Recent content by Robo-Terp

You said a mouthful...yum!

I've worked in many settings already. Freelance, and VRS. Graduated 2 1/2 years ago, but I've been signing for many more years before that. My wife is Deaf and yes, I socialize.

You missed the point I think. It's not about me getting hung up on what english word to use. It's the Deaf consumer prefering to use a specific english word for the sign they've given, and how I know they're prefering this particular english word is by seeing they've mouthed it.

My goodness boy, give me a break. lol. I'm only a couple years into this. My goal is to not gloss, absolutely. And I will CONSTANTLY work on that goal, till the day I die even. :D As for your advice, thanks for providing it. But it's still a dilemma for me... here's why. I've had...

Well said! HEAR HEAR! It shows that you've put a lot of time in to that post and I want to say thank you. You couldn't have said it more clearer. In my opinion, it comes down to ideals. A lot of people just wish we lived in a world where big business didn't make the decisions for us. And...

You're my favorite type of caller!! Someone who understands the interpreting process and it's complexities. Yet, I can appreciate how impatient people can get too. I'm not always patient myself. It's called being human.

And sadly, you all would have passed away. But not me, I'm a robot. (God, I'm such a geek)

In the year 2730. :P By then, we would have already mastered the art of mind-reading, and sign language interpreting will become obsolete. In fact, language will be non-existant. But alldeaf.com will still be around, so don't worry guys. :laugh2:

Because *scratching head*, interpreters would have nothing to gain from doing what you said they "did". That's why this doesn't make any sense to me. We don't work on commission. LOL. Can you imagine if we did? haha. OMG! Things would be grossly corruptible.

source pls. But more specifically, I'd like to see the source where Sorenson INTERPRETERS were found directly responsible for this.

They're mouthing the word they wish to use. I'm not an excellent lip-reader, so I end up asking them for clarification.

What if your Deaf consumer (caller in my case) says, "Sign exactly what I say!!!" I've had this before, more than once. I call it "forced lipreading", lol. Because if you don't choose the exact english word they're thinking about, they get very angry! Reba, no one has every said it to me...

:);) The way I see it, it's the lesser of two evils. See, I know they don't intend to say CONTINUE because they're mouthing a word that does not look like "continue". And I get consumers like this a lot, plus multiply this example by a hundred and you get the idea. Problem is, I can't...

Great advice man. Thanks. Hope one day we get CDIs working alongside us in VRS settings. Forget innovations in VPs, new technology, etc...WE NEED CDIs!!! Let me ask you. Do you feel in your opinion more Deaf people need to be educated of the interpreting process, especially the...

Sorry guys. One more for yous. In a VRS setting, where you have no audio, just visual, what strategies do you use when you interpret for Deaf callers who might sign a couple signs, but mouth something totally different. Know what I mean? Like, they may sign CONTINUE, but mouth "progression"...