hearie w/ ASL questions

alextree · 03-16-2004, 03:36 PM

(can I call myself hearie?)

Hi,
I'm trying to learn ASL. I used to have many deaf/HoH friends but now I'm in a different city and the only translators I know use more like signed english. Would anyone be willing to answer a question for me?

How do you sign names in ASL? Are there certain signs that always mean the same name? Are they always fingerspelled? I'm trying to translate (very badly) civil rights songs into ASL for a history class, and I need to know the names of several people from the Bible (Paul and Silas). Do I just fingerspell them every time?

thank you for any help you can give,
alex

Malfoyish · 03-16-2004, 03:38 PM

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Originally Posted by alextree

(can I call myself hearie?)

Hi,
I'm trying to learn ASL. I used to have many deaf/HoH friends but now I'm in a different city and the only translators I know use more like signed english. Would anyone be willing to answer a question for me?

How do you sign names in ASL? Are there certain signs that always mean the same name? Are they always fingerspelled? I'm trying to translate (very badly) civil rights songs into ASL for a history class, and I need to know the names of several people from the Bible (Paul and Silas). Do I just fingerspell them every time?

thank you for any help you can give,
alex

Depends on the name, I guess. You can ask if a person has a sign name, otherwise fingerspelling the name is acceptable.

I don't know bible stuff...I lost my holy book somewhere along the road...

Good luck, and if you need any help, lemme know!

Malfoyish

Fly Free · 03-16-2004, 03:42 PM

first off

welcome to AD alextree

to answer ur question -- i dont think u would have to fingerspell every name in the book -- u can come up with name signs for each character -- thats 1 suggestion i have

jejones3141 · 03-25-2004, 02:53 PM

David Bar-Tzur's home page (http://www.rit.edu/~dabdis/) has links to pages about interpreting for religious topics; maybe they'd be of some help.

03-16-2004, 03:36 PM	#1 (permalink)
alextree Registered User Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 2	hearie w/ ASL questions (can I call myself hearie?) Hi, I'm trying to learn ASL. I used to have many deaf/HoH friends but now I'm in a different city and the only translators I know use more like signed english. Would anyone be willing to answer a question for me? How do you sign names in ASL? Are there certain signs that always mean the same name? Are they always fingerspelled? I'm trying to translate (very badly) civil rights songs into ASL for a history class, and I need to know the names of several people from the Bible (Paul and Silas). Do I just fingerspell them every time? thank you for any help you can give, alex

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03-16-2004, 03:42 PM	#3 (permalink)
Fly Free Just me Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Wherever i want to be LOL Posts: 9,101	first off welcome to AD alextree to answer ur question -- i dont think u would have to fingerspell every name in the book -- u can come up with name signs for each character -- thats 1 suggestion i have

03-25-2004, 02:53 PM	#4 (permalink)
jejones3141 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Des Moines, IA Posts: 93	David Bar-Tzur's home page (http://www.rit.edu/~dabdis/) has links to pages about interpreting for religious topics; maybe they'd be of some help.