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Publication details [#19069]

Forestal, Eileen. 2005. The emerging professionals: deaf interpreters and their views and experiences on training. In Marschark, Marc, Rico Peterson and Elisabeth A. Winston, eds. Sign language interpreting and interpreter education: directions for research and practice. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 235–258.

Publication type

Article in jnl/bk

Publication language

English

Keywords

professionalism=non-professionalism | sign interpreting=sign language interpreting | training=translator training

Abstract

The author reports findings from a series of interviews conducted with Deaf interpreters focused on the interviewees’ background, certification, length and type of interpreting work experience and their perspectives on past and needed training, qualifications, and competencies of Deaf interpreters.

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