Translation help

deafygravity · 04-20-2008, 07:11 PM

How would one sign the English phrase, "No good deed goes unpunished" - is there an equivalent in ASL? (thinking of the song from Wicked by the same same title).

***~SG~*** · 04-21-2008, 02:49 AM

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straddler · 05-05-2008, 12:18 AM

Hmm, it's hard to translate an ASL phrase into written English but...:

/raised eyebrows/
good
action/do

/pursed lips, shake head/
*emphasis* guaranteed
always
(move handshape from 'always' in half circle in front of body, like it is going around and coming back)
(use handshape from always to sign 'punish')

*shrugs* at least this is how I would sign it

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04-21-2008, 02:49 AM	#2 (permalink)
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straddler Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Washington, DC Posts: 15	Hmm, it's hard to translate an ASL phrase into written English but...: /raised eyebrows/ good action/do /pursed lips, shake head/ emphasis guaranteed always (move handshape from 'always' in half circle in front of body, like it is going around and coming back) (use handshape from always to sign 'punish') shrugs at least this is how I would sign it