WHAT IS SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETING ?
Sign language interpreting
It is the use of a sign language to convey information contained in the programme audio (speech and other important sounds) to deaf viewers who communicate in sign language.
Sign languages convey meaning through hand and finger shapes, movement, body language, and facial expressions. Sign languages differ from one another. Deaf people in the United States, for example, use American Sign Language, while those in India use Indian Sign Language. Each sign language has its own grammar, semantics, and vocabulary. Even within a country, regional dialects and differences in some of the signs used by different cultural groups are common. Some sign languages, such as Indian Sign Language (ISL), are languages in and of themselves, with no direct mapping between the local spoken language and the local sign language. Other sign languages are more closely related to or a direct visual representation of a spoken language.