interpreter
noun
- hardware or software that transforms one statement at a time of a program written in a high-level language into a sequence of machine actions and executes the statement immediately before going on to transform the next statement.Compare compiler(def 2).
- an electromechanical device that reads the patterns of holes in punched cards and prints the same data on the cards, so that they can be read more conveniently by people.
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Contemporary Examples of interpreter
Shadman started as a laborer, but within a year became an interpreter because he could speak English.
Our Pashto interpreter explained how he had pretended to be a Pakistani policeman when interested crowds approached the compound.
The grunt takes a hard look at our interpreter, rotates his M16 and opens the vehicle door, motioning for us to get out.
Heart of Darkness: Into Afghanistan’s Taliban ValleyMatt Trevithick, Daniel Seckman
November 15, 2014
But he continued to study English every day and eventually was accepted as an interpreter.
Obama Went to War to Save Them, But They Can’t Get U.S. VisasChristine van den Toorn, Sherizaan Minwalla
September 28, 2014
Follow the latest with the liveblog of The Interpreter, a website covering Russian media and the war in Ukraine.
Historical Examples of interpreter
In such a case the larger community would be the interpreter.
Understanding the ScripturesFrancis McConnell
It was, indeed, necessary for me to converse by the medium of an interpreter.
In the Heart of VosgesMatilda Betham-Edwards
I went among them, accompanied only by an interpreter, and asked where their sultan and elders were.
FreelandTheodor Hertzka
What my private sentiments are, you will find out without an interpreter.
The Letters of Robert BurnsRobert Burns
The interpreter, his countryman, called these Portuguese 'white gentlemen.'
The History of the First West India RegimentA. B. Ellis