Chapter 2: In the Beginning...

Question 1

Reciprocating

Answer 1

Contributing to the Deaf community, donating time and talents where appropriate, and showing “foreigner’s” humility. Especially important concerning those of us who do not have direct ties to the Deaf community.

Question 2

Culture

Answer 2

Ways of being (greetings, showing appreciation in friendship)

Question 3

Gatekeeping

Answer 3

Deaf community’s vetting process that was used to decide who could/couldn’t be an interpreter/translator

Question 4

Ghostwriter

Answer 4

Deaf people who facilitated between hearing and Deaf people. Community interpreter/translator- reading documents, translating into sign, and helping to write a response

Question 5

Language Broker

Answer 5

Someone who provided written/spoken translations between two linguistically and culturally different parties. Mediators

Question 6

Transliterating

Answer 6

Rendering spoken and contact languages verbatim

Question 7

Earliest Interpreters in North America

Answer 7

CODA/SODAs, teachers of the Deaf, and members of the clergy

Question 8

RID

Answer 8

Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf. Founded- 1964 after workshop at Ball State. Certification, CMP. Member-based.

Question 9

CASE, PSE, etc

Answer 9

Conceptually Accurate Signed English, Pidgin Signed English. NOT languages in and of themselves. ASL signs blended with English syntax

Question 10

After graduation…

Answer 10

Daily language development, regular and deliberate reflection of ethics, people skills, reciprocating, earning trust support and approval of the Deaf community