Why do some televised speeches and broadcasts have sign language translators when we have closed captions?

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I’m sure we’ve all seen many public press conferences which also show a picture-in-picture of someone doing a signing translation. What is the point of that in those cases when we have closed captions?

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ASL and English aren’t the same language—so, basically, the ASL is accommodating people in a language they may be more familiar with at a pace they are more used to. Some people speak quickly and can take in things spoken quickly but cannot read quickly, especially in another language. ASL and English have very different grammatical structures, so I assume “reading” ASL is jsut a lot smoother than reading a translation.

Sort of like how if someone’s native language is English but they also speak Italian, it’s much easier to watch shows in English, even if they’d understand the Italian.

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