1 a person whose job is to translate what sb is saying into another language:
Speaking through an interpreter, the President said that the talks were going well. * a sign language interpreter (= a person who translates what sb is saying into sign language for deaf people)
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2 a person who performs a piece of music or a role in a play in a way that clearly shows their ideas about its meaning:
She was considered one of the finest interpreters of Debussy's music.
3 (computing) a computer program that changes the instructions of another program into a form that the computer can understand and use
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