Phrase guide

simultaneous interpreting

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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noun

Meaning 1

A type of oral translation from one language into another which is produced at the same time as a person is speaking.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences, translation-studies

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: simultaneous interpretation

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

27 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: تَرْجَمَة فَوْرِيَّة (tarjama fawriyya) — type of oral translation
  • Catalan: interpretació simultània — type of oral translation
  • Chinese Mandarin: 同聲傳譯 /同声传译 (tóngshēng chuányì) — type of oral translation
  • Chinese Mandarin: 同聲口譯 /同声口译 (tóngshēng kǒuyì) — type of oral translation
  • Chinese Mandarin: 同傳翻譯 /同传翻译 (tóngchuán fānyì) — type of oral translation
  • Chinese Mandarin: 同傳 /同传 (tóngchuán) — type of oral translation
  • Danish: simultanoversættelse — type of oral translation
  • Dutch: simultaan tolken — type of oral translation
  • Finnish: simultaanitulkkaus — type of oral translation
  • French: interprétation simultanée — type of oral translation
  • Georgian: სინქრონული თარგმნა (sinkronuli targmna) — type of oral translation
  • German: Simultandolmetschen — type of oral translation
  • Greek: ταυτόχρονη διερμηνεία (taftóchroni diermineía) — type of oral translation
  • Hungarian: szinkrontolmácsolás — type of oral translation
  • Hungarian: szimultán tolmácsolás — type of oral translation
  • Indonesian: interpretasi simultan — type of oral translation
  • Italian: interpretazione simultanea — type of oral translation
  • Japanese: 同時通訳 (dōjitsūyaku) — type of oral translation
  • Korean: 동시통역 (dongsitong'yeok) — type of oral translation
  • Latvian: sinhronā tulkošana — type of oral translation
  • Malay: interpretasi serentak — type of oral translation
  • Polish: tłumaczenie symultaniczne — type of oral translation
  • Russian: синхро́нный перево́д (sinxrónnyj perevód) — type of oral translation
  • Spanish: interpretación simultánea — type of oral translation
  • Swedish: simultantolkning — type of oral translation
  • Vietnamese: phiên dịch song song — type of oral translation
  • Vietnamese: phiên dịch đồng thời — type of oral translation