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How sign-language interpreters handle Lady Gaga

by marksu on 3/17/11, 11:53 AM with 4 comments

  • by unwind on 3/17/11, 12:50 PM

    I found it weird that they're also contemplating sign-language translation of the artists' gestures. Why is that needed? Are generic gestures made by hearing people in a different "language" from what deaf people would use?

    Or is it the other way around, that since deaf people have a full language available using (intricate) gestures, they don't "need" (and therefore never learn) the more generic gestures used by hearing?

  • by svag on 3/17/11, 1:24 PM