# 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