CHICAGO (WLS) -- Some professions are misunderstood and one of them is sign language interpreting. Just because you know sign language doesn't mean you can qualify as an interpreter. Columbia College ...

Eastern Iowa Community College has launched an online program for American Sign Language interpreting. EICC is the only college in the state offering a Deaf Studies Certificate and an ASL — English ...

Interpreters convert information from one language to another — or, in the case of sign language interpreters, between spoken language and sign language. For the latter, they interpret both spoken ...

Growing up in Ethiopia, Zahria Ruper couldn’t communicate with her Deaf brother. But, life-changing experiences, including being adopted in the United States and learning American Sign Language from ...

“We are excited to be able to provide these certificate programs to help professional interpreters enhance their skills and sub-specialties,” said Keith Cagle, chairperson of NTID’s ASL and ...

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