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One who enables two persons of different languages to understand each other by repeating to each what it would have been to the interpreter's advantage for the other to have said.
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One who or that which interprets, explains, or expounds; a translator; especially, a person who translates orally between two parties.
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The Adobe PostScript Raster Image Processor (RIP) that translates the instructions in a PostScript language file sent from the printer driver.
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A computer program which examines a computer program written in some source language and carries out the actions required by that program more or less directly, without translating it into some other language. May well be slower than a compiled program, especially if there is a lot of calculation.[ edit] J to R
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a language translator that converts higher-level programs into machine language by translating and executing one statement at a time; the translated code is not retained.
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A software program that reads source code from a programming language every time it is run, to interpret the instruction it contains. The alternative is to use a compiler, which translates source code into a binary form only once and which is executed thereafter instead.
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A trained professional, fluent in both English and American Sign Language, who is bound by a code of ethics to facilitate communication between deaf and hearing persons.
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a program that translates a program in an interpreted language into executable machine code.
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A person who has been certified as having the ability to translate, orally or in writing, spoken or sign language to the common language of the court.
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One who translates material culture and human or natural phenomenon to the public in a meaningful, provocative, and interesting way. The term is usually applied to those who work in historic sites, parks, natural areas, zoos, etc.
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A translator for high-level programming languages that translates and runs the program at the same time.
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Individuals who are bilingual and who provide verbal translation services by telephone or face-to-face or who provide sign language interpretation services to members who do not speak English or who use American Sign Language.
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A program that executes high level source code without translating it into object code first.
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The process of changing a message from one language to another, making appropriate grammatical and cultural adjustments to maintain message equivalence, in order to convey the message from one person to another through an intermediary, the interpreter.
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(IEEE) A computer program that translates and executes each statement or construct of a computer program before translating and executing the next. The interpreter must be resident in the computer each time a program [source code file] written in an interpreted language is executed. Contrast with assembler, compiler.
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A program that reads source code and interprets it line by line. It does not create an executable file.
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A program that reads, translates and executes a user's program, such as one written in the BASIC language, one line at a time. A compiler, on the other hand, reads and translates the entire user's program before executing it.
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Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML)
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An interpreter is a program that processes a script or other program expression and carries out the requested action, in accordance with the language definition.
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Person with training in areas such as sign language, fingerspelling, and speech, who can transmit verbal or written messages to the hearing-impaired person.
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A set of software functions that converts PostScript language commands into a raster image. EPSON Stylus RIP Professional 2.0 uses the CPSI interpreter.
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someone who mediates between speakers of different languages
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(computer science) a program that translates and executes source language statements one line at a time
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a bicultural, bilingual professional who interprets (works between languages) while being sensitive to the environmental factors which impede or foster the message and conducts him/herself in a professional, ethical manner
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a bilingual person who uses two languages fluently and who is trained to receive a message in one language and to relay it in the other
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a compiler that translates and executes one source program statement at a time
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a computer language that execute instructions that are written in the form of a program
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a computer program that makes a real cpu, such as an Intel Pentium, simulate the idealised Java CPU
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a computer program which executes a source program more or less directly, instead of translating it into another language
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a high level language that is closer to natural language
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a meta-program, in the sense that it evaluates a program at another level, called the object-program (link to example of meta-code )
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a necessity, if just to dot the i's and cross the t's, but English is widely spoken in the major cities
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an entity that assigns meaning to program expressions by a series of machine state transitions
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an evaluator equipped with a language, which is then capable of doing things with expressions in that language
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an individual who translates the words of a speaker in real time
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a person who aids a communication when at least one party to the communication has a hearing or speaking impairment or a language difficulty
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a person who is fluent in two or more languages and can render a message from one language to another, conveying the meaning and intent of the speaker
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a person who is responsible for active communication between all project participants, independent from what language they are speaking
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a person who orally transfers from one language to another
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a person who provides interpretation services, which is the process of conveying information between American Sign Language (ASL) and English
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a person who speaks languages other than English or a sign language
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a person with special skills and knowledge to transfer spoken messages from one language into another
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a piece of software that can convert a program into machine language as it is being written
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a process that knows how to perform the commands specified in the formal language in which the program is written
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a professional whose job is to make communication possible between individuals who do not share a common language
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a program that accepts as input another program written in some language, and executes that program (or simulates its execution, depending on your viewpoint)
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a program that acts much like a CPU, with a kind of fetch-and-execute cycle
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a program that executes either source code or bytecode by converting each instruction into machine code and then executing it immediately, in contrast to a compiler which converts the entire source program into machine code before any of it is executed
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a program that implements the evaluation relation of a language
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a program that looks at each line of the "english" program, decides what the "english" on that line means, and does what it says to do
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a program that reads a high-level program and does what it says
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a program that reads in as input a source program, along with data for the program, and translates the source program instruction by instruction
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a program that translates and executes another program
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a program that translates high-level instructions into machine code, line by line, as the program is running
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a program which reads source code, and executes the commands in it while it is reading it
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a program which stays in control all the while the program is running
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a program which will play an Infocom game file, whether bought from Activision (who currently sell the Infocom back catalogue at very low prices) or compiled by Inform
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a realization of the abstract machine
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a special kind of compiler that avoids storage of the ML translation
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a specially trained professional who renders a message spoken in one language into a second language with consistency and accuracy, and who abides by a code of professional ethics
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a tower of machines, some software and some hardware, running at different times, all working together to execute your program
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a type of compiler that executes individual statements as soon as a they are generated by the parser
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A person who translates spoken language orally, as opposed to a translator, who translates written language
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A program expressed in one language which executes programs expressed in another language.
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Provides oral (spoken) translation of a speaker's words from one language into another. (cf. translator)
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A person who can translate a conversation for people who do not speak the same language. An interpreter explains what each person says to the other, without changing the meaning.
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Contacted to translate court proceedings when needed.
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