ASL Interpreting Questions

1. Interpreters adhere to standards of confidential communication. 2. Interpreters possess the professional skills and knowledge required fo

The process of taking message and expressing it in a different form of the same language. (Spoken English - S.E.E.)

Education for all Handicapped Children Act, Individuals with Disabilities Education Act(IDEA), and The "mainstreaming" law.

1964

The channel through which a message is expressed. (aural/oral or visual/gestural).

Vocational Rehabilitation Act Amendment, The Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Public Law 94-142, and Americans with Disabilities Act.

Changing a message from a frozen form in one language into spoken or signed form of another language.

The language in which the original message is conveyed.

Authorized hiring interpreters as part of vocational rehabilitation expenses for deaf clients. Interpreters started being paid.

Delivery of source language, brief pause, and then interpreted into the target language.

Maintaining the speaker's intended interaction with an impact on the audience. All parties involved know message clearly.

Skills or resources that the worker can bring to bear in response to the demands of the job.

Prohibited discrimination against disabled people in the public sector. All agencies receiving federal funds had to become accessible.

The transition of a message from the frozen form of one language into the frozen form of another language.

Mandated that children with disabilities be educated in the least restrictive environment. More jobs.

Applies the concept of equal access to the private business sector. More demand for interpreters.

Interpreting the target language at the same time the source language message is being delivered.

Requirement of the job; those factors which "act upon" the worker.

The time required to take in the source language and interpret to the target language with proper meaning.

The language into which the original message is interpreted.

Uneducated, Inappropriately educated "oral failures", mentally retarded, developmentally disabled or delayed, foreign born, and children.

Maintain eye contact, be a good observer, and think in a natural order and set the scene.

Pantomime, gesture, real objects, pictures, key words, using an intermediary or relayinterpreter, and using other person as resource.

Medical terminology, medical protocol, squeamish, and impartiality.

Strong liberal arts background, fluent in both languages, excellent public relations skills, and knowledge of child development.

Visual, auditory, and tactile.

Small sign language, small gestures, printing on paper, tracking sign language, and devices with large print displays.

Print on palm, alphabet glove, and fingerspelling.

Hand over hand, hand into hand, birdcage, braille or alphabet card with raised letters, tacoma, and tactile signing.

Ushers syndrome.

The process of making speech visible to a deaf or hard of hearing person through precise mouthing of words, facial expression, body language

Add a clarifying word, add a gesture, repeat the noun, lengthen a short sentence, change phrasing, introduce main idea earlier reorder.

Strong speechreading skills, trained and experienced in speech, devloped articulation skills that allow for easy understanding of speech.

Video Relay Service. Funded by the Federal Communications Commission FCC.

Video Remote Interpreting. You have to pay for it. Interpreter in remote location, deaf and hearing client together.

Interpreter in remote location, and deaf and hearing client in different locations.

Basic knowledge of medications used and their effectsm and you must know yourself.

Literally voicing, writing, etc. the signs that you see. Transcribe rather than interpret.

Therapists may feel awkward; think their practice is being invaded. They're afraid you'll tell about their practice. No privacy.

No. Unless you have a mentor.

Do my beliefs match the setting?

Performance arts and religion.