how does a sign language interpreter deal with unfamiliar words?

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Gameshow I’m watching just asked which citrus fruit is also known as a shaddock and, having never heard of it, wondered if the interpreter was in the same boat and had to spell it out or something

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My ASL teacher in high school worked as an ASL interpreter, and she always told us that if we had any doubt on a sign, to finger spell it. That would probably be the most “works in every situation” method.

Additionally (and I can’t say this was my idea, since I saw this in another comment), signing “fruit” could also work, depending on how important the fruit is to the question.

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