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# interpreter

noun (an interpreter, interpreters)

«interpreter» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

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://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://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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interpreter/#m3)

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

Interpretation: Joseph spoke through an interpreter to hide that he understood his brothers. Tradition notes that this shows they did not know him. In the primary 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

- And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for the interpreter was between them. (Torah GEN.42.23, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/interpreter/#x1)

### 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.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «interpreter» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interpreter/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«interpreter» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/interpreter.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «interpreter» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/interpreter/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«interpreter» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/interpreter.html) on Mova free.