Can someone tell me if there is any difference between an interpreter and a translator in definition?

From what I understand, an interpreter is someone who can translate the meaning of its contents. A Translater is someone who can translate word for word. Is my understanding wrong?|||Your understanding is dead on, the two people who answered so far are idiots. Translation is literal, word for word. For instance, in American Sign Language, ham translates directly as "pig meat." But, an interpreter would take the meaning and express the content as "ham."|||Not entirely. Usually an interpreter is someone who 'translates vocally' -- in the United Nations and so on, whereas a translater is normally associated with the written word.|||An interpreter translates speech in real time.





A translator translates written words at leisure.|||Interpreters interpret speech usually as it happens. Whereas, translators usually deal in written language.