The phrase "a contrary interpretation" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing an alternative understanding or viewpoint that opposes a previously stated interpretation.
Example: "While many agree with the author's perspective, there is a contrary interpretation that suggests a different meaning behind the text."
Alternatives: "an opposing interpretation" or "a conflicting interpretation".
35 The national court wishes to be in a position to determine whether the relevant provisions of the UrhG, which grant certain rights to the producer independently of the contractual provisions, are applicable as interpreted hitherto by the Austrian courts or whether a contrary interpretation that is consistent with European Union law is required.
The rationale for this interpretation was twofold: First, a contrary interpretation would impermissibly extend the Copyright Act extraterritorially.
8 Of course, a Treasury Regulation is not invalid simply because the statutory language will support a contrary interpretation.
But a contrary interpretation was gaining ground: the émigré philosopher Theodor W. Adorno, among others, linked Wagner's anti-Semitism to Hitler's.
The government's brief said Congress must have intended to allow the detention of people like Mr. Marri and called a contrary interpretation absurd.
A contrary interpretation of the statute would allow the enemy – rather than the President and Congress – to control the scope of the AUMF by splintering into rival factions while continuing to prosecute the same conflict against the United States.
On the contrary, interpretation is a private rule-making endeavour.
Even if you think [the challengers'] claim is plausible, maybe even attractive, the contrary interpretation offered by the government is at least reasonable.
In these circumstances, this Court need not decide what, if any, deference is owed the Commission in order to reject its contrary interpretation.
Consider two contrary interpretations of the country's economy.
Such understanding may also illuminate the remarkable certainty that individuals express in their contrary interpretations of the same basic information.
