Work Papers of the Summer Institute of Linguistics, University of North Dakota Session
DOI
10.31356/silwp.vol49.03
Abstract
Sign Language (SL) translation is a field of growing interest to major groups involved in translation, but many SL translation projects are encountering difficulties. In examining these, I argue that the Deaf community occupies a unique sociolinguistic context as it relates to translation, and that this makes Deaf ownership of translation projects and training of Deaf people a high priority. I then look at three other salient issues in SL translation: personnel, exegesis, and the question of signing style, offering tentative solutions. In addition, I suggest that projects might benefit from: 1) engaging in discourse studies early in the SL translation process, 2) a single-line approach to glossing that works well with analytical software, 3) maintaining a pure sign language environment, and 4) implementing effective comprehension testing methods.
Recommended Citation
Penner, Mark
(2009)
"Issues in sign language translation, with special reference to Bible translation,"
Work Papers of the Summer Institute of Linguistics, University of North Dakota Session: Vol. 49, Article 3.
DOI: 10.31356/silwp.vol49.03
Available at:
https://commons.und.edu/sil-work-papers/vol49/iss1/3
