Synonyms:
interpreter, translator
Meaning: someone who mediates between speakers of different languages
Synonyms:
interpreter
Meaning: someone who uses art to represent something; "his paintings reveal a sensitive interpreter of nature"; "she was famous as an interpreter of Shakespearean roles"
Usage examples
The queen spoke, and then the interpreter said--
And Jane briefly said why, and the interpreter interpreted.
Accordingly I ask who is the Interpreter. On hearing that it is Chrysippus, I go to him.
Well might he be called, as he was, "the legislator," or law interpreter, "of the heavens."
They spoke a strange language among themselves, used Latin to those who understood it, and made use of an interpreter when preaching, until they had learned the language of the place.
Ears of corn, vases of holy water, and trays of meal make up a part of the paraphernalia of worship. I try to record some of the prayers, but am not very successful, as it is difficult to hold my interpreter to the work.
But to them appeared Glaucus from the depths of the sea, the wise interpreter of divine Nereus, and raising aloft his shaggy head and chest from his waist below, with sturdy hand he seized the ship's keel, and then cried to the eager crew:
I remember de Pachmann--a close interpreter of certain sides of Chopin--playing this coda piano, pianissimo and prestissimo. The effect was strangely irritating to the nerves, and reminded me of a tornado seen from the wrong end of an opera glass.