It seems that the meaning of "interpret" is wider than " transla

in·ter·pret /ɪnˈtɜrprɪt/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[in-tur-prit] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–verb (used with object)

1. to give or provide the meaning of; explain; explicate; elucidate: to interpret the hidden meaning of a parable.
2. to construe or understand in a particular way: to interpret a reply as favorable.
3. to bring out the meaning of (a dramatic work, music, etc.) by performance or execution.
4. to perform or render (a song, role in a play, etc.) according to one's own understanding or sensitivity: The actor interpreted Lear as a weak, pitiful old man.
5. to translate orally.
6. Computers. a. to transform (a program written in a high-level language) with an interpreter into a sequence of machine actions, one statement at a time, executing each statement immediately before going on to transform the next one.
b. to read (the patterns of holes in punched cards) with an interpreter, printing the interpreted data on the same cards so that they can be read more conveniently by people. Compare interpreter (def. 3).

–verb (used without object) 7. to translate what is said in a foreign language.
8. to explain something; give an explanation.


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[Origin: 1350–1400; ME interpreten < L interpretārī, deriv. of interpret- (s. of interpres) explainer]



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trans·late /trænsˈleɪt, trænz-, ˈtrænsleɪt, ˈtrænz-/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[trans-leyt, tranz-, trans-leyt, tranz-] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation verb, -lat·ed, -lat·ing.
–verb (used with object) 1. to turn from one language into another or from a foreign language into one's own: to translate Spanish.
2. to change the form, condition, nature, etc., of; transform; convert: to translate wishes into deeds.
3. to explain in terms that can be more easily understood; interpret.
4. to bear, carry, or move from one place, position, etc., to another; transfer.
5. Mechanics. to cause (a body) to move without rotation or angular displacement; subject to translation.
6. Computers. to convert (a program, data, code, etc.) from one form to another: to translate a FORTRAN program into assembly language.
7. Telegraphy. to retransmit or forward (a message), as by a relay.
8. Ecclesiastical. a. to move (a bishop) from one see to another.
b. to move (a see) from one place to another.
c. to move (relics) from one place to another.

9. to convey or remove to heaven without natural death.
10. Mathematics. to perform a translation on (a set, function, etc.).
11. to express the value of (a currency) in a foreign currency by applying the exchange rate.
12. to exalt in spiritual or emotional ecstasy; enrapture.
–verb (used without object) 13. to provide or make a translation; act as translator.
14. to admit of translation: The Greek expression does not translate easily into English.


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[Origin: 1250–1300; ME translaten < L trānslātus (ptp. of trānsferre to transfer), equiv. to trāns- trans- + -lātus (suppletive ptp. of ferre to bear1), earlier *tlātus, equiv. to *tlā- bear (akin to thole2) + -tus ptp. suffix]

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