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Interpretation or interpreter may refer to:

[edit] 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

[edit] Philosophy

• Interpretation (logic), a function that provides the extension of symbols and strings of symbols of an object language
• De Interpretatione, a work by Aristotle
• Hermeneutics, the study of interpretation theory
• Exegesis, a critical explanation or interpretation of a text

[edit] Math, science and computing

• Interpretation (model theory)
• 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

[edit] 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)

[edit] Art and performance

• Aesthetic interpretation, an explanation of the meaning of a work of art
• Oral interpretation, a dramatic art
• Performing as a historical character in a living museum

[edit] 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

[edit] Other uses

• Allegorical interpretation, an approach that assumes a text should not be interpreted literally
• Heritage interpretation, the communication of the nature and purpose of historical, natural or cultural elements
• Psychoanalysis, interpretation of a patient's unconscious feelings

[edit] See also

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

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