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Discovered blog by Deaf ASL teacher & interpreter trainer
Today, via DeafRead, I discovered the blog of a like-minded ASL linguist and educator. The blog is called “[My Opinion Here].” Check it out!
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Bimodal interpreters, not just sign language interpreters
Sign language interpreters are spoken language interpreters too To talk about our work, it helps to have efficient terms that accurately define it. Typically, we ASL/English interpreters call ourselves “sign language interpreters,” while we call (for example) Spanish/English interpreters “spoken language interpreters.” Yet signed language is only half our language pair; the other half is spoken language; therefore, […]
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Link: Interpreting is interpreting – or is it?
Interpreting is interpreting – or is it? via aiic.net Excellent article by Holly Mikkelson, distinguishing between the many different kinds of interpreting interpreters do. You might be surprised how many there are!
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Why there is no “Google Gesture” sign-to-speech translator
Aside from the irresponsible journalism that propagated this story in the first place, the basis for the concept is fundamentally flawed. There cannot be such thing as a wristband a signer can wear that will translate their signed language into spoken language; why? Because signed language is not just on the hands! Signed language is […]
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Interpreter goes crazy for World Cup
Saw this on TV at Eriberto’s during World Cup coverage. Funny for interpreters! Watch ’til the end.
Daniel Greene 