Key Terms
One’s primary language i.e. that language learned at home.
What is L1 or native language.
The first term used to describe the process of working from ASL into spoken English.
What is voicing?
Hearing people often require expansion from the multiple layers and nuances of ASL.
Do "hearing" people need expansion also?
These can be unclear when rendering and ASL to English sentence since ASL does not frequently use them in the same way as English.
What are Pronoun Referents?
The language in which the message terminates.
What is the target language?
ITPs do not often show students how to be clear for hearing consumers.
What is a training challenge for students in ITPs?
A hearing individual who is united with the Deaf community to promote equality.
What is an Ally?
Non-manual markers that indicate when events happen.
What are time/tense referents?
The language in which the message originates.
What is source language?
The primary sentiment that built the interpreting relationship between Deaf and hearing people who would become interpreters.
What is trust?
Historically, interpreters and interpreter educators defined the interpreting role.
Who traditionally defined the interpreter's role?
Interpreters often struggle to interpret for hearing people.
What is the role of the "other" consumer?
The language one acquires as a result of formal study.
What is B language?
CODAs, Clergy, and Teachers
Who were the first interpreters for Deaf people?
The interpreter's task to facilitate communication between Deaf and hearing parties, so that, both communicators understand each other in the way each have intended.
What is cultural mediation?
Eyes can grow visually fatigued, trying to formulate a 1-D message while viewing a 3-D message and there is no standard form of ASL.
What are the challenges of ASL to English interpreting?
A subtle shade of meaning.
What is a nuance?
States that interpreting is defined as the transference of meaning in context.
Who is Betty Colonomos?
Deaf individuals benefitting from ADA, were able to gain a college education and self advocate for the interpreter's role.
Who presently defines the interpreter's role?
Vocabulary selection, meaning conveyed, English syntax, and signer affect is conveyed.
What are the components of a strong voiced message?