Sign Language Interpreting Case Study

Introduction While the field of sign language interpreting has been around for decades, it is still in its infancy stages of professionalization and standardization. The role of an interpreter originated as volunteers or family members who knew enough to communicate basic information. This paper will briefly look at the developing field of interpreting. A new wave of educated and trained interpreters are entering the field and creating new standards and practice norms. The idea of team interpreters, why they are superior, when they are needed and a standard of practice established, and the new concept of post assignment “debriefing.’ This paper only evaluates the dynamics between a group of hearing interpreter teams. Interpreters now work with live —simultaneous and post assignment criticism and feedback from a team, in work mostly commonly preformed autonomously. …show more content…
More so, interpreters will monitor each other and correct any errors or omissions, live time, that are effecting the interpreting exchange or skewing the meaning of the utterance. Inaccuracy due to fatigue will start increasing after thirty consecutive solo minuets of interpreting. Team interpreters provide “accuracy” to the overall message being conveyed (2) Team interpreting as explained by Russell (2011) the dynamic of team can be two or more members, including deaf or hearing interpreters that depend on each other for message clarity. Pulling upon team members strength, and compensating for any moments or ares that need improving. Everyone involved in the exchange is accountable for the work rendered. While there is still an evolving standard for team assignment protocols, Russell provides a practice dialog to confirm teams will be providing feedback (assessments) for each other and if so how