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ASL Interpreting
ASL interpreting is the translation between American Sign Language (ASL) and another language, typically English. ASL interpretation is common in professional environments where deaf people interact with the wider community, including medical, legal, educational, mental health, vocational, and other environments. Interpretation may be consecutive or simultaneous, and pairs or teams of interpreters may engage in different interpreting styles. ASL interpretation has been regulated by the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf since 1964. Many American universities offer undergraduate programs in ASL interpretation, and some graduate programs exist for the subject. ASL-English Interpreting As with all language combinations, ASL and English are two examples between which interpreting can take place. ASL (American Sign Language) is used by the Deaf community in North America with ASL variations existing in other countries. Interpreters are required for situations when people from the ...
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Translation
Translation is the communication of the Meaning (linguistic), meaning of a #Source and target languages, source-language text by means of an Dynamic and formal equivalence, equivalent #Source and target languages, target-language text. The English language draws a terminology, terminological distinction (which does not exist in every language) between ''translating'' (a written text) and ''Language interpretation, interpreting'' (oral or Sign language, signed communication between users of different languages); under this distinction, translation can begin only after the appearance of writing within a language community. A translator always risks inadvertently introducing source-language words, grammar, or syntax into the target-language rendering. On the other hand, such "spill-overs" have sometimes imported useful source-language calques and loanwords that have enriched target languages. Translators, including early translators of sacred texts, have helped shape the very l ...
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