Split screen - in left, a Black man wearing a black sport coat with a red handkerchief tucked in chest pocket; in right screen, a Chinese-American woman wearing a colorful scarf speaks. The CATIE Center logo is in the lower right.Synopsis

Julia Cheng, from Community Action Duluth (CAD) , explains what is involved with CAD’s tax site and how it benefits community members.

Interpretations

This English source video is interpreted into ASL by a variety of interpreters.  This provides an opportunity to see interpreters at various points on their professional paths and see different ways to convey this information.  Each of the interpreters create two interpretations.  The first one they did with only this amount of information for preparation:

Julia Cheng, who works for a Community Action agency in Duluth Minnesota, describes a program where volunteers assist people in preparing and submitting their taxes. She also discusses what type of impact this program has on the people who use it and on the broader community.

After this first attempt, the interpreters create a second interpretation where they have more understanding of what text is about. Finally, they provide some reflections on their work – recognizing that this is just a snapshot in time.  We are extremely grateful to everyone who was willing to share their work with this project.

The English Source Text: The Tax Site Program

Julia Cheng, who works for a Community Action agency in Duluth Minnesota, describes a program where volunteers assist people in preparing and submitting their taxes. She also discusses what type of impact this program has on the people who use it and on the broader community.

Before viewing any of the interpretations, interpret the text.  This will help focus your attention to see what challenges you face and then how other interpreters handle those challenges.

  • The Tax Site Program:  A Conversation with Julia Cheng. View the video

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Interpretations & Reflection by Billy

View interpretations from Billy.  Remember that these interpretations were created spontaneously with limited opportunity for preparation.  The CATIE Center is extremely grateful to the interpreters in this project for sharing their work.

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Interpretations & Reflections

This text has been interpreted by a number of different interpreters at various points in their professional journeys.  We offer these different interpretations and reflections as an opportunity for you to view different perspectives on how to convey the work. Click on an image to see this person’s contribution to the interpretation corpus.

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