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…

June 9, 2012
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

May 27, 2012
Participated in an ASL Hangout On Air, discussed how to have better signed language videoconferences

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). On […]

May 23, 2012
American Sign Language (ASL) Hangout On Air, Interpreted

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 and […]

May 13, 2012
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 […]

April 20, 2012