Category: Interpreting

  • Translations for CHA-HEAD other than ARROGANT

    There is a sign in ASL some call CHA-HEAD because “cha” is the mouth morpheme used in ASL for something big, and the sign for BIG is made around the head level to indicate a “big head” (figuratively speaking). The formal gloss for this sign is ARROGANT (glosses are conventionally written in ALL CAPS). Since ASL…

  • Bulletin: Rethinking VRI Video Remote Interpreting and the Reason 360 Translations Does Not Support It

    I think VRI definitely has its place, but I dislike it when hospitals decide it is the only accommodation they will provide. Here is an editorial about it: Bulletin: Rethinking VRI Video Remote Interpreting and the Reason 360 Translations Does Not Support It.

  • Interpreted an interview today for local news

    Interpreted an interview today for local news

    I interpreted a media interview today that showed up on local news tonight. The event was the Arizona Deaf Festival, sponsored by the Arizona Commission for the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing, and the Deaf man I interpreted for was Sean Furman.

  • I’m watching the Community Forum – Conversations Today Shaping Our Tomorrow

    I’m not at RID 2013 in person, but I’m watching the Community Forum – Conversations Today Shaping Our Tomorrow live streaming at http://rid.org/content/index.cfm/AID/266. I’m live tweeting with others who are there and watching it streaming as well. Watching Community Forum – Conversations Today Shaping Our Tomorrow #RID2013 http://t.co/aSjidLFgs7 — Daniel Greene (@danielgreene) August 10, 2013 #RID2013…

  • Computerized interpretation of vague language for Web searches

    It’s great to see how people other than “interpreters” are implementing the “interpretation” of vague language for practical applications! Panos Alexopoulos, in his presentation Vagueness in Semantic Information Management, discusses how Internet engineers can design databases with search capabilities that can “interpret” what consumers mean when they say they are looking for, say, a “Big, modern restaurant.”…