A group of Auslan interpreters have become familiar faces during the pandemic as they translate leaders’ words into sign language. coronavirus covid19 lockdown
The pandemic has brought many new terms and concepts into our language – even the word COVID-19 didn’t exist two years ago – but there was one moment that had Auslan interpreter Mandy Dolejsi stumped.
“Just fingerspelling it is not going to make any sense, and you want to make sure that the deaf people watching understand what’s being said.” Meeting fellow interpreters during the pandemic had been part support group and part professional development, Ms Dolejsi said, making sure they were communicating things in the same way.DeafACT president Jacob Clarke, who teaches Auslan, says the increased visibility of interpreters during the pandemic has led to a surge in people wanting to learn to sign.
Because she could sign and understand deaf people, colleagues asked her to help interpret informally. Her job has grown from there. “That’s how the language changes ... it’s used by deaf people, it gets out there and then as an interpreter you watch that and you take on that new language.”became lost in the bush after being startled by deer received widespread attention in part because of the interpreter’s facial expressions.“You need to get fluent in both languages, and then you have to train your brain to be able to do the interpretation,” Ms Dolejsi said.
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