Linguistics Training for Signed Language Interpreters

手语口译员语言学培训

• 批准号: 9410597
• 负责人: Phyllis Wilcox
• 金额: $ 12.45万
• 依托单位: University of New Mexico
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1994
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1994-08-15 至 1997-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9410597&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Linguistics; Training; Signed; Language; Interpreters

9410597 Wilcox ABSTRACT The investigation of signed languages is not only crucial to the understanding of the world's visual/gestural languages, but it is essential to the understanding of the biological foundations of human language. The linguistic exploration of signed languages has acquired considerable interest in recent years. Yet it is uncommon to witness large numbers of deaf linguists and deaf graduate students attending or presenting at major linguistics conferences. The main reason for this discrepancy is the extreme difficulty of accessing linguistic material of almost any nature through signed language interpreters who are unable to accurately render the conceptual content of the message. The goal of the organizers of the Linguistic Society of America's 1995 Linguistic Institute is to ensure full accessibility to the exchange of ideas and the linguistic "cultural" milieu-both inside and outside of the classroom-which are a significant part of the linguist's professional development. This project is intended to provide linguistic training to seasoned American Sign Language interpreters who will be employed during the Institute. Two graduate linguistics students will work 10 months to prepare a manual to be used for teaching purposes. A group of distinguished deaf language consultants, hearing linguists, and expert interpreters will gather for three days to prepare a structured lexicon of introductory linguistic concepts and ASL usage related to linguistic terminology. The manual will eventually be edited for the development of a videotape to be produced by Sign Media, Inc. The dissemination of this videotape will provide experienced interpreters, as well as students in interpreter education programs across the nation, broader access to accurate interpretations of a core lexicon for the complex linguistic sciences. The lexicon and the videotape will form the basis for training interpreters from a cross the nation who will be employed to interpret at the Institute, thus providing the national deaf clientele that the Institute plans to attract with interpreters who possess broader expertise than the typical local referral center may be able to provide. An additional long term benefit will be the expansion of the pool of interpreters competent to interpret linguistics lectures. The provision of the resulting videotape will have significant impact on the study of ASL by native users across the country. Ultimately, the goal of this proposal is to set a precedent for other sciences to open their doors to deaf scientists by providing adequately trained interpreters. ***

小行星9410597 摘要 对手语的研究不仅对理解世界上的视觉/手势语言至关重要，而且对理解人类语言的生物学基础至关重要。近年来，对手语的语言学研究引起了人们的极大兴趣。然而，它是罕见的见证大量聋人语言学家和聋人研究生出席或在主要的语言学会议。造成这种差异的主要原因是，通过手语口译员获取几乎任何性质的语言材料都极为困难，因为口译员无法准确地表达信息的概念内容。 美国语言学会1995年语言研究所的组织者的目标是确保课堂内外的思想交流和语言“文化”环境的充分利用，这是语言学家专业发展的重要组成部分。该项目的目的是为将在研究所期间雇用的经验丰富的美国手语翻译提供语言培训。 两名语言学研究生将工作10个月，准备用于教学目的的手册。一组杰出的聋人语言顾问，听力语言学家和专家口译员将聚集三天，准备介绍语言概念和与语言术语相关的ASL用法的结构化词典。该手册最终将经过编辑，以便制作一盘录像带，由Sign Media公司制作。这盘录像带的传播将为经验丰富的口译员以及全国口译员教育项目的学生提供更广泛的机会，以准确解释复杂语言科学的核心词汇。 该词典和录像带将成为培训口译员的基础，这些口译员来自全国各地，将在该研究所从事口译工作，从而为该研究所计划吸引的全国聋人客户提供比典型的当地转诊中心更广泛的专业知识的口译员。另一个长期的好处将是扩大有能力口译语言学讲座的口译员队伍。提供由此产生的录像带将对全国各地的本土用户的美国手语的研究产生重大影响。最终，这项提案的目标是为其他科学提供训练有素的口译员，为聋人科学家敞开大门树立先例。 ***