Signed Language Interpreting in Brazil
Language: English
Published by Gallaudet University Press,U.S., US, 2013
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This ninth volume in the "Studies in Interpretation" series is the first book-length study on interpreting the official sign language of Brazil, Lingua Brasileira de Sinais (LIBRAS). Six chapters detail the current standing of LIBRAS interpretation research within the field of translation studies, the unique cognitive challenges faced by bimodal bilingual - hearing and signing - interpreters, the evolution of an online glossary of signed academic and technical terms, and finally, a revelatory discussion of how gender might influence the act of LIBRAS interpretation.
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- Title
- Signed Language Interpreting in Brazil
- Author
- Ronice Muller de Quadros
- Publisher
- Gallaudet University Press,U.S., US
- Publication year
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- Binding
- Hardback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1563685434
- ISBN 13
- 9781563685439
- Item weight
- 666 grams
The ninth volume in the Studies in Interpretation series offers six succinct chapters on the state of signed language interpreting by Brazil by editors Ronice Müller de Quadros, Earl Fleetwood, Melanie Metzger and ten Brazilian researchers. The first chapter advocates for the affiliation of Brazilian Sign Language (Libras) interpretation research with the field of Translation Studies to generate greater academic power empowerment of Libras. The second chapter outlines how Brazilian sign language interpreters construct a position in discourse. Chapter 3 explores the possibility that bimodal, bilingual interpreters—hearing children of deaf adults—face unique cognitive tasks compared to unimodal bilingual interpreters.
Chapter 4 describes how the systematic expansion and documentation of new academic and technical terms in Brazilian Sign Language, in which fingerspelling is uncommon, resulted in the development of an online glossary. The fifth chapter details the challenges of Libras interpreters in high schools. Chapter 6 concludes this revealing collection with findings on whether gender traits influence the act of interpretation of Brazilian Sign Language.
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About the Author
Ronice Müller de Quadros is Professor, Linguistics, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil.
Earl Fleetwood is a staff interpreter with Access Interpreting in Washington, DC.
Melanie Metzger is Professor and Chairperson, Department of Interpretation, Gallaudet University, Washington, DC.
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