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)