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Everything You Need to Know About Interpreting

Published On - November 27, 2019

Lucy Peach Accessibility Services, Interpreting, Sign Language

Everything You Need to Know About Interpreting

This article will help you learn more about what interpreters do and why they’re important, better understand your options and choose an interpreting service that will help you achieve your organisational goals....

Sign Language Interpreting at Music Events

Published On - September 5, 2019

Richard Brooks Accessibility Services, Interpreting, Sign LanguageTags: American Sign Language, ASL, British Sign Language, BSL, Interpreting, Sign Language

Sign Language Interpreting at Music Events

Sign language interpreters are becoming an increasingly common sight at major music events. The trend was brought to global attention by American Sign Language (ASL) Interpreter Amber Galloway Gallego, who signed Kendrick Lamar’s entire Lollapalooza set back in 2013. More recently, festivalgoers w...

Published On - July 13, 2018

Gemma Brackenbury Language Blog, Sign LanguageTags: BSL, Music, Sign Language

10 Amazing Sign Language Music Videos

Sign language interpretations of music used to hard to find. Fortunately, that’s changed over the past few years. More and more musicians have sign language interpreters performing at their events. Deaf artists are harnessing the power of Youtube to share their own sign language music videos o...

Published On - May 10, 2018

Richard Brooks Accessibility Services, Language Blog, Sign LanguageTags: British Sign Language, Sign Language

A Guide to the Different Types of Sign Language Around the World

One of the most common misconceptions about sign language is that it’s the same wherever you go. That’s not the case. In fact, there are somewhere between 138 and 300 different types of sign language used throughout the world today. New sign languages frequently evolve amongst groups of ...

Published On - March 15, 2018

Mary Ravenna Language Blog, Sign LanguageTags: British Sign Language, BSL, Deaf

10 Facts About British Sign Language

Did you know that this week is Sign Language Week? This annual observance is promoted by the British Deaf Association to celebrate British Sign language and the British Deaf Community. To celebrate, here are ten interesting facts about British Sign Language (BSL) and BSL interpreters. In the UK, the...

These Sign Language Translation Gloves Won a Prize, But Can They Really Translate

Published On - April 29, 2016

K International Language Blog, Sign LanguageTags: Sign Language, Technology

These Sign Language Translation Gloves Won a Prize, But Can They Really Translate?

2 US students just won a prize for inventing the SignAloud gloves, a pair of gloves that translates American Sign Language to speech. But can these sign language translation gloves translate in the real world? The idea of a wearable device that can translate sign language is certainly not new....

Who Should Win This Sign Language Rap Battle

Published On - April 10, 2014

Agnieszka Animucka Language Blog, Sign LanguageTags: American Sign Language, Interpreting, Music

Who Should Win This Sign Language Rap Battle?

Jimmy Kimmel may have made history on Tuesday, when he hosted what was billed as the “first ever (probably last ever) sign language rap battle” on his show, Jimmy Kimmel Live! A sign language rap battle? How does that work? Kimmel invited three of the most well-known and experienced live...

Published On - January 15, 2014

Agnieszka Animucka Language Blog, Sign LanguageTags: Sign Language

Sign Language in Cambodia

True sign languages arise when communities of deaf people have the opportunity to interact and communicate with each other — there are around 200 sign languages in use around the world today. However, in some countries, there is no deaf community, just deaf individuals isolated from each oth...

Sign Language Interpreter Fiasco at Mandela's Memorial Service

Published On - December 13, 2013

Surinder Singh Language Blog, Sign LanguageTags: Interpreting, Sign Language

Sign Language Interpreter at Mandela’s Memorial Service

For a man like Nelson Mandela, who fought so hard to create a more inclusive society, it was neither a proper nor a fitting sendoff. A sign language interpreter was provided to interpret Mandela’s memorial service for deaf audience members and viewers, but it seems nobody bothered to check his...

Sign Language Translation Gloves Win Imagine Cup

Published On - July 10, 2012

Richard Brooks Language Blog, Sign LanguageTags: Sign Language

Sign Language Translation Gloves Win Imagine Cup

A team of Ukrainian students won first prize at Microsoft’s Imagine Cup for their prototype of a device to translate sign language into speech. The EnableTalk gloves are similar in concept to this Fingual sign language translation glove, but with a few significant improvements: they translate ...