Interpretation

Interpretation may refer to:

Culture

• Aesthetic interpretation, an explanation of the meaning of a work of art
• Allegorical interpretation, an approach that assumes a text should not be interpreted literally
• Dramatic Interpretation, an event in speech and forensics competitions in which participants perform excerpts from plays
• Heritage interpretation, communication about the nature and purpose of historical, natural, or cultural phenomena
• Interpretation (music), the process of a performer deciding how to perform music that has been previously composed
• Language interpretation, the facilitation of dialogue between parties using different languages
• Literary theory, broad methods for interpreting literature, including historicism, feminism, structuralism, deconstruction
  • Literary criticism, interpretation of particular works of literature
• Oral interpretation, a dramatic art

Law

• Authentic interpretation, the official interpretation of a statute issued by the statute's legislator
• Financial Accounting Standards Board Interpretations, part of the United States Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (US GAAP)
• Interpretation Act, a stock short title used for legislation relating to interpretation of legislation
• Judicial interpretation, an interpretation of law by a judiciary
• Statutory interpretation, determining the meaning of legislation

Math and computing

• Interpretation (model theory), a technical notion that approximates the idea of representing a logical structure inside another structure
• Interpreter (computing), a part of an interpreted programming language that executes programs directly
• Interpretation function, in mathematical logic a function that assigns functions and relations to the symbols of a signature
• Interpretations of quantum mechanics, a set of statements which attempt to explain how quantum mechanics informs our understanding of nature
• Interpretability, a concept in mathematical logic

Media

• Interpretation centre, an institution for dissemination of knowledge of natural or cultural heritage
• Interpretations: A 25th Anniversary Celebration, an album by The Carpenters

Neuroscience

• Interpretation of dreams (disambiguation)

Philosophy

• Interpretation (philosophy), the assignment of meanings to various concepts, symbols, or objects under consideration
• Interpretation (logic), an assignment of meaning to the symbols of a formal language
• De Interpretatione, a work by Aristotle
• Exegesis, a critical explanation or interpretation of a text
• Hermeneutics, the study of interpretation theory
• Semantics, the study of meaning in words, phrases, signs, and symbols
• Interpretant, a concept in semiotics

Religion

• Biblical interpretation, the study of the principles of interpretation concerning the books of the Bible
• Interpretation (Catholic canon law), in the Catholic Church, rules for the exact interpretation and acceptation of words
• Interpretation (journal), an academic journal that covers the field of Presbyterian biblical studies
• Interpretation of Knowledge, a codex in the Nag Hammadi library of early Christian Gnostic texts
• Interpretation of tongues, a supernatural ability to understand unknown languages

See also

• Interpreter (disambiguation)
• Derivative (disambiguation)
• Imitation
• Mimicry
• Translation (disambiguation)