International Perspectives on Sign Language Interpreting

CONTENTS

C O N T E N T S Preface: The Conference of Interpreter Trainers and Its Influence on the Past, Present, and Future vii C A R O L Y N B A L L Foreword ix L I Z S C O T T G I B S O N Part One: Europe Sign Language Interpreter Training in Austria: 3 An Integrated Approach N A D J A G R B I Ć Sign Language Interpreter Training in Finland 15 M A R J U K K A N I S U L A A N D J U H A M A N U N E N Three Leaps of Faith and Four Giant Steps: 35 Developing Interpreter Training in Ireland L O R R A I N E L E E S O N A N D T E R E S A L Y N C H Beginnings of the Interpreter Training Program 57 in Kosovo S E L M A N H O T I A N D S U S A N E M E R S O N Linguistic Variation as a Challenge for Sign Language 77 Interpreters and Sign Language Interpreter Education in the Netherlands O N N O C R A S B O R N A N D T O N Y B L O E M v From Small Acorns: The Scottish Experience 96 of Developing Interpreter and Translator Training C H R I S T I N E W . L . W I L S O N A N D R I T A M C D A D E Interpreter Education in Sweden: A Uniform Approach 124 to Spoken and Signed Language Interpreting A N N A H E I N Part Two: Asia-Pacific Interpreting Down Under: Sign Language Interpreter 149 Education and Training in Australia K A R E N B O N T E M P O A N D P A T R I C I A L E V I T Z K E - G R A Y Isa Lei: Interpreter Training in Fiji 171 K A T E N E L S O N , I N I S E T A W A K E T I N I , R U T H S P E N C E R , A N D D E L L A G O S W E L L Training of Sign Language Interpreters in Japan: 190 Achievements and Challenges E I I C H I T A K A D A A N D S H I N ’ I C H I K O I D E Sign Language Interpreter Education and the 200 Profession in New Zealand R A C H E L M C K E E , S H I Z U E S A M E S H I M A , L Y N E T T E P I V A C , A N D D A V I D M C K E E Part Three: The Americas Brazilian Sign Language Interpreter Education 221 in Brazil: From Voluntary Work to Formal Distance Learning R O N I C E M Ü L L E R D E Q U A D R O S A N D M A R I A N N E R O S S I S T U M P F Traveling the Path of Excellence in Interpreter 248 Education: The Canadian Experience K A R E N M A L C O L M A N D N I G E L H O W A R D vi CONTENTS The National Consortium of Interpreter Education 267 Centers in the United States of America E L I Z A B E T H A . W I N S T O N A N D D E N N I S C O K E L Y Part Four: Africa Sign Language Interpreter Training in Kenya 295 O K O T H O K O M B O , J E F W A G . M W E R I , A N D W A S H I N G T O N A K A R A N G A Contributors 301 Index 309 CONTENTS vii Editor’s Note: All the chapters in the book contain information that is current as of the...