ASL Interpreting Test 1 Flashcards

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What happened in 100 AD?

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A Roman philosopher documented paid (professional) interpreters.

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What happened from 150-400 AD?

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Roman Empire armies were required to bring interpreters when they went a conquering.

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What Happened from 50-1500 AD?

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Bible translations appear from Aramaic to Greek, to Latin, German and Old English.

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What happened from 1919-1946?

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After WWI, the League of Nations was formed from different European and Asian Countries

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What happened in 1945?

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The UN was created after WWII; political peace keeping and quasi governmental organization; simultaneous interpreting was substandard until 1971

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What happened from 1945-1949?

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Nuremberg Trials- modern conference interpreting was born

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What happened in 1964?

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Workshop on Interpreting for the Deaf June 14-17 at Ball State College, Indiana. The RID (Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf) was organized.

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What happened in 1965?

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California State University, Northridge created first interpreter training program (ITP)

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What happened in 1966?

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The National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID) created an interpreter training program

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What happened in 1969?

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Saint Paul Technical Vocational School and NYU form interpreter training program

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1972?

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RID conducts first certification exams

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Ongoing?

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Title IV: Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA): Title IV does not mandate but regulates and allows for reimbursement of video relay services; FCC reports that VRS calls average two million minutes per month (2006)

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1975?

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Education of All Handicapped Children Act (PL 94-142) Requires all disabled children to be educated in “the least restrictive environment,” begins widespread mainstreaming of Deaf children.

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1977?

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Bilingual, Hearing and Speech Impaired Court Interpreter Act: Federal Courts must appoint and pay for interpreters for Deaf persons in Federal Criminal and/or civil actions initiated by the government.

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1990?

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Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA): Reaffirmed PL 94-142, sustained needs for interpreters in main-streamed classrooms.
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Expands Section 504’s powers; businesses with 15 or more employees must make “reasonable accommodations”, law says interpreters should “interpret effectively, accurately, and impartially…”

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1998?

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Telecommunications Accessibility Enhancement Act (TAEA): Federal government must provide relay calls to, from and within itself

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17
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What is Translation?

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transferring meaning between languages in written or recorded texts. Can use reference materials to prepare, can edit and correct work until satisfied with outcome.

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18
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What is Interpreting?

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Translating languages in real time between people or groups of people. No time to change or tweak things.

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19
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Discourse

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language used in a particular context or interaction. Meaning filtered through personal experience, knowledge, attitudes, expectations, cultural factors. Differences in cultural background, gender, age of participants in a situation compounds the potential for different understandings of a message.

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20
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contextual factors of interpreting?

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setting, purpose, participants, language code, audience adjustment, culture
CLAPPS

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Setting?

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Physical time and place of interaction. Can influence register.

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Purpose?

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why people are together. Influences topic, mood, feeling, turn-taking. Specific communication purpose(s)

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Participants?

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The way people talk reflects their ethnicity, gender, social class, education level, age, region, personality, role, status. Shows who the leader is, if the discussion is closed, etc.

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Language Code

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The particular language or dialect used and the modality of language: bilingual intermediary, unsure communication through an interpreter

25
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Audience Adjustment

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Adjusting speech style to match the receiver or to project a particular impression of themselves to an audience (friends family, partner, boss).

26
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Code Switching

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Deaf people adjust their signing style to match the language use of the people they are with, and the situation. Start with one language, switch and come back.

27
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4 Ps

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Participants, Place, Purpose, Point

28
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Message Factors

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How something is said is a crucial part of the meaning of what is said. Interpreters aim to communicate meaning and not just words: context and packaging

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Content

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Information or ideas that a speaker intends to convey

30
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Denotative words

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Meaning of words

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Propositional Words

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Meaning behind the words

32
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Explicit Meaning

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Stating info and intent directly

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Implicit

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Relying on the listener to pick up underlying meaning of the words in the context.

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Paralinguistic Information

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how the words are said. A listener understands message content based on comprehensibility of the speakers language , fluency, pace, and volume

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Metanotative

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Delivery contradicts the words

36
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Register

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Differences between speaking or signing style which change according to leve of formality, the familiarity between participants and use of special jargon

37
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5 Registers

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Frozen, Formal, Consultative, Informal, Intimate

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Frozen Register

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Text is always the same (i.e. Pledge of Allegiance, Lord’s Prayer)

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Formal Register

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One way monologue, authoritative, planned in advance, expertise (technical/jargon) Ex. Educator, Sermon, presenter

40
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Consultative Register

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One person is getting advice from an expert (interactive). Ex. Doctor, Boss, Marriage counsellor, parent/teacher conference, mental health providers, buying a car

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Informal (Casual) Register

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Typical conversations. Ex. coworker, family, friends, acquaintances, classmates, retail workers, roommate, groups of familiar people

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Intimate Register

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between people who know each other well. They get you, you have inside jokes, they finish your sentences, et. Ex. family, friends, BFF, partner

43
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Interpreting Process Stages

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Reception, analysis, conversion, Delivery, Evaluation.

44
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Short-term Memory

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develop to hold chunks of info for long enough to determine the meaning and convert into TL form

45
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Long-term memory

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Info is consolidated in LTM so it can be retrieved again later

46
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What are the stakeholders of interpreting?

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D/deaf, Hearing, Payers (Agency), Interpreters

47
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What is a Profession?

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You must be educated, there is a code of conduct, you get paid, you need credentials, and you work directly with people

48
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What is a Trade?

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You learn on the job, there are established protocols, it is hands on (you don’t work with people)

49
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When was RID established?

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1964

50
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Why do we have RID?

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it created a standard for interpreters and offered certification- pay and code of conduct for interpreters

51
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What happened in 300 BC?

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The Rosetta stone was made- 3 languages written on a stone. This showed that translating helped groups of people who knew different languages communicate.

52
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1973?

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Title V Section 504: Anything with federal funding must offer full access for Deaf people

53
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1973?

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Title V Section 504: Anything with federal funding must offer full access for Deaf people