sign language interpreter
Manual communication mediator
A sign language interpreter translates between spoken language and sign language in real time, enabling communication between deaf or hard-of-hearing people and hearing people.
Interpreters work in settings from courtrooms to classrooms to medical appointments: The hospital provided a sign language interpreter for the consultation.
The role requires fluency in both languages and the ability to convey tone, nuance, and cultural context.
- deafUnable to hear
- deaf communityPeople with hearing loss, connected
- handsGripping limbs' extremities
- hand movementsMotions made with fingers
- gesturesExpressive body movements
ASL · communication · translator · hearing · hearing impaired · fingers · expression · accessibility · mute · visual · fingerspelling · fluent · bridge · voicing · silent · movements · facial · facial expressions
- skilled handssurgeon, jeweler, watchmaker, seamstress, tailor
- translationtranslator, literal translation, literary translation, free translation, French translation
- translation toolstranslator, dictionary, phrasebook, online translator, voice translator
- accommodationsextra time, double time, time and a half, breaks, rest breaks
- deaf servicesASL, speech therapist, deaf community, deaf culture, captioning
- language professionalslexicographer, translator, editor, proofreader, copy editor
sign language interpretercaptioner
One who transcribes speech
court reporter · stenographer · transcriptionist · subtitler · transcriber
language, interpreter, signed, signing, signer, signers, signal, signals, signaling