Sign language interpreting in Australia: an overview

Jemina Napier; Karen Bontempo; Marcel Leneham

Sign language interpreting in Australia: an overview

Jemina Napier, Karen Bontempo, Marcel Leneham

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This paper presents an overview of the sign language interpreting profession in Australia. The paper is organised into five parts. First, we provide an introduction to the Australian context by providing brief geographic and demographic information, and specific information about the Deaf community and Australian Sign Language (Auslan). We then present information on three key areas: the profession, training and research.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1, 7, 8, 45
Number of pages	10
Journal	VIEWS : magazine of the registry of interpreters for the deaf
Volume	2006
Publication status	Published - 2006

Keywords

sign language interpreting
Australia
Auslan

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