The interpreter's friend by David Bar-Tzur

Raison d'e^tre of this website:
Invitation to an interpreting cybercommunity

My blog

http://deafjews.blogspot.com/ This blog spot is meant to be a place for Deaf Jews and their friends to discuss issues that concern them. I am hearing and do not wish to be the expert on what Deaf Jews think. I want to provide a space for them to brainstorm ideas. Welcome!

My CDs

My workshops

MY ARTICLES AND LINKS

ASL translations of songs and ritual texts

Alternative (LGBTIQ and Feminist)
Cultural and linguistic changes in translating songs into ASL
CHRISTIAN: ordinary time (non-holiday)
CHRISTIAN: Advent & Christmas

CHRISTIAN: Lent, Easter & Pentecost
Muslim
JEWISH: Chanukah
JEWISH: Full services
JEWISH: Individual songs and texts
Secular
Unitarian Universalist

Interpreting for Deaf-Blind people

Interpreting for religious/spiritual topics

Cultural and linguistic changes in translating songs into ASL
Interpreting for Jewish celebrations
Jewish signs an educated interpreter should know
My religious background
Nicene Creed for non-native English speakers (users)
Ordo missae cum populo (Order of the Catholic Mass for the people)
Resources for religious/ spiritual interpreting
Rite of baptism (Catholic)
Signs for books of the Jewish and Christian Bibles
Signs for Buddhism
Signs for Hinduism
Signs for Islam
Songs and ritual texts (Christian, Jewish, and Unitarian/Universalist)
The Jewish Bible
Troublesome terms to translate in the Jewish and Christian Bibles
Was Zacharias struck deaf by the Angel Gabriel?
WORK IN PROGRESS: The work of our hands: Sign Language interpreting in Jewish settings [Ashkenaz]

Interpreting for technical/specialized topics

Miscellaneous

Multiculturalism

Professional development: Getting over the hump!

The Jewish services

Workshops to go!

Contributions by other authors

Alger-Robbins, A. Interpreter coordinators: The crucial link between the court and the interpreter
American Translators Association, 1988 Code of Ethical Practices and Professional Rights
Blake, J. E. Personality type and interpreters for the deaf
Callahan, B.

(22 August 1997). Patient wins suit over deaf interpreter
(31 January 1996). Reno court interpreter held; his S.D. sex offense turns up

Code of ethics - Court interpretation: Model guides for policy and practice in the state courts
Code of professional responsibility for interpreters in the Oregon courts
Deaf-blind freedom -- How far?
Eighinger, L. (November 1998). Condensed version of the study of ethics
Gish, S. (1995). Appropriate dress for interpreters
Grassick, S. (27 October 2001). Teaching Deaf-Blind children
Green, C

(2003). Black-and-white rainbows: Learning from Deaf people
(21 March 2003). Interpreters and "soft skills": Ethics and attitude
(nd). Language of the heart

(1 March 1996). Interpreters must be dually allied
Kinsella, T.

(n.d.) A look at race, gender and community.Elitism among professionals.
(n.d.) On liminalityUndergoing a shift in cultural identity.
(25 Februray 1996). A way of responding: Some thoughts on the Allies Conference
(Fall 1996). X-factor plus. .

Levin, D. (30 November 1997).

Mandated reporting of abuse
Interpreting for Deaf-Blind medical settings: SurgeryThere are some ideas that transfer to sighted Deaf people also.

Metcalf, C. (21 November 2001). Medical consent and Deaf-Blind patients
Mintz, D. (27 January 1997). Open letter to Lydia Pellegrin
NAJIT team interpreting resolution
R . v. Attard Central Criminal Court (1958) 43 Cr.App.R.90 [United Kingdom]
Remen, R. N. (n.d.) In the service of life "Serving is different from helping. Helping is based on inequality; it is not a relationship between equals."
Rodriguez, J. There's no justice for court interpreters
State of Washington code of conduct for court interpreters
Sanderson, G. (12 January 1984). Overuse Syndrome among Sign Language interpreters
Standards of conduct - Maricopa County, Arizona
Standards of professional conduct for court interpreters (California)
State of Washington code of conduct for court interpreters
10th Circuit: District must provide on-site interpretive services

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