Interpretation

Interpretation or interpreter may refer to:

Language

• Language interpretation, the facilitation of dialogue between parties using different languages
• Interpretation of tongues, a supernatural ability to understand unknown languages
• Semantics, assignment of meanings to symbols

Philosophy

• Interpretation (logic), an assignment of meaning to the symbols of a formal language.
• De Interpretatione, a work by Aristotle
• Hermeneutics, the study of interpretation theory
• Exegesis, a critical explanation or interpretation of a text

Math, science and computing

• Interpretation (model theory) In model theory, interpretation of a structure M in another structure N (typically of a different signature) is a technical notion that approximates the idea of representing M inside N.
• Interpretation of quantum mechanics
• Interpreter (computing), a program that performs instructions written in a high-level programming language
• Interpreter pattern, a software engineering design pattern

Law

• Judicial interpretation, an interpretation of law by a judiciary
• Statutory interpretation, determining the meaning of legislation
• Authentic interpretation, the official interpretation of a statute issued by the statute's legislator
• Financial Accounting Standards Board Interpretations, part of the United States Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (US GAAP)

Art, literature and performance

• Aesthetic interpretation, an explanation of the meaning of a work of art
• Heritage interpretation, communication about the nature and purpose of historical, natural or cultural phenomena
• Literary theory studies a wide variety of methods for interpreting literature including historicism, feminism, structuralism, deconstruction, etc.
• Oral interpretation, a dramatic art
• Performing as a historical character in a living museum

Music and media

• Interpreter (album), by Julian Cope
• The Interpreter, a 2005 film
• Interpretations: A 25th Anniversary Celebration, an album by The Carpenters
• Interpretations (The Carpenters DVD)
• The Interpreters, a musical group
• The Interpreter (Suki Kim novel)
• The Interpreter, a book by Robert Moss

Other uses

• Interpretation: A Journal of Bible and Theology
• Allegorical interpretation, an approach that assumes a text should not be interpreted literally
• Psychoanalysis, interpretation of a patient's unconscious feelings

See also

• Interpretability, a concept in mathematical logic
• Interpretant, a concept in semiotics
• Translation (disambiguation)