Interpretation

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Contents 1 Philosophy 2 Mathematics 3 Computing 4 Science 5 Arts 6 Heritage 7 Law 8 Religion 9 Forensics debate competition categories 10 Linguistics/Translation Studies 11 Works 12 Other 13 See also

An interpretation is an explanation of the meaning of some object of attention. It also refers to making ideas more understandable, including translation. An interpretation may express ones' own understanding of things, for instance, a work of art, a poem, performance, or piece of literature.

• Interpretation (logic) — the representation of an interpretation in the languages of formal logic
  • Descriptive interpretation — a type of interpretation which expresses in a language of logic a model describing objects in the concrete world (i.e. a scientific model).
  • Intended interpretation — the system a formal language is designed to represent
• Interpretation (aesthetics) - a way of understanding a work of art
• Hermeneutics — theory of the interpretation of texts.
• Judicial interpretation -- an interpretation of law made by a judiciary
• Interpreting — facilitation of dialogue between parties who use different languages.
• Conference — Conference interpreting deals exclusively with oral communication: rendering a message from one language into another, naturally and fluently, adopting the delivery, tone and convictions of the speaker and speaking in the first person. See more about Conference interpreting
• Performance — of a work of art (music, drama, etc) is an interpretation by the performers of the work as written by the authors.
• Dream interpretation -- giving meaning to dreams
• Photographic interpretation

[edit] Philosophy

• De Interpretatione — work by Aristotle on linguistics and logic
• Radical interpretation — interpretation of a speaker from scratch

[edit] Mathematics

• Interpretation (model theory) — a formalization of one structure's being interpreted in another by means of first-order formula, like the standard interpretation of the field of rational numbers in the ring of integers.

[edit] Computing

• Interpreter (computing) — a program designed to run other non-executable programs directly, without a compiler
• Command-line interpreter — reads lines of text entered by a user and interprets them in the context of a given operating system or programming language
• Interpreter pattern, a software engineering design pattern
• Abstract interpretation — partial execution of a computer program which gains information about its semantics

[edit] Science

• Interpretation of quantum mechanics — there are several interpretations

[edit] Arts

• Interpretive dance — seeks to interpret the meaning inherent in music rather than performing specific pre-formatted moves
• Oral interpretation — a dramatic art, also commonly called "interpretive reading" and "dramatic reading"

In music interpretation refers to the process of a performer deciding how to perform music that has been previously composed and notated

[edit] Heritage

• Heritage interpretation — developing an understanding of heritage: history, environment, culture
• Interpreter — a person who acts the role of a historical character in a living museum.

[edit] Law

• Statutory interpretation — interpreting and applying legislation.
• Authentic interpretation — in canon law, official interpretation of a statute issued by the statute's legislator
• List of FASB Interpretations — Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) interpretations of U.S. Generally accepted accounting principles (US GAAP)

[edit] Religion

• Allegorical interpretation — as opposed to literal interpretation e.g. of the Bible
• Interpretation of tongues — in Christianity, supernatural ability to understand unknown languages
• Exegesis

[edit] Forensics debate competition categories

• Dramatic Interpretation
• Duo Interpretation
• Humorous Interpretation
• Oratorical Interpretation
• Prose interpretation

[edit] Linguistics/Translation Studies

• Consecutive interpretation - a form of oral translation performed in a consecutive manner where the speaker makes pauses and the oral translator, called interpreter, utters the communication in the target language after each part of the speech in the source language is finished
• Simultaneous interpretation - a form of oral translation which aims at rendering the communication from Language 1 to Language 2 in the virtually real time

[edit] Works

• Interpreter (album) (1996) — by Julian Cope
• The Interpreter — 2005 movie starring Nicole Kidman and Sean Penn.
• The Interpreter (book) — 1997 book by Robert Moss.
• Interpretations: A 25th Anniversary Celebration — compilation album of The Carpenters
• Interpretations (Carpenters DVD) — compilation DVD
• Christmas Interpretations — 1993 Boyz II Men album
• The Comics Interpreter — comics zine
• Interpreter's Bible series — United Methodist Bible criticism series
• The Interpretation of Dreams by Sigmund Freud, (1899)

[edit] Other

• Dream interpretation

[edit] See also

• Interpretability — in mathematical logic
• Interpretant — in semiotics, the effect of a sign on someone who reads or comprehends it
• Against Interpretation — 1966 Susan Sontag essay
• Translation (disambiguation)
• Interpretation at European Commission

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