So You Want to be an Interpreter?


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The premier textbook for interpreting programs in North America! The 493 page textbook comes packaged with a DVD study guide which provides supplemental video materials for each chapter, along with additional study questions to prepare for the written RID/AVLIC certification exams.




Silver Threads


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Deaf Professionals and Designated Interpreters


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This collection defines a new model for interpreting dependent upon close partnerships between the growing number of deaf attorneys, educators, and other professionals and their interpreters.




Mentorship in Sign Language Interpreting


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Mentorship in Sign Language Interpreting acknowledges the contributions of mentoring to the sign language interpreting profession, especially those groups, organizations and programs that have made significant contributions to mentoring interpreters. The 15 chapters in this volume reflect the progress and impact of mentoring in its many forms, theories and models for mentoring programs. Through innovative collaboration with the authors of each chapter, the editors have provided an educational tool that has moved beyond simple implementation of mentoring projects and programs to structured evaluations and informed assessments of the impact of such programs.




Sign Language Interpreters in Court


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A book consisting of 83 poems, middle of nowhere is an honest and heartfelt account of relationship and world problems that impact everyone. These poems were written in a 2 year period, most coming into creation during very hard and depressing points in the author's life. Sharing the good as well as the bad, middle of nowhere is a joy to read and deeply appreciated for the many subjects that it touches on.




Sign Language Interpreting


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As with all professional interpreters, sign language interpreters strive to achieve the proper protocol of complete objectivity and accuracy in their translation without influencing the interaction in any way. Yet, Melanie Metzger's significant work Sign Language Interpreting: Deconstructing the Myth of Neutrality demonstrates clearly that the ideal of an interpreter as a neutral language conduit does not exist. Metzger offers evidence of this disparity by analyzing two video-taped ASL-English interpreted medical interviews, one an interpreter-trainee mock interview session, and the other an actual encounter between a deaf client and a medical professional.




Fingerspelling in American Sign Language


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This useful text is now full revised and updated. It is a rich and comprehensive resource which features information across a wide range of key fingerspelling topics. Subjects include the history of fingerspelling use, its applications as a component of American Sign Language (ASL) and information regarding expressive and receptive fingerspelling. Student and instructor tested lessons, exercises, drills and activities are incorporated into each chapter. This is THE text for beginning to intermediate ASL classes and study groups.




Transliterating


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Since the 1970s, there has been a growing number of Interpreting Preparation Programs (IPPs) across the country set up for sign language interpreters. The focus of these programs has been to teach American Sign Language (ASL) and to train students how to interpret from ASL to English and English to ASL. A common belief among many educators and sign language interpreters is that once an individual has learned ASL-to-English and English-to-ASL interpretation, then English-based transliteration should not be a problem. However, statistics from RID show that in the first 4 years the two performance tests were offered, the failure rate for the Certificate of Transliterating (CT) was almost 54%, while the failure rate for the Certificate of Interpreting (CI) was 27%. These statistics demonstrate the need for more training in transliteration. Few, if any, texts exist that cover the task of transliterating. This book was written to fill that need. It provides a comprehensive overview of the task of transliterating, and its primary goal is to serve as a standardized curriculum for students currently enrolled in IPPs who have taken at least one semester of interpreting skills.




Team Interpreting as Collaboration and Interdependence


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Based in two studies, this book explores team interpreting and reveals the potential of team members working together on all aspects of interpreting assignments.