Tag: conference
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Workshops on deaf-blind interpreting, oral transliteration at RID V in Hawaii
I am presenting two workshops at the RID Region V conference in Hawaii June 13–17: Lend me an ear. And a hand. And a black shirt: What you need to know about deaf-blind interpreting. Have you ever had consumers who asked you to “sign small” and “wear a black shirt”? If you have done video interpreting, chances…
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Are most ASL interpreters working in their C language?
I began writing this as a comment to C is for… – The Interpreter’s Languages (Part II), a follow-up to Learning your ABCs – The Interpreter’s Languages (Part I)— both posts from the blog The Interpreter Diaries. The comment got so long, though, I decided to make it a post on my own interpreting blog.…
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Why shouldn’t I let my consumers do my work for me sometimes?
Some interpreters just hate it when they’re trying to interpret from ASL to English and someone in the audience who knows sign language blurts out a word the interpreter missed or is trying to think of. I had such an interpreting experience recently, and it made me think about my willingness to let my consumers…
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Register for the “United We Stand” Hawaii state conference today!
I am excited to be presenting my Vague Language (VL) workshop at the “United We Stand” Hawaii state conference co-hosted by the Aloha State Association of the Deaf (ASAD), Hawaii Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (HRID), and Miss Deaf Hawai`i Ambassador Program (MDHAP). The conference takes place August 19-21, 2011, in Honolulu, HI at…
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Vague Language workshop at Western Oregon University August 12
I will be presenting my Vague Language (VL) workshop at a silent weekend at Western Oregon University on Friday, August 12, from 2:30 to 5:30 pm. This event is sponsored by the Western Region Interpreter Education Center (WRIEC) and happens to follow the first two–week colloquium of the first cohort of the Masters in Interpreting…
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