Metaglossia: The Translation World

For deaf or sign language interpreting adults, the Deaf-Blind Grizzly Bear Camp is planning a camp in Foresthill about 25 miles east of Auburn July 22-28.

http://www.handicap.fr - Apprendre la LSB à son bébé, ca veut dire quoi ? ! Enseignée aux parents, la langue des signes pour bébé permet la communication avec de très jeunes enfants qui ne savent pas encore parler !

A Fredericton woman wants an apology from Statistics Canada for the way it treated her profoundly deaf parents after they asked for an interpreter's help with a survey.

THE Provincial Board (PB) wants Cebu’s courts to hire sign language interpreters, saying there are many unresolved cases involving persons with hearing disabilities.The request was made in a res...

A year of inspired insights #4: How teaching Spanish a deaf multilingual student opened my eyes
It was two days before the semester began. I was sitting in my office preparing for class when the phone rang. I looked at the call display and saw that it was the department head calling me.

“Hello?” I answered.

“Hi, Sarah. I just wanted to give you the head’s up that you have a student with a disability in your class this semester.”

In the last week, the previous blog post on Interpreter Price Wars sent a small flurry of comments into the inbox. A few days later someone posted a query on a Sign Language Interpreters e-group re...

The U.S. Justice Department has reached a settlement with the Henry Ford Health System to ensure effective communication with individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing and need medical services.

The agreement resolves a 2004 complaint filed by a patient who alleged violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) at one of the health system’s psychiatric facilities — Kingswood Hospital, 10300 Eight Mile Road, Royal Oak Township.

A federal investigation revealed the health system failed to provide sign language interpreters to a deaf patient at the in-patient psychiatric facility and to his family members who are also deaf and need interpreters to communicate effectively with health care providers.

Alors que la campagne bat son plein, le manque d'accessibilité aux réunions publiques reste réel pour les électeurs handicapés. Un meeting politique "fictif" présente des solutions innovantes.
Qu'est-ce-qu'un faux meeting? Une simulation pour citoyens passionnés de politique? Un exercice pour candidat peu à l'aise avec la prise de parole? Non, une initiative portée par une jeune société pour illustrer comment rendre accessible à tous une réunion publique.
Jusqu'à ce jeudi soir, près de la Madeleine, au coeur de Paris, la société Aditevent, spécialisée dans l'accessibilité des évènements pour les électeurs en situation d'handicap, a installé un "faux meeting". Cette simulation de meeting présente "les coulisses d'une campagne électorale accessible", selon les mots de son créateur, Jérémie Boroy.
Malentendant depuis sa naissance, Jérémie Boroy s'est investi depuis des années dans la participation et la citoyenneté des personnes sourdes. Assistant parlementaire pendant 8 ans, il confie qu'il a été lui-même "frustré lorsque les conférences n'étaient pas accessibles".

ASL Interpreter Network is a premier sign language referral agency serving the Puget Sound area.

Danny Barken’s life was hardly conventional, but he made sure it was meaningful. His success in reversing his life helped him overcome substance abuse and led to his later becoming a role model for adults and kids alike.

Deaf South Africans want sign language to be recognised
The National Institute for the Deaf (NID), a Deaf South African organisation, has called on the government to recognise sign language as one of the official languages of South Africa.
During a parliamentary hearing into the proposed South African Languages Bill, the NID representatives said there are around 4 million South Africans with different levels of deafness, with 1.5 million being classified as profoundly Deaf. Sign language is said to be the fifth most used language in South Africa.

A comunidade surda pode agora participar de outra forma na Eucaristia dominical, para quem a participação está, muitas vezes, limitada devido à ausência de tradução em língua gestual. A missa de 27 de janeiro dá início a esta outra participação da comunidade surda. E até a primeira leitura será feita em língua gestual.

The Calcasieu Parish School Board on Tuesday changed the job title of interpreters for the hearing impaired to better reflect their job description.
Previously, staff members who served as interpreters were recognized as paraprofessionals in the school district. Now they will be recognized as interpreters.
“They are asking to be classified in the right job description,” board member Billy Breaux said. “It corrects a wrong that has been going on for a while.”
The state already differentiates between interpreters and paraprofessionals, and proponents of the motion said openings in the position would be difficult to advertise if it did not have a clear title.
Diohn Landry, a district interpreter who spoke in favor of the change, said that without this distinction the district would only be able to hire less qualified interpreters.
“Deaf and hard-of-hearing students are held to the same standard as any hearing student,” Landry said. “Without qualified interpreters that would be hard to achieve.”

El presente Diccionario Básico de la Lengua de Señas ha sido desarrollado con la finalidad de contribuir al aprendizaje inicial de la lengua, para de esta manera generar condiciones para la superación de las barreras de comunicación y así permitir que las personas con discapacidad auditiva hagan uso pleno de sus derechos como ciudadanos colombianos, participando día a día en una colectividad mas incluyente de las diferencias en la escuela y en otros espacios sociales.

The National Institute for the Deaf, making a submission during public hearings on the South African Language Bill, called for sign language to be recognised as one of the country's official languages.

La UAB cuenta con nuevas salas adaptadas a invidentes y sordos - ABC.es - Noticias Agencias...

Le langage des signes comme langue officielle en Afrique du Sud ?

Institute seeks recognition for sign language in SA - The National Institute for the Deaf (NID) has called for sign language to be recognised as one of the official languages in South Africa.

Cape Town - The National Institute for the Deaf (NID) has called for sign language to be recognised as one of the official languages in South Africa.

Sign language is said to be the fifth most used language in the country. More people use it compared to those who speak languages such as SiSwati, IsiNdebele and TshiVhenda.

The NID said that about four million South Africans had hearing difficulty, while 1.5 million were "profoundly deaf", with 93 percent of the deaf being unemployed.

This was revealed on Tuesday during public hearings on the South African Language Bill hosted by Parliament's Portfolio Committee on Arts and Culture.

...like any other married couple, once in a while, we may have misunderstandings here and there but unlike you other people who shout for the whole world to hear, we argue using sign language. It may get violent and tense but with my hot temper, which I am told is natural with deaf people, we give each other reasonable distance to let our emotions settle.

The BBC have admitted that the lady who does the sign language for deaf children on cBeebies was actually trapped in the corner of the screen and has been frantically waving all this time to try and attract attention.

‘It was horrible,’ said Susan Waterford. ‘I don’t know how to sign or anything so I just waved my arms around randomly, hoping someone would notice – pulling strange faces occassionally and nodding to the outside of the TV set where I wanted to be.’

OAK PARK, Ill. (AP) — A sign-language introduction to Medicare is now available on a federal website thanks to the work of a Chicago-area group of professionals who are deaf or work with people who are deaf.

While we wouldn't say worthy devices at CES are rare, it's always welcome when we're dodging those middling tablets and iPhones cases scattered acros...

E.C. Glass Theatre's production of 'Children of a Lesser God' will use 'shadow interpreting' and the skills of a hearing-impaired student in the lead role to bring the challenging play to the stage this week.

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He lost his hearing when he was 2 years old and spent some of his adolescent years at a residential school for the deaf, despite the fact that he could hear with the help of a hearing aid.

“There are a lot of scenes in the play that remind me of my life,” he said. “I felt very disconnected from my mother (as a child) because neither one of my parents really made the effort to learn sign language. My mother was never exposed to the deaf community, and she didn’t know what was best for me.”

He began working as an interpreter about 10 years ago

“I like the language,” he said. “I want to use what I’ve learned. … I feel like I can be a bridge between the hearing community and the deaf community.”

ASL Interpreter Network is a premier sign language referral agency serving the Puget Sound area.