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Encyclopedia > Interpreter

Interpreter can mean one of the following:

  • In communication, an interpreter is a person whose role is to facilitate dialogue between two parties that do not use the same language.
  • In computer science, an interpreter is a program designed to run other non-executable programs directly.
  • In living history, an interpreter is a person who acts in a role of a historical character for the benefit of the visitors of a living museum. An example of a living museum would be Colonial Williamsburg or Mystic Seaport.
  • The Interpreter is a 2005 movie starring Nicole Kidman and Sean Penn. Kidman stars as African-born U.N. interpreter Silvia Broome, who inadvertently overhears a death threat against an African head of state scheduled to address the United Nation's General Assembly. Realizing she's become a target of the assassins as well, Silvia's desperate to thwart the plot...if only she can survive long enough to get someone to believe her. Sean Penn is Tobin Keller, the federal agent charged with protecting the interpreter, who nonetheless suspects she may not be telling the whole truth. Silvia and Tobin, by nature, see life from different points of view: one, a U.N. interpreter, believes in the power and sanctity of words; the other, a Secret Service agent, believes in reading people based on their behavior, no matter what is said.
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The Interpreter DVD – The Interpreter - The Interpreter movie (272 words)
In the Interpreter DVD, escalating events begin when U.N. translator Silvia Broome (Nicole Kidman) alleges that she has overheard a death threat against an African head of state, spoken in a rare dialect few people other than Silvia can understand.
With the words "The Teacher will never leave this room alive," in an instant, Silvia's life is turned upside down as she becomes a hunted target of the killers.
Now, as the danger of a major assassination on U.S. soil grows and Silvia's life hangs in the balance, Silvia and Tobin play out a gripping dance of evasion and revelation that keeps them both guessing as they race to stop a terrifying international crisis before it's too late.
Interpreter (computing) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (648 words)
Interpreting code is slower than running the compiled code because the interpreter must analyse each statement in the program each time it is executed and then perform the desired action whereas the compiled code just performs the action.
An interpreter might well use the same lexical analyzer and parser as the compiler and then interpret the resulting abstract syntax tree.
The IBM 550 Numeric Interpreter and IBM 557 Alphabetic Interpreter are typical examples from 1930 and 1954, respectively.
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