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interpreting en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (countable) Synonym of interpretation (an act of interpreting or explaining what is obscure)
    • To put these statements in the singular, of course, is to abstract — there is always a plurality of interpretings when interpretation takes place. 1984, Stephen A. Erickson, Human Presence: At the Boundaries of Meaning, page 86:
  2. (uncountable) Synonym of interpretation (the discipline or study of translating one spoken or signed language into another)
    • The scholarship supporting translation and interpreting education necessarily entails discussions of assessment and there has been some encouraging work in this area. 2003, Gunilla M. Anderman, Margaret Rogers, Translation Today: Trends and Perspectives, Multilingual Matters, →ISBN, page 205:
    • Is there a theory of interpreting, or a set of distinct theories of interpreting? 2013, Carmen Millán, Francesca Bartrina, The Routledge Handbook of Translation Studies, Routledge, →ISBN, page 66:
    • An orphan among its peers, consecutive interpreting appears to have a short life and little if any luster. 2017, Alexander V. Kozin, Consecutive Interpreting: An Interdisciplinary Study, Springer, →ISBN, page 1:

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interpretting alternative lexicographic

Deriveds

whisper interpreting · simultaneous interpreting · whispered interpreting · retour interpreting · conference interpreting · consecutive interpreting

Synonyms

interpretation · interpretation

interpreting en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of interpret
    form of interpret

Forms

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