Language interpretation
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This article is about interpreting natural languages. For interpreting programming languages, see Interpreter (computing).
"Interpreter" redirects here. For other uses, see Interpreter (disambiguation).
Interpreting is a translational activity in which one produces a first and final target-language output on the basis of a one-time exposure to an expression in a source language.
The most common two modes of interpreting are simultaneous interpreting, which is done at the time of the exposure to the source language, and consecutive interpreting, which is done at breaks to this exposure.
Interpreting is an ancient human activity which predates the invention of writing.[1]