More information about signing can be found here, and on this video, YouTube user mergfkt tells us in English a bit about the history of ASL (American Sign Language) and the deaf community in general.〔【出典】Global Voices Online◆【英文】Juliana Rincon Parra ◆【和訳】Mariko Yagi ◆【License】CC BY 3.0 〕
I asked him how he learned Japanese sign language, to which he replied, "I learned it watching sign language lessons on TV."〔【出典】Hiragana Times, 1996年12月号◆【出版社】株式会社ヤック企画 〕"HT122106", "2330509"
「点字グローブ」は手話の手の動きを言葉に変換し、それらをモニターに表示する装置である。
"Braille Glove" is a device that translates the hand movements of sign language into words and shows them on a monitor.〔【出典】Catch a Wave, 2002年11月22日号◆【出版社】株式会社浜島書店 〕
They take advantage of the National Day of the Deaf in Argentina to tell their audience in Argentinean sign language and Spanish subtitles that they will soon release their storybooks in sign language for deaf children.〔【出典】Global Voices Online◆【英文】Juliana Rincon Parra ◆【和訳】Mariko Yagi ◆【License】CC BY 3.0 〕
On the comment thread on this Spanish television clip, showing a group of people translating bestsellers and classics such as Pillars of the Earth, Harry Potter, Romeo and Juliet and other books into Spanish sign language, YouTube users explain how deaf people have difficulties reading written language because it doesn't really relate to the language they use to communicate on a day to day basis.〔【出典】Global Voices Online◆【英文】Juliana Rincon Parra ◆【和訳】Mariko Yagi ◆【License】CC BY 3.0 〕
Since there was no sign language interpreter at the lecture meeting, I had my then 9-year-old son act as a sign language interpreter.〔【出典】Hiragana Times, 1996年12月号◆【出版社】株式会社ヤック企画 〕"HT122106", "2448291"
しかし、当時のひろえさんには手話は全く分からなかった。
But in those days Hiroe didn't understand sign language at all.〔【出典】Hiragana Times, 2009年8月号◆【出版社】株式会社ヤック企画 〕"HT274033", "2271830"
しかし、手話を知れば知るほど、ひろえさんの中でたまっていた言葉があふれ出していく。
But the more she learned sign language, the more words spilled out from deep inside her.〔【出典】Hiragana Times, 2009年8月号◆【出版社】株式会社ヤック企画 〕"HT274033", "2273989"
Then he handed me a dictionary, saying "I have a Japanese sign language dictionary, but I can't read Japanese so I'm not able to use it."〔【出典】Hiragana Times, 1996年12月号◆【出版社】株式会社ヤック企画 〕"HT122106", "2513789"
ひろえさんは、俳優、ダンサーとしてだけでなく、手話での歌やダンスの講師としても活動している。
In addition to working as an actress and dancer, she teaches singing with sign language and dancing.〔【出典】Hiragana Times, 2009年8月号◆【出版社】株式会社ヤック企画 〕"HT274033", "2359114"
Most countries have their own adaptations and sometimes, as is the case with the United Kingdom and the USA, the sign languages are completely different, in spite of the fact that both countries share the same spoken language.〔【出典】Global Voices Online◆【英文】Juliana Rincon Parra ◆【和訳】Mariko Yagi ◆【License】CC BY 3.0 〕
It was through Saied's helping to proofread the Japanese sign language dictionary I was in the middle of translating that we became good friends.〔【出典】Hiragana Times, 1996年12月号◆【出版社】株式会社ヤック企画 〕"HT122106", "2382514"