What does it take to be a sign language interpreter?
The HinduIn November when the play In the Blue Houses Dream The Mountains was performed at the School of Drama in Thrissur, Livin C Lonakutty’s nimble fingers and expressions were capturing the action on stage for over 20 hearing-impaired people in the audience. For Vinayachandran BS, another SLI, it was a memorable occasion when he did a commentary in sign language at the finals of the second National Test Cricket championship for the HI held in Thiruvananthapuram last year. Sign Language Interpreters have become familiar faces, thanks to news bulletins for the HI on Malayalam news channels. Vinayachandran explains that many have no idea that sign language interpretation involves 40% expression in addition to signs. The National Institute of Speech and Hearing in Thiruvananthapuram, which offers a Diploma in Indian Sign Language Interpretation course, has been the training ground for most of the SLIs in the State.
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