Interpreter's Workshop with Tim Curry

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I don't make webs, but I do have a special "interpreter sense" that warns me of what people really mean!

This InterpreTip discusses what it means to be a designated interpreter. We can learn a lot about our decision-making, empowerment, ethics, communication management, and more from the responsible designated interpreter and the deaf professional they support.

Next week we will compare the responsibilities of a designated interpreter with that of the community interpreter who works in a variety of places and situations every week.

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Weebles wobble...NO!! That's not appropriate.

Do you know the head gestures of India?

CODA sign language interpreter, Amaresh Gopalakrishnan explains those, other gestures, and languages and how they influence working Indian sign language interpreters. We discuss professionalism, research, his ongoing film projects, and more. Enjoy this end of the interview with Amaresh.

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"How can you have any curd rice, if you don't keep your mouth shut?!"

Today we go back to India for more conversation with Amaresh. He tells us about how the professional sign language interpreting organization in India was established. We discuss how travel affects us as humans and as sign language interpreters. We touch on technology's influences, ethics, and more.

Listen to learn about a dish I had never heard of Curd Rice. Enjoy!

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Oh MY! That profession is attractive!

We need more sign language interpreters in every part of the world. My guest Amaresh Gopalakrishnan speaks to this concerning India. He tells us some of the foundational steps they have made to create awareness of the Deaf community's needs and building up and educating Indian Sign Language interpreters. With 18,000,000 Deaf they have a long way to go to fulfill the need for interpreters.

Links mentioned in this episode:
Amaresh's business, SIGNEX videos

• Visual Access to Communication A Right of the Deaf
• Indian Sign Language A Linguistic Human Right

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Did you hear the latest news??! Yeah, I heard it on MTV. What?!!

Our guest regals us with his journey from childhood to professional interpreter.  He reminds us that less access to incidental learning can influence our world view. We'll learn about the project to document Indian Sign Language that he and his father were a huge part of. Amaresh Gopalakrishnan grew up as a CODA in India and found his way to our profession. This is the beginning of a 4 part interview about the sign language interpreting profession in India.

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"Re-search" means to search again for that which has been searched for. Right?

In part 4 Nives Gotovac describes her recent research and how it contributed to the development of the sign language interpreter profession in Croatia. She details some of the results, what surprised her and what she concluded from these results.

Learn how you too can benefit from such research.

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STOP Pretending. Be what you pretend to be, be better.

Sign language interpreters have many influences that affect our work. In part three of our conversation with Croatian Sign Language interpreter, Nives Gotovac, we learn more of those obvious and not so obvious influences on our work and lives. We learn from this CODA (child of Deaf adults), about ethics, language, and community as we discuss the interpreting profession in Croatia.

And for some fun... Ever wonder why someone would not like coffee?? Nives tells us her reason.

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How Dare You! Oh, that's what you mean... OK.

Continuing our conversation with Nives Gotovac from Croatia, we learn more about her journey to becoming a sign language interpreter, the joy, the embarrassment, the fun, and the development process. Sprinkled in the mix we learn more details of the Croatian Sign Language interpreter profession's working conditions and growing pains.

As always, we have a little fun. Enjoy this second part of our chat.

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I need makeup! I'm a professional. I need to look the part!!!

Today we go to Croatia. A beautiful country where our guest is from. Nives Gotovac tells of her journey as a CODA into the sign language interpreting profession. We learn about community, the conditions, pay, and how sign language interpreters work in Croatia.

Join us for more insightful interview parts in the coming episodes.

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"Boxing Day" is over. Time to step out and look around!

We are a practice profession. We are supposed to be developing our skills, knowledge, and overall work habits continually. However, we sometimes create our own personal and professional barriers to our own growth.

In this InterpreTips, I discuss how we build our own walls, boxing in our thoughts, our perspectives, our talents, our decisions, and our interpretations. Let's think through this to achieve more for ourselves, our profession, and the communities we serve as sign language interpreters.

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