Interpretation

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
 * 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
 * Interpreted language, a programming language in which programs are directly executed by an interpreter
 * 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