interpreting

plural interpretings · alternative interpretting

1. countableSynonym 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

   Synonyms: interpretation

2. uncountablehuman sciencesSynonym of interpretation (the discipline or study of translating one spoken or signed language into another)

   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

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   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

   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

   Synonyms: interpretation

alternative interpretting

1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of interpret