Daniel Greene

Tag: sign language

  • The Professional Interpreter: One Profession. One Real Profession.

    Originally posted on The Professional Interpreter: Dear Colleagues, It seems to me that a week never goes by without a colleague telling me that he or she was misunderstood, humiliated, obstructed, or underpaid while doing his or her job.  Some of them react with anger, others with frustration, a few seem resigned, but a growing…

  • Looking forward to today’s #EPT Hangout On Air on signed/spoken language interpreting

    https://twitter.com/TerpTrans/status/206765043281440769 As fate would have it, I found out right after I Tweeted and posted this that #EPT were postponing. With deep regret, we must postpone today's Interpreters and Translators on Air. One of our guests will be unable… https://t.co/cUcu5deu — #EPT updates (@EPTupdates) May 27, 2012

  • Participated in an ASL Hangout On Air, discussed how to have better signed language videoconferences

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gIgMZ2EtKc Naomi Black at Google headquarters invited Willie King, Jared Evans, Ben Rubin, Richard Goodrow, me, (and maybe others who couldn’t make it) to a Hangout On Air so she should show JAC Cook how Google’s videoconferencing technology works. We talked about some of the plusses (no pun intended) and minuses of Google+ HOA’s (Hangouts On Air, not Homeowners’ Associations).…

  • American Sign Language (ASL) Hangout On Air, Interpreted

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLqPIGIiZ_s I participated in a Google+ Hangout On Air about American Sign Language (ASL) and Deaf culture by interpreting for Dylan, a Deaf man who shared his perspectives. I interpreted consecutively so that people could watch Dylan without voice interference; I also interpreted consecutively rather than simultaneously with the aim of providing a more accurate…

  • Resources for learning signed languages and Deaf culture

    Here is just a sampling of links. Some of these I found on Discover Interpreting, and some of them I found on my own. I just found a page full of links on Omniglot, so I shall give you this list for now, recommend you check out the Omniglot links to websites about signed languages…