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  2. Interpreting notes - Wikipedia

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    The purpose of interpreting notes is not to transcribe the speech verbatim. Interpreting notes are not a form of shorthand.Their purpose is to write minimal notes which will, at a quick glance, elicit in the interpreter's mind the intent of an oral communication so that it can be re-expressed in a different language.

  3. Interpretation (logic) - Wikipedia

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    An interpretation is an assignment of meaning to the symbols of a formal language.Many formal languages used in mathematics, logic, and theoretical computer science are defined in solely syntactic terms, and as such do not have any meaning until they are given some interpretation.

  4. Principle of charity - Wikipedia

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    DPC constitutes a procedure for a critical discussion and consists of four steps: (i) presupposing the best interpretation of what one said; if needed—(ii) asking whether it was understood correctly; if needed—(iii) formulating some argument against it, analyzing its reasons; if needed—(iv) questioning our own view which contradicts the ...

  5. Literal and figurative language - Wikipedia

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    Prior to the 1980s, the "standard pragmatic" model of comprehension was widely believed. In that model, it was thought the recipient would first attempt to comprehend the meaning as if literal, but when an appropriate literal inference could not be made, the recipient would shift to look for a figurative interpretation that would allow comprehension. [30]

  6. Reader-response criticism - Wikipedia

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    Reader-response theory recognizes the reader as an active agent who imparts "real existence" to the work and completes its meaning through interpretation. Reader-response criticism argues that literature should be viewed as a performing art in which each reader creates their own, possibly unique, text-related performance.

  7. Intelligence analysis - Wikipedia

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    Intelligence analysis is the application of individual and collective cognitive methods to weigh data and test hypotheses within a secret socio-cultural context. [1] The descriptions are drawn from what may only be available in the form of deliberately deceptive information; the analyst must correlate the similarities among deceptions and extract a common truth.

  8. Descriptive interpretation - Wikipedia

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    Attempts to axiomatize the empirical sciences, Carnap said, use a descriptive interpretation to model reality.: [1] the aim of these attempts is to construct a formal system for which reality is the only interpretation. [2] - the world is an interpretation (or model) of these sciences, only insofar as these sciences are true. [2]

  9. Interpretation (philosophy) - Wikipedia

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    An interpretation is a descriptive interpretation (also called a factual interpretation) if at least one of the undefined symbols of its formal system becomes, in the interpretation, the name of a physical object, or observable property. A descriptive interpretation is a type of interpretation used in science and logic to talk about empirical ...