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Interpreting
Last update: Saturday 31st of July 2010
Interpreting (or interpretation) is an activity that consists of facilitating oral or sign language communication, either simultaneously or consecutively, between two or more speakers who are not speaking (or signing) the same language.
Note that the words interpreting and interpretation can both be used to refer to this practice, the word interpreting is commonly used in the profession and in the field of translation studies in an attempt to avoid other meanings of the word interpretation.
The term interpreter refers to the practitioner who translates orally for parties conversing in different languages or utilizing sign language. Interpreters should convey not only elements of meaning, but also the intention and feelings of the original speaker. In fact, the end result is an intermediate stage of communication which aims to allow listeners of the target language to experience the message in a way that is as close as possible to the experience of those who understand the original.
The Spanian have yesterday from a page Web that allows to interpret the results of its clinical analyses. The page has been beginning by the Spanish Society of Clinical Biochemistry and Patología Molecular (SEQC).
It's hard to get simpler than this. If you want to understand how to write an interpreter for a dynamic language this may be a good starting point.
We wrote about Slacker's new service and hardware this morning, and so did Wired, but I'm going to take an alternative interpretation of the service that is less glowing...here's what I see besides the undeniably sexy piece of hardware above. I bet Jason would want to stick that in his pants.