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Sign Language Interpreter and American Sign Language (ASL) Resources and Articles
Achieving Professional Standards in Interpreting
What does it mean to be a PROFESSIONAL Interpreter? Professionalism is not defined by what job you do, but by how you do it. Different workplaces and roles have different expectations about dress, the use of social media, confidentiality, behavior on the job, your...
7 ASL Interpretations of The Star-Spangled Banner
This article begins a four-part series highlighting Interpreter Training, Deaf Education, Deaf Studies, and other Deaf-related post-secondary programs across the United States. Part One will focus on programs available in the Southeastern Region of the United States....
Deaf-Related Educational Programs Across the USA – Part Three (Midwestern Region)
This article begins a four-part series highlighting Interpreter Training, Deaf Education, Deaf Studies, and other Deaf-related post-secondary programs across the United States. Part One will focus on programs available in the Southeastern Region of the United States....
The Care and Feeding of Interpreters: Why is this Important?
As interpreters, our lives are filled with unexpected emergencies on the job, last minute requests and assignment changes and we must be prepared for anything! Our baggage follows us into every assignment, and we are the conduits of important, painful, happy, sad,...
15 Idioms in English & Their Meanings
With all the advance materials, research, and deliberate practice in the world, at the end of the day we never really know what our clients might say or do. Sometimes a client will say something completely out of left field, and as an interpreter it is our duty to...
Deaf-Related Educational Programs Across the USA – Part Two (Northeastern Region)
This article begins a four-part series highlighting Interpreter Training, Deaf Education, Deaf Studies, and other Deaf-related post-secondary programs across the United States. Part One will focus on programs available in the Southeastern Region of the United States....
The Reality of being an Interpreter with APMPPE
It was between Thanksgiving and Christmas 2019 when I realized I couldn’t see. It wasn’t total inability to see, though it felt that way. It was dark spots that looked like floaters, that used to float then go away, but this time they were constantly there - unmoving....
Inspiration from the ABC Stories of 4 Deaf Creators
At a fundamental level, storytelling is ingrained in the human experience. Stories help us to make sense of our lives, create meaning, pass on lessons, remember notable experiences, and dream up new ways of understanding the world around us. Of course, this is not an...
Deaf-Related Educational Programs Across the USA – Part One (Southeastern Region)
This article begins a four-part series highlighting Interpreter Training, Deaf Education, Deaf Studies, and other Deaf-related post-secondary programs across the United States. Part One will focus on programs available in the Southeastern Region of the United States....
Figurative Language: Uses in the Classroom and in Our Daily Life
Languages are rich with strategies that allow the user to “play” with the words. As interpreters we also need to incorporate those same strategies so that the interpretation has that same richness. In English, some use figurative language to convey ideas. In this blog...
Team Interpreting: Two Heads are better than one!
Many interpreters have been asked to Team Interpret, but primarily work alone. Team interpreting refers to situations where two or more interpreters are working together with the goal of creating a better interpretation for the Deaf and Hearing client(s). The team...
