Metaglossia: The Translation World

A team of three developers, Oleg Imanilov, Zvika Markfield, and Tomer Daniel, have developed a novel sign language interpreter glove.

I never would have thought that I would ever say this but I need to be appreciative for what I have learned in school. I am a typical junior in high school. I would rather talk with my friends then...

Purple Communications™, Inc., a leading provider of innovative communications for people who are deaf, hard of hearing or speech-impaired, is a proud sponsor of this year's Clerc Classic, a high school basketball...

We're all eyes and ears about the new cool gadgets The Next Web team is checking out at CES, but this is one gadget that didn't pop up in Las Vegas. Despite that fact, it still deserves ...

Deaf people across the country are pleading with Canadian regulators to retain a videophone service that they say has changed their lives.

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“Taking this service away does not leave me with a good feeling,” said Lampitt, 53.

The service uses sign-language operators who relay messages to deaf people via video phones.

It has been in use in Canada for 18 months on a trial basis, but the CRTC, which governs the country’s telephone industry, says the experiment will end on Jan. 15 when funding runs out.

Deaf groups are planning protests across the country on Friday at CRTC offices.

The service facilitates conversations between a deaf person and one with hearing. Previously, deaf people typed their comments to an operator, who relayed messages back and forth by talking with the person being called and typing their comments.

Purple Senior Vice President and accommodation expert Gordon Ellis explains the benefits of leveraging technology in the workplace for people with disabilities Rocklin, CA (PRWEB) January 04, 2012 Purple Senior Vice...

A North Vancouver man is campaigning to save what he says is a vital telephone service for people with impaired hearing.

Ryan Ollis, 31, has gathered more than 200 petition signatures so far and has presented his case to the City of North Vancouver's council. Roughly 10,000 petitions are circulating across Canada.

Video relay service, or VRS, allows people with impaired hearing to use sign language over the telephone. To use it, a caller signs in front of a camera. That video is relayed to a call centre where a translator speaks into the telephone to a hearing person at the other end of the conversation. That person's spoken reply, in turn, is translated into sign language and displayed on the caller's television screen.

The video service replaces the older teletypewriter service, or TTY, in which operators translated typed messages into speech and vice versa.

Video relay has been available in the U.S. since 2002, but only came to Canada as a one-year CRTC trial in July of 2010. The pilot program was extended by six months, but will be discontinued Jan. 15.

Read more: http://www.nsnews.com/CRTC+service+deaf/5943805/story.html#ixzz1ic8I1HVi

Jeffrey Stringer has won the first round of a five-year discrimination battle with the Department of National Defence.

But the hearing-impaired former drafting technician at 8 Wing/CFB Trenton said he is not done fighting.

Recently, the Department of National Defence (DND) was ordered to pay the 41-year-old civilian more than $27,000 for failing to provide him with a sign language interpreter.

When hired as a draftsman — he prepared accurate and detailed drawings for construction and engineering projects at the air base — under an employment equity program in 2003, National Defence (DND) was aware of Stringer's disability. However, Stringer's request for an American Sign Language (ASL) interpreter — his first language — was denied on several occasions.

Interpreter Workshop: Peer-to-Peer Collaboration - DFW
Saturday February 4, 2012
Presented by, Mike McMillion

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“How was that?” Interpreters often ask themselves this question during and after an assignment. How do you talk about your work? What questions do you ask? What would other professional colleagues have to say about your work product? This collaborative session will afford participants the opportunity to openly and freely talk about their work product. Feedback and mediated questioning designed to aid the interpreter with thinking about the processes of the texts as well as peer-to-peer discussion will be the main format of the workshop.

Workshop Description: Gino Gouby, CDI & CLIP-R will present a full 16-workshop over the course of the weekend. There will be an 8-hour overview of the NAD- RID Code of Professional Conduct which will focus on interpreter ethics. The next 8-hours will focus on the four domains; professional role and responsibilities of an RID Certified CDI, how a CDI prepares for interpreting assignments, interpreting settings and the challenges that CDIs can typically encounter, and how a CDI can effectively debrief following the assignment with a team member, and/or consumers involved.

Gino Gouby, CDI & CLIP-R, has worked for GIS since 2009, and he also coordinates the Emergency Interpreting Pilot Program at Gallaudet. Prior to working at Gallaudet, Gino worked over five years as the Professional Development Manager within the VRS field. Gino brings to this workshop over 12 years of experience as an interpreting trainer and practitioner. He has presented on local, regional, national and international levels. Gino received his Certified Deaf Interpreter certification in 2001 and his Conditional Legal Interpreting Permit – Relay in 2002. He also holds ASLTA-Provisional certification from American Sign Language Teachers’ Association.

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As part of the celebration of Rizal @150 and the 115th Commemoration of Rizal’s Martyrdom, Mi Ultimo Adios in Filipino Sign Language will have a special showing on December 29 at 4:00 p.m.

by Brandon Hartman WACO - A former worker at a Waco sign language interpreting agency is expected to receive her sentence Monday afternoon.

Nancy Romero has already translated several scriptures using a sign writing system developed by friend Valerie Sutton.

The Stanislaus County Superior Court has joined five other county courts in a pilot program using video-conferencing technology to make American Sign Language interpreters more accessible to deaf or hearing-impaired defendants.

DAYTON — Law enforcement and local courts spent nearly $7,000 this year to ensure those affected by crime and tragedy who speak little or no English or are deaf can tell their side of the story.

El mensaje de Navidad de don Juan Carlos será emitido mañana por el Canal 24 Horas de TVE con traducción al lenguaje de signos para las personas sordas, según han informado fuentes de la Casa del Rey.

Las mismas fuentes han explicado que el propio don Juan Carlos comunicó esta iniciativa a la presidenta de la Confederación Estatal de Personas Sordas (CNSE), Concepción María Díez Robledo, cuando recibió el pasado 30 de noviembre en audiencia al Consejo de esta organización, con motivo de su 75 aniversario.

Five years after he was jailed in Ramsey County, Douglas Bahl believes he can have a normal life again.

Major changes are in the works for the hearing impaired at the Ramsey County Adult Detention Center.

Ramsey County has settled in a lawsuit with deaf advocate Doug Bahl who was pulled over for running a red light in 2006.

Miscommunications that night led to a physical altercation with St. Paul Police and Bahl was arrested. He spent three nights in jail without a sign language interpreter or the ability to contact anyone.

Bahl sued both the City of St. Paul and Ramsey County.

Irma Sanchez has three young sons who love football and video games, so when they’re all home, visitors might be surprised by what they hear: absolute silence.

Sanchez’s three sons were all born Deaf and must communicate using American Sign Language (ASL). Inspired by her journey to learn ASL, Sanchez started the group “Deaf Latinos” – a free weekly class at her South Los Angeles home where Sanchez teaches ASL in Spanish. The Sanchez family...

Sign language users identify President Jacob Zuma by his forehead and not the infamous showerhead, DeafSA says. For Julius Malema, it's his cheeks.

Sign language users identify President Jacob Zuma by his forehead and not the infamous showerhead, DeafSA says. For Julius Malema, it's his cheeks.

The settlement requires the county to provide to all deaf and hearing-impaired inmates a "qualified sign-language interpreter" or other appropriate communication aids within an hour of being taken into custody....

This year Dorothy, Toto, and the Tinman skipped down the yellow brick road into Randolph with a new friend in tow - Caitlyn McKiernan.
She is added a new element that goes beyond dancing, acting and singing to Randolph Theater Company’s rendition of “The Wizard of Oz.” She is interpreted the play to ASL (American Sign Language) for the hearing-impaired in the performance Saturday, Dec. 10.
Acting more as the Wizard than a character looking for a heart or brain, she is masterfully using her hands to express joy, sadness, surprise and other emotions to a diverse audience that may have not otherwise been able to hear the songs and sounds of the characters. Her unique tale of “dancing through her hands and singing through her fingers” is one of inspiration and importance.

Read more: Randolph sign language interpreter adds a new dimension to 'Oz’ performance - Randolph, MA - Randolph Herald http://www.wickedlocal.com/randolph/fun/entertainment/arts/x645109622/Randolph-sign-language-interpreter-adds-a-new-dimension-to-Oz-performance#ixzz1hG6wo2PR

Plakoura joined some 2,000 disabled demonstrators at a rally in central Athens this week to protest sweeping benefit cuts imposed in Greece's economic crisis that have deprived her of sign-language translation.

In August, a five-year-old program providing deaf people with interpreters was suspended after the government abruptly cut its funding to less than half. Overnight, 15,000 deaf people around Greece were left without help to report a crime to the police, rent a house or go to a job interview....