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"From Integration to Fragmentation to Cooperation: Sign Language Translator and Interpreter Education in Austria" | Chapter summary in Austrian Sign Language (ÖGS)
Chapter authors: Nadja Grbić and Christian Stalzer
From “International Perspectives on Sign Language Translator and Interpreter Education”
Edited by Jemina Napier, Stacey Webb, and Robert Adam
Published by Gallaudet University Press
**This video may not be repurposed or incorporated into other works in any way without the express written consent of the signer and the chapter authors.**
Visual description: Christian Stalzer (white, brown hair and grey beard) stands in front of a grey background and signs in Austrian Sign Language.
Transcript:
The title of our paper is "From Integration to Fragmentation to Cooperation: Sign Language Translator and Interpreter Education in Austria." In the introduction, we provide some information on Austria, regarding country, population, languages, and the status of Austrian Sign Language. In the second section, we introduce the authors of this paper, Nadja Grbic, and me, Christian Stalzer. We also explain how we found our passion in working with sign language interpreting. In the third section, we outline Austrian education programs of translation and interpreting in general. It gives a brief overview of the first academic programs, including interpreting programs with spoken language as well as with sign language.
The fourth section covers the professionalization of sign language interpreting. It is divided into three parts. The first part gives a historical overview, starting with the Habsburg Monarchy. The second part is about the first further training programs held at the University of Graz. The third part describes the ÖGSDV, the Austrian Sign Language Interpreters' and Translators' Association, how it was founded, and how they developed the occupational aptitude examination. In the fifth section, we present the different sign language interpreter and translator education programs in Austria. We explain how they developed and the options that exist today. We also compare the programs to identify the similarities and differences. In the sixth section, we discuss the challenges that we saw in the past and those we might face in the future.
Find out more at https://gupress.gallaudet.edu/internationalperspectives
"From Integration to Fragmentation to Cooperation: Sign Language Translator and Interpreter Education in Austria" | Chapter summary in Austrian Sign Language (ÖGS)
Chapter authors: Nadja Grbić and Christian Stalzer
From “International Perspectives on Sign Language Translator and Interpreter Education”
Edited by Jemina Napier, Stacey Webb, and Robert Adam
Published by Gallaudet University Press
**This video may not be repurposed or incorporated into other works in any way without the express written consent of the signer and the chapter authors.**
Visual description: Christian Stalzer (white, brown hair and grey beard) stands in front of a grey background and signs in Austrian Sign Language.
Transcript:
The title of our paper is "From Integration to Fragmentation to Cooperation: Sign Language Translator and Interpreter Education in Austria." In the introduction, we provide some information on Austria, regarding country, population, languages, and the status of Austrian Sign Language. In the second section, we introduce the authors of this paper, Nadja Grbic, and me, Christian Stalzer. We also explain how we found our passion in working with sign language interpreting. In the third section, we outline Austrian education programs of translation and interpreting in general. It gives a brief overview of the first academic programs, including interpreting programs with spoken language as well as with sign language.
The fourth section covers the professionalization of sign language interpreting. It is divided into three parts. The first part gives a historical overview, starting with the Habsburg Monarchy. The second part is about the first further training programs held at the University of Graz. The third part describes the ÖGSDV, the Austrian Sign Language Interpreters' and Translators' Association, how it was founded, and how they developed the occupational aptitude examination. In the fifth section, we present the different sign language interpreter and translator education programs in Austria. We explain how they developed and the options that exist today. We also compare the programs to identify the similarities and differences. In the sixth section, we discuss the challenges that we saw in the past and those we might face in the future.
