How to say "interpretation" in Japanese

• 解釈かいしゃくJLPT N3approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbInterpretation as working out what something means: how a text, law, statement, or set of data is understood and explained. This is the word for analytical or legal interpretation, not for translation.
  それは２通とおりに解釈かいしゃくできる。↗

  That reads two different ways.
• 通訳つうやくJLPT N2approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbStrictly the oral-translation sense: interpretation between languages, spoken, as by an interpreter at a meeting or conference. It is never the word for interpreting the meaning of a text — that is 解釈.
• アレンジCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbMainly an arrangement of music or an adaptation of a story or recipe; its 'interpretation' sense is a personal take on a piece. For analytical interpretation it is seldom the word you want.

Choose 解釈 for interpreting the meaning of texts, laws, or data; 通訳 only for oral translation between languages; and 「アレンジ」 for a creative take or arrangement of music or a story.

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• 解釈かいしゃくinterpretation
• 通訳つうやくinterpretation (i.e. oral translation)
• アレンジarrangement (of music)
• 訓詁くんこinterpretation
• 通弁つうべんinterpretation (i.e. oral translation)
• 訓解くんかいinterpretation
• 解釈実行かいしゃくじっこうinterpretation
• 捉え方とらえかたinterpretation
• インタープリテーションinterpretation
• 判読はんどくdecipherment
• 叙説じょせつexplanation
• 通事つうじinterpreter (esp. of Dutch and Chinese during the Edo period)
• 読み方よみかたinterpretation (e.g. of a text)
• 読みよみreading (e.g. of a situation)
• 解かいexplanation