Interpretation

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Interpretation

This paper looks at the essay "Interpretation" by Steven Mailloux. It explores the argument that he has made on what interpretation is and why people do it.

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Paper Summary:

The writer discusses the questions surrounding the ways in which we interpret or translate. The paper explores the answers to the following questions: For whom is the interpretation done? By whom is the interpretation accepted?

From the Paper:

"In his essay "Interpretation", Mailloux is trying to establish what interpretation actually means and how people do it. He first defines the most common meaning of interpretation, which is to translate. Interpretation is essentially a word that has been translated from Latin, where its original meaning was "explanation". Mailloux presents the idea that interpretation is a translation of a text, for an audience that desires a translation."