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From the Manifold edition of LET'S GO IN: MY JOURNEY TO A UNIVERSITY PRESIDENCY by T. Alan Hurwitz: gallaudetupress.manifoldapp.org/projects/let-s-go-in
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VIDEO DESC & TRANSCRIPT: A blue card with white lettering appears for ten seconds. It says "Has there been any movement in deaf people having a role in refining or developing interpreter-training programs?"
Dr. T. Alan Hurwitz, an older white man with white hair, a white beard, and dark-rimmed glasses wearing a bluish-gray buttoned-up shirt stands before a white wall and begins to sign in ASL.
ALAN: Training interpreters has been around for a long time, since the mid-1960s. It was important for deaf people to become involved with training interpreters. In the beginning, they were involved, to encourage them to share their perspectives of what makes a good interpreter,
and over time, they were involved in helping new, young interpreters develop their ASL fluency and skills, and develop their interpreting skills.
Now we see more and more deaf people getting their education in training or education and training of interpreters. They get their degrees, and now what's the most important issue is that we are seeing a growth in deaf people becoming certified deaf interpreters, or CDIs. So that’s where they can become more involved in training not only hearing interpreters but also deaf interpreters.
That is what we're seeing: that deaf people and hearing people can become equal partners in the training of interpreters.
From the Manifold edition of LET'S GO IN: MY JOURNEY TO A UNIVERSITY PRESIDENCY by T. Alan Hurwitz: gallaudetupress.manifoldapp.org/projects/let-s-go-in
This video may not be repurposed or incorporated into other works in any way without the express written consent of the author.
VIDEO DESC & TRANSCRIPT: A blue card with white lettering appears for ten seconds. It says "Has there been any movement in deaf people having a role in refining or developing interpreter-training programs?"
Dr. T. Alan Hurwitz, an older white man with white hair, a white beard, and dark-rimmed glasses wearing a bluish-gray buttoned-up shirt stands before a white wall and begins to sign in ASL.
ALAN: Training interpreters has been around for a long time, since the mid-1960s. It was important for deaf people to become involved with training interpreters. In the beginning, they were involved, to encourage them to share their perspectives of what makes a good interpreter,
and over time, they were involved in helping new, young interpreters develop their ASL fluency and skills, and develop their interpreting skills.
Now we see more and more deaf people getting their education in training or education and training of interpreters. They get their degrees, and now what's the most important issue is that we are seeing a growth in deaf people becoming certified deaf interpreters, or CDIs. So that’s where they can become more involved in training not only hearing interpreters but also deaf interpreters.
That is what we're seeing: that deaf people and hearing people can become equal partners in the training of interpreters.
