sign language interpretation
Manual communication mediation
Sign language interpretation is the real-time translation between a signed language and a spoken language, performed by a trained interpreter.
The interpreter conveys meaning in both directions—voicing what a deaf person signs and signing what hearing people say.
The conference provided sign language interpretation for deaf attendees.
Professional interpreters work in settings from courtrooms to concerts, requiring fluency in both languages and quick cognitive processing.
- deafUnable to hear
- deaf communityPeople with hearing loss, connected
- handsGripping limbs' extremities
- hand movementsMotions made with fingers
- gesturesExpressive body movements
ASL · translator · fingers · communication · visual · silent · expressions · accessibility · hearing · hearing impaired · fluent · certification · movement · facial · facial expressions · conference · booth · simultaneous
- accessibilitywheelchair access, wheelchair sports, wheelchair ramp, adaptive skiing, accessibility features
- translationtranslator, literal translation, literary translation, free translation, French translation
- special educationspecial education, special ed, special needs, IEP, IEPs
sign language interpretationaudio description
Spoken explanation of visuals
captioning · closed captioning · subtitling · voice-over · dubbing
signed, signing, signer, signers, signature, signatures, signal, signals, signaling