interpreters as typists - question

[Beppie van den Bogaerde]

Dear Ingvild

In our interpreting program in Utrecht , the Netherlands, we have a four
year bachelor program for your point 1-4. We also offer a 2 year, parttime,
master program in Deaf Studies and (first deree) teacher of SL.

But for speech-to-text interpreting, we have a different route; we offer a
two year Associate degree, in which the students learn (basic) NGT (Dutch
sign language) and Sign supported Dutch, but on the whole they spend two
years on learning to type at speech rate on a Veyboard. If they want to,
they can continue to become an NGT interpreter in two additional years, so
also, in all, a 4-year study. Most students take the regular route, however.
We have started this AD in 2007, so no alumni yet..
Regular NGT interpreters don't do speech-to-text interpreter, we have
special interpreters for this.

If you want more specific information on the content of the program, contact
me and I will pass you  message on to my colleagues who  coordinate this
course.

Hope this helps

Best regards

Beppie v.d. Bogaerde

 

 

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Roald
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Subject: [SLLING-L] interpreters as typists - question

 

Here in Norway, interpreters are trained for three years at a college. After
completing their education, they are supposed to:

1) master Norwegian Sign Language (NTS)
2) interpret between NTS and spoken Norwegian (for Deaf persons)
3) interpret between signed Norwegian and spoken Norwegian (for deafened or
HH persons)
4) interpret between tactile NTS and spoken Norwegian (for deaf-and-blind
persons)

5) and to type in real time from spoken Norwegian to written Norwegian,
either full text or a text adapted to the Norwegian language reading level
of the persons requiring the service. This is mostly done during
conferences, but also for lectures and sometimes for one person during a
guided tour somewhere.

My questions are regarding the last required task:

a) is this normally a task for SL-interpreters?

b) the persons who do this real time typing, how are they trained?

As I am connected to one of the colleges giving this education, I am
interested in answers from all over the world. We are concerned about this
training and demand, but we need knowledge to support a change.

Sincerely,

Ingvild Roald, dr. philos

senior advisor
Statped Vest / University College of Bergen,
Bergen,
Norway

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