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ORAL TRANSLITERATOR [1 record]

Record 1 2021-07-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Translation and Interpretation
  • Technical Aids for Persons with Disabilities
DEF

A professional interpreter who sits facing a person with hearing loss while silently repeating/rephrasing what a speaker is saying using good lip/facial movements and modifying some difficult-to-see words to make it easier of the hard of hearing person to speechread.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Traduction et interprétation
  • Aides techniques pour personnes handicapées
CONT

Le translittérateur reformule de façon inaudible le message en le rendant plus facilement lisible sur les lèvres pour le destinataire. Il n’y a pas de transfert linguistique vers une autre langue, mais un transfert vers une autre forme d’une même langue.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Nombramiento de cargos (Generalidades)
  • Traducción e interpretación
  • Ayudas técnicas para personas minusválidas
CONT

Un intérprete oral brinda una representación precisa de las palabras habladas a través de movimientos labiales para los estudiantes que leen los labios.

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