Ethics 2/9/17

Initial gut reaction 1-Not at all   10-Yes, definitely

Did I convey presenter’s overall message? 8

Did I deliver the interpretation with confidence? 8

What is the presenter’s purpose?: He wants to educate people about the need for CDIs.

What is the presenter’s attitude toward the topic?: (emotive, excited, lethargic…) He is passionate about the topic and very clear in his views on the issue. 

What was the presenter’s language quality? (clear, redundant, evasive, tangents…) He was clear and to the point. He gave good examples that supported his ideas. 

How was the audio/visual quality? He was a little unclear, but I could understand what he said. 

How did the presenter structure the presentation? He had clear questions that he presented and then offered his opinions or solutions to the prompts. 

Did the source text use any culturally bound information or topic-specific jargon? The whole topic was culturally bound and used topic-specific jargon. CDI is something that most hearing people (outside of the interpreting community) would not know.  I think he was talking to interpreters, but after typing this, I feel I should have said in the beginning Certified Deaf Interpreter to clarify the meaning.  

Brief notes: At the end, I missed some of what he said so I need to go back and try to figure that part out. I think I did pretty well on this though. I think I understood a lot of his information, but I need to work on my presentation. I am focusing so much on getting the words out that I forget to put forth the emotion that the signer is showing. I'm proud of this interpretation. It wasn't perfect, but I think I understood most of what he said and didn't miss too much information until the end when I struggled a bit more. 

Copy Signing Experience

Deaf Awareness Month with Ben Bahan & The Significance of Deaf Interpreters Conference

Why is this helpful? It is a good transition from understanding language while reproducing it in the same language to understanding language and interpreting it into a different language. This is a great exercise if you feel you understand signers when you are not interpreting for them, but then lose the message when your voice turns on.

Copy signing is helpful because I don't have to think about the correct way to sign something. I was proud that I still understood a lot of the presentation even though I struggled to keep up with their signing. I skipped many fingerspelled words, but overall I think I did pretty well.  Not understanding all those fingerspelled words shows me the importance of practicing my receptive skills! I enjoyed copy signing the second video because I feel as though I incorporated/copied the signer's facial expressions well.  I struggled a little at first to simultaneously copy them and understand what the conversation was about, but as I kept going I understood more and more.  After a while I was simply understanding what they were discussing and could focus more on copying the correct body language facial expressions, non manual markers, and use of space.  Overall, I missed some words and concepts, but feel this exercise helped me produce more natural, fluid ASL because I wasn't so focused on interpreting.

Comptroller 2/2/17

Initial gut reaction 1-Not at all   10-Yes, definitely

Did I convey presenter’s overall message? 4

Did I deliver the interpretation with confidence? 4

What is the presenter’s purpose?: Educate the audience about their budget plan and current financial standings. 

What is the presenter’s attitude toward the topic?: (emotive, excited, lethargic…) The presenter spoke formally, was very clear and to the point. 

What was the presenter’s language quality? (clear, redundant, evasive, tangents…) The presenter spoke clearly and got to the point quickly with each topic. 

How was the audio/visual quality? good

How did the presenter structure the presentation? His was a prepared speech.  He used powerpoint slides to show/support his information through graphs and charts. 

Did the source text use any culturally bound information or topic-specific jargon?  There was a lot of topic specific jargon related to the government and the finances related to the state's employment rates and wages, etc.

Brief notes: I kept messing up the number millions and billions. I should spell them out so that I don't confuse my clients.  I had trouble explaining a lot of what he was talking about.  His speech was slower so it was easier to follow than the LDS report, but I still struggled to form the information into ASL. I did prepare to know what FY was (fiscal year) but I should've included the short handed FY into my interpretation.  I think I missed some information and then threw a number up with no association to anything I signed prior to or after. I definitely need to practice signing bigger numbers because I take too much time thinking about what I'm doing with the numbers and miss a whole bunch of information. 

Time Management 2/2/17

Initial gut reaction 1-Not at all   10-Yes, definitely

Did I convey presenter’s overall message? 8

Did I deliver the interpretation with confidence? 8

What is the presenter’s purpose?: Educate the audience on time management in college

What is the presenter’s attitude toward the topic?: (emotive, excited, lethargic…) Desire to share his knowledge/help students succeed

What was the presenter’s language quality? (clear, redundant, evasive, tangents…) clear, emphasized important parts

How was the audio/visual quality? good

How did the presenter structure the presentation? 

Did the source text use any culturally bound information or topic-specific jargon?  There wasn't a lot of topic specific jargon or cultural information.  The speaker was generally speaking about how time management would help students do better in school and in life. 

Brief notes: I think I did okay on this. I tried not to have too much lag time because sometimes I overdo that and get confused on signing and listening at the same time.  I felt good about using lists and keeping up with the speaker.  I used the tools available (the slides) to help me when I wanted to understand a concept or if I missed the speaker's sentence.  My mentor and I are working on my confidence so before this video I told myself I could do it and to think like my  mentor and I think it helped me. I felt a little bit more relaxed and think I produced a more complete message than I sometimes do.  

LDS Statistical Report 2/2/17

Initial gut reaction 1-Not at all   10-Yes, definitely

Did I convey presenter’s overall message? 2

Did I deliver the interpretation with confidence? 3

What is the presenter’s purpose?: Educate the audience on the church's report

What is the presenter’s attitude toward the topic?: (emotive, excited, lethargic…) monotone, just listing information

What was the presenter’s language quality? (clear, redundant, evasive, tangents…) Clear, but he spoke very fast and I couldn't/didn't catch all the numbers.

How was the audio/visual quality? good

How did the presenter structure the presentation? He listed the information. He said a group and the numbers associated with it. 

Did the source text use any culturally bound information or topic-specific jargon?  Lots of culturally bound information and topic-specific jargon related to the church such as ward, stake, branches, etc. 

Brief notes: WOW, that was really fast for numbers. I'm not used to the words associated with the LDS church.  I should've practiced the groups more. I also should've practiced signing numbers more. I felt like he went at lightening speed listing off the numbers and I couldn't keep up! I missed a lot of information. I stopped in the middle of some of his titles/numbers and did not include even close to the full amount of information given. 

Conducting Research 1/26/2017

Initial gut reaction 1-Not at all   10-Yes, definitely

Did I convey presenter’s overall message? 6

Did I deliver the interpretation with confidence? 5

What is the presenter’s purpose?: To educate through story

What is the presenter’s attitude toward the topic?: (emotive, excited, lethargic…) She seemed excited to share her experience and information.

What was the presenter’s language quality? (clear, redundant, evasive, tangents…) It was a little confusing to follow all the different times she popped up as a "new presenter".

How was the audio/visual quality? The video quality was good. 

How did the presenter structure the presentation? She used a personal story/experience to inform the audience about research.  

Did the source text use any culturally bound information or topic-specific jargon?  Topic-specific jargon: qualitative, bias, sampling, etc. Culturally bound information: videophone

Brief notes: I struggled to follow the role shifting and her use of technology to put herself in the screen at the same time.  I used the screen to help with some of her fingerspelling, but I think I focused too much on the word on the screen and not enough to what she was signing so I missed some concepts.  I need to learn to balance using the resources with focusing on the signer. I didn't understand the ending so I stopped abruptly. 

Fast Food 1/26/2017

Initial gut reaction 1-Not at all   10-Yes, definitely

Did I convey presenter’s overall message? 7 

Did I deliver the interpretation with confidence? 7

What is the presenter’s purpose?: His purpose it to entertain his audience with his experience.

What is the presenter’s attitude toward the topic?: (emotive, excited, lethargic…) He was emotive. 

What was the presenter’s language quality? (clear, redundant, evasive, tangents…) It was pretty clear, but in some parts he moved around so I missed some concepts.

How was the audio/visual quality? The audio quality was a little tough to follow. The camera would move sometimes so I missed some of the fingerspelling at the beginning such as the names of the restaurants he was speaking about.  

How did the presenter structure the presentation? He told a story.  He led into his story by giving a few options for restaurants and then informed the audience where he chose to go.  Then he told his story about his experience. 

Did the source text use any culturally bound information or topic-specific jargon?  It was helpful to know about deaf people and some background information about their experiences with drive throughs and with people who do not know ASL.  There was topic-specific jargon related to the names of restaurants. 

Brief notes: Camera moved so I missed fingerspelling in the beginning.  Also one point in the story I missed that the next car drove up and the worker still had the speakers turned up.  I think I corrected myself a few times though so that was good to notice my mistakes in the moment.