Tag: thoughts
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Taking ASL is like taking dance, language, communication, & anthropology
So much goes into learning ASL, and so much can come out of it! I hope that this diagram and these words will help give students a greater respect for the complexity in store for them as they embark upon learning ASL.
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Interpreter, appreciate thyself.
Physician, heal thyself. –ancient proverb Yesterday was Interpreter Appreciation Day. I’d like to propose the day after be dubbed Interpreter Self-Appreciation Day. It is reassuring to be appreciated, but our consumers and colleagues may not always take the time to express their appreciation. What is more, even when people express their appreciation, we may not absorb […]
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Do conference interpreters make more than medical interpreters?
The ADA may account for the equal pay ASL/English interpreters earn for conference & medical interpreting vs. the disparity Spanish/English interpreters earn.
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I know more than I think I know, and I can do more than I think I can do
I know more than I think I know, and I can do more than I think I can do. These words came to me in a dream, and I woke myself up this morning by speaking them in my sleep.
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Learning is…
Learning is living, giving, stretching, reaching, teaching, testing, puzzlement, failures, successes– results.