International perspectives on sign language interpreter education / Jemina Napier, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Napier, Jemina, editor.

Series:

Interpreter education series ; Volume 4.

Interpreter Education Series ; Volume 4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Interpreters for deaf people.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 312 p. ) ill. ;

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, District of Columbia : Gallaudet University Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"From the moment the World Association of Sign Language Interpreters (WASLI) was established in 2005, an overwhelming wave of requests from around the world arrived seeking information and resources for educating and training interpreters. This new collection provides those answers with an international overview on interpreter training from experts in Austria, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Fiji, Finland, Ireland, Japan, Kenya, Kosovo, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Scotland, Sweden, and the United States. Whether from income-rich or income-poor countries, the 31 contributors presented here provide insights on how sign language interpreter training has developed in each nation, and also how trainers have dealt with the difficulties that they encountered. Many of the contributors relate the movement away from ad hoc short courses sponsored by Deaf communities. They mark the transition from the early struggles of trainers against the stigmatization of sign languages to full-time degree programs in institutions of higher education funded by their governments. Others investigate how culture, religion, politics, and legislation affect the nurturing of professional sign language interpreters, and they address the challenges of extending training opportunities nationally through the use of new technology. Together, these diverse perspectives offer a deeper understanding and comparison of interpreter training issues that could benefit the programs in every nation." - product description.

Contents:

Preface : the conference of interpreter trainers and its influence on the past, present and future

Foreword / Liz Scott Gibson

Part one. Europe

Sign language interpreter training in Austria : an integrated approach / Nadja Grbic

Sign language interpreter training in England / Marjukka Nisula and Juha Manunen

Three leaps of faith and four giant steps : developing interpreter training in Ireland / Lorraine Leeson and Teresa Lynch

Beginnings of the interpreter training program in Kosovo / Selman Hoti and Susan Emerson

Linguistic variation as a challenge for sign language interpreters and sign language interpreter education in the Netherlands / Onno Crasborn and Tony Bloem

From small acorns : the Scottish experience of developing interpreter and translator training / Christine W. W. Wilson and Rita McDade

Interpreter education in Sweden : a uniform approach to spoken and signed language interpreting / Anna Hein

Part two. Asia-pacific

Interpreting down under : sign language interpreter education and training in Australia / Karen Bontempo and Patricia Levitzke-Gray

Isa lei : interpreting training in Fiji / Kate Nelson, Inise Tawaketini, Ruth Spencer and Della Goswell

Training of sign language interpreters in Japan : achievements and challenges / Eiichi Takada and Shin'ichi Koide

Sign language interpreter education and the profession in New Zealand / Rachel McKee, Shizue Sameshima, Lynette Pivac and David McKee

Part three. The Americas

Brazilian sign language interpreter education in Brazil : from voluntary work to formal distance learning / Ronice Muller de Quadros and Marianne Rossi Stumpf

Traveling the path of excellence in interpreter education : the Canadian experience / Karen Malcolm and Nigel Howard

The national consortium of interpreter education centers in the United States of America / Elizabeth A. Winston and Dennis Cokely

Part four. Africa

Sign language interpreter training in Kenya / Okoth Okombo, Jefwa G. Mweri and Washington Akaranga

Contributors

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781563684586

1563684586

OCLC:

794700890