interpreting

English

Alternative forms

• interpretting (comparatively rare)

Noun

interpreting (countable and uncountable, plural interpretings)

1. (countable) Synonym of interpretation (an act of interpreting or explaining what is obscure)
   • 1984, Stephen A. Erickson, Human Presence: At the Boundaries of Meaning (page 86)

     To put these statements in the singular, of course, is to abstract — there is always a plurality of interpretings when interpretation takes place.

2. (uncountable, linguistics, translation studies) Synonym of interpretation (the discipline or study of translating one spoken or signed language into another)
   • 2003, Gunilla M. Anderman, Margaret Rogers, Translation Today: Trends and Perspectives, Multilingual Matters (→ISBN), page 205

     The scholarship supporting translation and interpreting education necessarily entails discussions of assessment and there has been some encouraging work in this area.

   • 2013, Carmen Millán, Francesca Bartrina, The Routledge Handbook of Translation Studies, Routledge (→ISBN), page 66

     Is there a theory of interpreting, or a set of distinct theories of interpreting?

   • 2017, Alexander V. Kozin, Consecutive Interpreting: An Interdisciplinary Study, Springer (→ISBN), page 1

     An orphan among its peers, consecutive interpreting appears to have a short life and little if any luster.

Derived terms

• consecutive interpreting
• simultaneous interpreting

Verb

interpreting

1. present participle of interpret