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   Hi, Ardith Hinton! -> Alexander Koryagin   
   I read your message from 04.11.2021 23:52   
      
    ak>> please, I am a translator."   
    SM>> Should it be "an interpreter"?   
    AK>> I believe both words are correct, but they have a bit different   
    AK>> meaning.   
      
    AK>> If you interpret a phrase or something you actually explain it.   
    AK>> For instance, we can interpret the events in Ukraine, according to   
    AK>> our point of view.   
      
    AH> If the interpreter is expected to demystify what someone is saying   
    AH> as quickly as they can say it, the result could be more of an   
    AH> explanation than what I'd prefer if I'm hoping to read WAR AND   
    AH> PEACE in English. As for what's going on in SomePlace Else, we may   
    AH> get closest to the truth by comparing input from a variety of   
    AH> people who live there & in other parts of the world....   
      
   On Russian TV news programs we see interpreters, too. ;-) They want not   
   only tell us the news, they want us to understand them as it must be.   
   So, all the television announcers have behind their shoulders theatre,   
   neuro-lingual, brain-wash, hypnotic courses, and they do their job very   
   effectively.  I literally feel how a nasty girl penetrates into my   
   brain. ;-)   
      
    AK>> If you translate you take one form of something and change it into   
    AK>> another form.   
      
    AH> Yet I notice that when you translate written material into English   
    AH> you behave in much the same way a professional translator would.   
    AH> You take the time to look things up & discuss with others whether   
    AH> e.g. "satchel" conveys to them what the word means to you, because   
    AH> such details are very important.   
      
   As a rule a speech is much simpler than a written text from a book. An   
   interpreter would just said "bag" not thinking too long.   
      
    AK>> Some people tell that an interpreter is a person who works with   
    AK>> the spoken word, whereas a translator works with the written word.   
      
    AH> Lionbridge.com explains the differences quite well. The situation   
    AH> as I see it is much like what I see WRT music. To a student of   
    AH> music history, "classical music" means a particular style composed   
    AH> during a particular era... to the average person, the meaning is   
    AH> much broader. In this case my choice of words depends on how much I   
    AH> believe the audience knows about the subject.: - Q   
      
   Classical music? In Russia at least, it is a very narrow notion. We have   
   of course Jazz which can be "classical", "modern" etc but when we speak   
   "classical music" we mean a symphony music only.   
      
   Bye, Ardith!   
   Alexander Koryagin   
   english_tutor 2021   
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