Eli5 – Why are sign language translators still used? Aren’t subtitles more effective?

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Eli5 – Why are sign language translators still used? Aren’t subtitles more effective?

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For many people reading subtitles is a little bit weary on the eyes. It the same thing with sign language. Watching people sign is a language, and reading subtitles is different. Signing also has an expressive element which cannot be captured in subtitles.

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