Interpretation Theory & Practice III: Community

Spectrum of (ASL) language use in the Deaf, hard of hearing, Deafblind community:

• Varieties of English-influenced Contact Sign
• Close-up ASL and/or hand-over-hand tracking
• Tactile ASL
• Pro-tactile signals
• Hand-to-hand fingerspelling with adapted British manual alphabet

Power and responsibility in the roles of interpreter and intervenor:

• Duties of an intervenor compared to those of an interpreter
• Ethical challenges in maintaining appropriate boundaries
• Social variables that impact meaning-making 
• Awareness of privilege, intersecting identities, allyship, one’s own positionality and bias

Ongoing skill enhancement for the steps and sub-processes in interpretation:

• Predicting what to expect from the discourse
• Concentrating and attending to source message
• Representing meaning, dropping source language form
• Planning to express meaning using target language form
• Producing a clear and cohesive target message
• Monitoring and critiquing one’s own process and results
• Strategies for managing the time constraints of simultaneous interpreting
• Strategies for using consecutive interpreting and interaction management
• Criteria for opting between simultaneous and consecutive mode 
• Strategies for effective co-interpreting as a team

Analysis and assessment of interpretation: 

• Features of a successful interpretation
• Think Aloud Protocol (TAP) as a learning tool
• Demand-Control framework as a learning tool
• Peer feedback and shared analysis
• Consumer feedback
• Self-reflection and identification of focus areas/goals for one’s own development

Professional demeanour and interaction, including:

• Clear, respectful, effective interpersonal communication
• Punctuality, effort, enthusiasm
• Patience with self, others, and circumstances
• Discretion, diplomacy, confidentiality
• Working collaboratively with peers, consumers, teachers, and others