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interpreter · Different wording
Different wording The two terms share 器 in their simplified forms but are different words. In Taiwan the standard term is 直譯器; on the Mainland it is 解释器 - both point at “interpreter”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 直譯器、解釋器 for this concept. The Mainland standard is among them - the difference is which form each side makes the default.
Neither term carries an HSK or TOCFL level in this table - this pair is dictionary-recorded, not syllabus-derived.
Pair source: the OpenCC cross-strait conversion table, which maps each Mainland term to the form used in Taiwan.
| Taiwan · 台灣 | Mainland · 大陆 | |
|---|---|---|
| Written form | 直譯器 | 解释器 |
| Reading | ㄓˊ ㄧˋ ㄑㄧˋ zhí yì qì | jiě shì qì ㄐㄧㄝˇ ㄕˋ ㄑㄧˋ |
| Senses | interpreter | interpreter (computing) |
| Syllabus | — | — |
| MOE records | 直譯器 · 解釋器 | |
| Dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary | entry → |
| Audio | — | |
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