No. 4,391 in Swedish
tolkar
"Tolkar" means "interprets" or "interpreters" in English, depending on context.
In a sentence
Han tolkar en gammal text från latin.
He interprets an old text from Latin.
Here, 'tolkar' means 'interprets', referring to the act of translating meaning from one language to another.
Hon tolkar filmen som en kritik av samhället.
She interprets the film as a critique of society.
In this sentence, 'tolkar' is used to describe the act of understanding and explaining the meaning or message of a work of art.
Vi tolkar för de internationella besökarna under konferensen.
We are interpreting for the international visitors during the conference.
Here, 'tolkar' means 'interpret', referring specifically to oral translation between languages in a real-time setting.
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