An Anonymous Introduction
There are many reasons for starting this blog. I’m a Sign Language Interpreter in the UK and part of a profession that is currently experiencing many difficulties. We are faced with changing market...
View ArticleOne Stop Shopping
Outsourcing or One Stop Shops. Words that strike fear into the heart of the Sign Language Interpreter. A word that means the work that they previously did direct or though one agency for a council, a...
View ArticleSpoken Myths
Myths some, a small minority of, spoken language interpreters may hold about sign language interpreters: Myth 1: We earn twice as much. If only. Maybe we earn more some areas or for some contractors....
View ArticleInterpreter Cost Cutting: A False Economy
In these times of fiscal belt tightening funds have to be cut. It’s a given. For statutory bodies it must be hard. So where does the funding get cut and how can they save money? Cut the stationery...
View ArticleMedia Reports Chaos: Interpreters, Make Your Stand
In a previous post there was a description of the sheer number of spoken language organisations and campaigns and the resulting lack of unity. What is impressive now is the amount of interpreters...
View ArticleWhen we resign ourselves to acceptance, do we desensitise ourselves to what...
Have Interpreters resigned themselves to accept and even expect that level of access provided to the Deaf community, that they have trained to serve, to be as poor as it is in this current day? I am...
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