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City has professional interpreter team for deaf
THE city established the first team of professional sign language interpreters yesterday – on the 49th International Day of the Deaf. The 50 interpreters are the first batch in China who passed the testing at the city's occupational training center.
All 50 of the interpreters came from service industries, including teachers, medical staff and police officers, the report said.
There are reportedly 170,000 deaf people living in Shanghai.
The city will promote sign language interpreters among medical, banking and social security departments.
Advanced sign language interpreters will also provide their services in the near future.
Sign language in China can be divided into "mandarin" and other "dialects." Some interpreters said they've learnt the "mandarin" and "Shanghai" variation of sign language to better communicate with the city's deaf community.
A local sign language training school also published China's first training materials, which have been used in local deaf schools and might become the standard for the sign language in China.
THE city established the first team of professional sign language interpreters yesterday – on the 49th International Day of the Deaf. The 50 interpreters are the first batch in China who passed the testing at the city's occupational training center.
All 50 of the interpreters came from service industries, including teachers, medical staff and police officers, the report said.
There are reportedly 170,000 deaf people living in Shanghai.
The city will promote sign language interpreters among medical, banking and social security departments.
Advanced sign language interpreters will also provide their services in the near future.
Sign language in China can be divided into "mandarin" and other "dialects." Some interpreters said they've learnt the "mandarin" and "Shanghai" variation of sign language to better communicate with the city's deaf community.
A local sign language training school also published China's first training materials, which have been used in local deaf schools and might become the standard for the sign language in China.