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A Case Study of the Strategies of Simultaneous Interpretation of Sign Language

  • Journal of Special Education: Theory and Practice
  • Abbr : JSPED
  • 2023, 24(2), pp.167-193
  • DOI : 10.19049/JSPED.2023.24.2.07
  • Publisher : Research Institute of the Korea Special Education
  • Research Area : Social Science > Education
  • Received : May 12, 2023
  • Accepted : June 13, 2023
  • Published : June 30, 2023

Kim, Dong-Ho 1 Hong, Sung-Eun 2

1KBS 수어통역사
2강남대학교 특수교육과

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ABSTRACT

[Purpose] This is a case study on the strategies of simultaneous interpretation from spoken language to signed language based on the fact that the same method and mechanism of interpretation used for spoken language can be applied to sign language interpretation. [Methods] To analyze the strategies, simultaneous interpretation from Korean(source language) into Korean Sign Language(target language) by five sign language interpreters was filmed and evaluated by deaf native signers for comprehensibility. [Results] The following strategies, categorized by type, take into account the visual features of sign language. First, cognitive strategies for understanding the message include Ear-Voice Span, pause, chunking, and anticipation. Second, production strategies for the efficient meaning of the message include syntactic transformation, substitution, particularization, addition and additional explanation. Third, omission, summarizing, compression, and generalization serve as efficiency strategies of expression. Fourth, transcoding and omissions fall under emergency strategies. Fifth, there is repairing, a monitoring strategy that can also be viewed as a meta-strategy. [Conclusion] We believe that through this case analysis, we can contribute to the improvement of sign language interpretation.

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