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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I’ve actually seen a tiktok on this! Before the show, they will ask the performer if there are any unusual words in their act, and figure it out from there. odds are good there’s a sign for it that they can just look up, if they don’t know it. If there’s not, they can finger spell it.

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