How to Use interpreter in a Sentence

interpreter

noun
  • He has now learned English well enough that he can conduct interviews without an interpreter.
  • Monet is generally regarded as the foremost interpreter of pure impressionism.
  • The pope reached for the hand of the interpreter next to him.
    Chico Harlan, Washington Post, 2 Feb. 2023
  • Some of the girls spoke to the AP through an interpreter.
    Alex Sanz, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Sep. 2021
  • The goal is to be the vessel for the designer, or the interpreter of their vision.
    Rachel Tashjian, Washington Post, 13 July 2023
  • Using an interpreter, the man was read his rights over a phone.
    John Benson, cleveland, 29 Nov. 2022
  • An acute lack of interpreters continues to plague the case.
    Sebastian Rotella, ProPublica, 12 July 2023
  • Through an interpreter, the girl said their parents had been killed.
    New York Times, 7 Nov. 2021
  • Captain Ball sent the order down the ranks, then asked an interpreter to relay the message to the Afghans.
    New York Times, 7 Nov. 2021
  • The imam said an interpreter was made available, as well.
    Carla Hinton, USA TODAY, 24 Sep. 2021
  • He’s had to deal with the theft of $16 million by longtime interpreter Ippei Mizuhara.
    Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2024
  • Ohtani’s former interpreter Ippei Mizuhara is in talks to plead guilty to the theft of the baseball star’s money.
    Trisha Garcia-Easto, Sacramento Bee, 11 Apr. 2024
  • Masud asked through an interpreter to have his own counsel for the case that could send him to prison for the rest of his life.
    Kevin Johnson, USA TODAY, 12 Dec. 2022
  • Here’s how Rosario, speaking through interpreter Agustin Rivero, felt about the winds that whipped through the outfield.
    Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 7 Apr. 2022
  • The paramedics didn’t speak Spanish but called an interpreter.
    Bianca Vazquez Toness, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2024
  • One refugee who had worked as an interpreter for U.S. forces said his son told him the Taliban came to the house looking for him.
    Jean Marbella, Baltimore Sun, 30 Mar. 2022
  • At first, the union fought DeLap’s efforts to bring in an interpreter.
    John Kelly, Washington Post, 18 Oct. 2022
  • And the right kind of interpreter can mine magic from this kind of locale and its abundant clichés.
    Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 14 June 2022
  • What to know about the Shohei Ohtani interpreter gambling scandal.
    Kevinisha Walker, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2024
  • The call came in through a language interpreter line, Fitzgerald said.
    Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 5 Nov. 2021
  • But that’s almost my job as an interpreter, as an actor, is to do it like that.
    Antonia Blyth, Deadline, 16 Dec. 2024
  • Smith said that Ohtani's use of an interpreter to communicate with the media and fans harmed the game.
    Scooby Axson, USA TODAY, 13 Jan. 2022
  • His 16-year-old son sat next to him, missing school to serve as his father’s interpreter.
    Melissa Sanchez and Maryam Jameel, Journal Sentinel, 4 Aug. 2023
  • Wahdat agreed to speak with a reporter in Dari through an interpreter.
    Steve Thompson, Washington Post, 11 Aug. 2022
  • Meanwhile, Will Ireton, Ohtani’s interpreter, stares at the bat boy with his mouth wide open.
    Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2024
  • Kagame said through an interpreter during a video call.
    Esther Zuckerman, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2023
  • The current Google Translate app has an interpreter mode that works great.
    Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 23 May 2022
  • With the end of the year approaching, Ms. Stratton invited Amani’s mom and an interpreter to talk about the girl’s progress.
    Cameron Fields, cleveland, 5 Dec. 2022
  • Their population could become so dense that the sonar interpreters mistakenly read these groups as the ocean floor.
    Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Four armed French police officers and an interpreter were brought onboard to assist.
    Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 3 Dec. 2024

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