in·ter·pret·er
noun/ɪnˈtɜːprətə(r)/
/ɪnˈtɜːrprətər/
- a person whose job is to translate what somebody is saying into another language
口译工作者；口译译员；传译员 - through an interpreter Speaking through an interpreter, the President said that the talks were going well.
总统通过口译员说会谈进展良好。 - a sign language interpreter (= a person who translates what somebody is saying into sign language for deaf people)
手语翻译员 - Susan acted as interpreter for us.
苏珊担任我们的口译员。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + interpreter- act as
- speak through
- interpreter for
- through an interpreter Speaking through an interpreter, the President said that the talks were going well.
- a person who performs a piece of music or a role in a play in a way that clearly shows their ideas about its meaning
演绎（音乐、戏剧中人物等）的人 - She is one of the finest interpreters of Debussy's music.
她是将德彪西的音乐演绎得最出色的演奏者之一。
- She is one of the finest interpreters of Debussy's music.
- (computing) a computer program that changes the instructions of another program into a form that the computer can understand and use
解释程序；解释器
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French interpreteur, from late Latin interpretator, from Latin interpretari ‘explain, translate’, from interpres, interpret- ‘agent, translator, interpreter’.