| interpreter | | |
| n. (person) | 1. interpreter, translator | 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). |
| n. (person) | 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" |
| ~ individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul | a human being.; "there was too much for one person to do" |
| n. (person) | 3. interpreter, representative, spokesperson, voice | 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. |
| ~ bagman, commercial traveler, commercial traveller, roadman, traveling salesman, travelling salesman | a salesman who travels to call on customers. |
| n. (communication) | 4. interpreter, interpretive program | (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, programme, program | (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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