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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The same way people who speak a different language typically deal with unfamiliar words: they describe the word they’re looking for using words they do know already, like someone calling a snake a danger noodle
Sign language speaker here:
If there is a word that I have trouble signing, I will just spell it out with the alphabet in sign language
Not an official interpreter, but used ASL frequently when I worked in a hospital. I would frequently ask what a sign meant, and the HoH or Deaf person would almost always be happy to spell it out for me.
Most HoH people are just so happy that someone is able and willing to try and talk with them in their way, that if you don’t know a word they will gladly teach you. Even as a novice, they seem to be so excited. Only came across a few that got irritated. (I didn’t know the sign for lunch. 🥺🤣😅)
As far as translating English to ASL and not knowing a word, I’d finger spell it.
Sign language speaker here:
If there is a word that I have trouble signing, I will just spell it out with the alphabet in sign language
Not an official interpreter, but used ASL frequently when I worked in a hospital. I would frequently ask what a sign meant, and the HoH or Deaf person would almost always be happy to spell it out for me.
Most HoH people are just so happy that someone is able and willing to try and talk with them in their way, that if you don’t know a word they will gladly teach you. Even as a novice, they seem to be so excited. Only came across a few that got irritated. (I didn’t know the sign for lunch. 🥺🤣😅)
As far as translating English to ASL and not knowing a word, I’d finger spell it.
Not an official interpreter, but used ASL frequently when I worked in a hospital. I would frequently ask what a sign meant, and the HoH or Deaf person would almost always be happy to spell it out for me.
Most HoH people are just so happy that someone is able and willing to try and talk with them in their way, that if you don’t know a word they will gladly teach you. Even as a novice, they seem to be so excited. Only came across a few that got irritated. (I didn’t know the sign for lunch. 🥺🤣😅)
As far as translating English to ASL and not knowing a word, I’d finger spell it.
Sign language speaker here:
If there is a word that I have trouble signing, I will just spell it out with the alphabet in sign language
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.
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.
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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