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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A pomelo, apparently – not that I’ve heard of that, either! Used in Japanese cuisine. The deaf person wasn’t given the chance to answer, so I guess we’ll never know how the sign language went down!

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