Things People Say to Interpreters
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Why did you learn sign language? |
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What's your full-time (or real) job? |
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What do you do for a living? |
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Are you a volunteer? |
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What's the sign for (curse word/dirty word)? |
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Are your parents/siblings/spouse deaf? |
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Are you their (deaf client's) friend/relative/spouse? |
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Do you follow him/her (deaf client) all day? |
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Have you interpreted for him/her before? |
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How long have you known him/her? |
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How long did it take you to learn to sign? |
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Where can I go to learn to sign? |
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Puzzled look meaning: Who are you and why are you here? |
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Do they (deaf client) understand? |
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Tell him/her.... |
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I'll explain it to you and you can tell them.... |
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We don't need an interpreter, we understand each other fine. |
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This is really nice of you. |
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Is sign language universal? |
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Do you paraphrase? I noticed you didn't sign everything. |
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I guess you really learn a lot from interpreting this class/meeting, training, etc.. |
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Are you hearing or deaf? |
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Can he (deaf client) lip read? |
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Can you lip read? |
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Who do I speak to, you (interpreter) or them (deaf client) ? |
Ideas donated by: Kip Lewis, Catspaw, Greg, Robin, Martin, Bruce, Linda, Danita, Karen, Mike, Janish, Vicki, Jerry.
Based upon an idea of J. Wolf.