter of Pharaoh's dreams. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interpreter/#x5)
- Python code runs in an interpreter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interpreter/#x6)

### note

Countable: an interpreter (starts with a vowel, so «an»). Verb: interpret; noun: interpretation. Trap: an interpreter works with speech, a translator works with writing — people often mix them up. Spelled -er.

### In the corpora

- [Sign language interpreters translate live between spoken language and sign language, so Deaf people can follow things like the news.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/language/32-sign-language/14/)
- [And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for the interpreter was between them.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1384/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «interpreter» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interpreter/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.