Could you interpret the ambassador's address for me?
•Nina interpreted the director's greetings for the visitors.
2. to explain something unclear to someone. •Let me interpret the instructions for you.
•The instructions have been interpreted for me by the manager.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
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