Sign Language interpreting services
Enabling deaf and hard of hearing people to communicate is just as important as communication between foreign language speakers. Now as well as high quality professional foreign language interpreting services you can come to us for all your British Sign Language (BSL) interpreting needs as well.
British Sign Language is a language used by approximately 70,000 deaf people in the UK. As the preferred language of the British deaf community, it is accepted by both linguists and the UK Government as a language in its own right. A person who uses British Sign Language may not always understand written English. This makes the need for BSL interpreters even more important.
To arrange a British Sign Language interpreter just give us a call on +44(0)845 367 7000 or email enquiries@appliedlanguage.com and we’ll be more than glad to help you.
Working with British Sign Language interpreters
The role of a BSL interpreter is like any other language interpreter, to ensure that people speaking different languages can communicate easily and without misunderstanding.
The interpreting process
As with any other interpreted language, every English word doesn’t necessarily have a corresponding sign in BSL. The interpreting process involves expressing the same meaning using a different vocabulary and grammatical structure.
This means
- Only one message can be interpreted at a time. So, in a meeting it’s vital that only one person speaks or signs at a time. If this doesn’t happen the interpreter might have to ask people to speak in turn so that the conversation can be interpreted accurately.
- As you can imagine such a physical and mental role as a BSL interpreter can be quite exhausting. When in full flow interpreters may be processing up to 20,000 words per hour.
- For meetings and events longer than 2 hours at least two interpreters are necessary.
What sign language interpreting service do you need?
We can provide you with lots of sign language interpreting services, just choose the service which best suits your needs.
- Sign language interpreters
- Lip speakers
- Usher Syndrome or Deaf blind Interpreters
- Deaf Relay/Intermediary Interpreters
- Translations Services
We can provide experienced Deaf and hearing professionals to translate British Sign Language (BSL) or spoken English documents onto a range of suitable formats, including video, DVD or CD.
Only the most experienced British Sign Language (BSL) interpreters work with us so you can be assured of the quality of the interpretation from start to finish.
To arrange a British Sign Language interpreter just give us a call on +44(0)845 367 7000 or email enquiries@appliedlanguage.com and we’ll be more than glad to help you.
Not what you are looking for?
If this isn’t want you want, then take a look at our other Interpreting Services: