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ArtsJournal (Free subscription) | 18/11/2008
"So, there I was, idling late at night in front of the telly, when on came the late film: John Schlesinger's 1967 work, Far from the Madding Crowd." Then up popped the on-screen sign-language interpreter, inescapably covering a substantial chunk of the picture. "Please, someone, answer me this: what the hell is wrong with subtitles?"...
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icWales (Free subscription) | 28/08/2008
A WELSH college is hoping to bridge the shortfall in British Sign Language interpreters with a new modular course.
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I look so I can hear.... (Free subscription) | 02/08/2008
Theme: Third Language Interpreting Date: 12 - 14 September 2008 Place: Voorschoten, The Netherlands Organiser: Dutch Association of Sign Language Intepreters Address: Karhulstraat 15 7339 AD Ugchelen THE NETHERLANDS Telephone: +30 55 540 2750 Fax: +30 55 540 2751 Website
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 24/06/2008
Mr. Dodou Loum, the Executive Director of Gambia Association of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (GADHOH), has lamented that the deaf community in The Gambia are depending on only four (4) sign language interpreters countrywide to facilitate communication between the deaf and the rest of the hearing population.
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The San Antonio Business Journal (Free subscription) | 01/05/2008
Frost Bank is now offering a new service to the deaf community in Austin that provides customers access to American Sign Language interpreters at the bank. (CFR)
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Science Daily (Free subscription) | 17/04/2008
Sign language interpreting is one of the highest-risk professions for ergonomic injury, according to a new study. The research indicates that interpreting causes more physical stress to the extremities than high-risk tasks conducted in industrial settings, including assembly line work.
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Globe and Mail (Free subscription) | 13/03/2008
In response to growing national and international demand, the University of Alberta and Lakeland College are launching a new program to train sign-language interpreters. The diploma program, which will begin this fall, will be the first such course in Alberta and the fifth offered at a Canadian postsecondary institution.
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JSOnline (Free subscription) | 01/03/2008
Testimony on whether two deaf parents were treated unfairly by the court system because sign-language interpreters were not present for some hearings was postponed Friday - because not enough interpreters were present.
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Comments for kokonutguy (Free subscription) | 26/02/2008
Yes, computer keyboards HAVE to stay!! We all have contacts who are hearing in our lives. We also want to be as independent as possible without having to depend on sign language interpreters all the time. One good example is Richard Roehm's lawyer using the Dragon system, which is from voice to text. One of my relatives has lost the use of her hands so she relies on that, too. She writes poems...
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 13/02/2008
Mr. Dodou Loum, the Executive Director of Gambia Association of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (GADHOH), has lamented that the deaf community in The Gambia are depending on only four (4) sign language interpreters countrywide to facilitate communication between the deaf and the rest of the hearing population.
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Comments for kokonutguy (Free subscription) | 05/02/2008
It isn't irony. It's pragmatic. Sign language interpreters are very expensive, and it is a huge convention with many workshops going on at the same time. They also provide CART.
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kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 01/02/2008
BANGKOK, Thailand | Sign language interpreters in Thailand have run afoul of some ruling party supporters by holding their noses to refer to the new prime minister. Samak Sundaravej, chosen in Parliament on Monday as the first elected prime minister since a September 2006 coup, has been nicknamed “Mr. Rose Apple Nose” because many claim his nose resembles the fruit.
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DeafDC Blog (Free subscription) | 31/01/2008
There’s a strong stench coming from Thailand. It stemmed from the fast-growing controversy concerning how the sign language interpreters in that country identify prominent politicians. Samak Sundaravej, the first elected prime minister since a September coup two years ago, has been crowned “Mr. Rose Apple Nose” because of a strong resemblance to the fruit. Accordingly, [...]
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Denver Post (Free subscription) | 31/01/2008
Sign-language interpreters in Thailand have run afoul of some ruling-party supporters by holding their noses to refer to the new prime minister.
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OTB News (Free subscription) | 31/01/2008
Sign language interpreters in Thailand have run afoul of supporters among the governing party by holding their noses to refer to the new prime minister, Samak Sundaravej. Thai sign language interpreters often indicate prominent facial features as shorthand for dignitaries, and during a live broadcast of the parliamentary session on Monday that selected Mr. Samak, [...]
