The Interpreter Diaries.

CODA. BSL interpreter, aged 43½. Raised on subtitles & the mild trauma of Deaf parent errands. Events may or may not have happened. Diary pending Netflix deal.

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Sunday
Went off-grid.
Mum turned up anyway. Wants her minicom fixed. It’s from 1994 & full of biscuit crumbs.
Dad’s screening Babe: Pig in the City. I’m interpreting for the pig.
Mum also brought an old love letter from 1983 & asked me to explain it 🙄
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Saturday

Woke up. Peace. Silence. Bliss.
8:02am: Mum FaceTimes. Dad behind, shirtless, signs “FIX KETTLE.”
10am: Interpreted 3 arguments in Asda: mayo v salad cream, ghost v pale man & “continental” lasagne.
3pm: Mum wants BSL for “cervix.”
I log off life.
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Doing a thing!

I’ll be posting daily entries from my life as a BSL interpreter & traumatised CODA. Yesterday’s nonsense, written today, posted tomorrow. Some events may be fictional. Most are just weird. Follow for chaos, subtitles, & sad lunches. #BSL #InterpreterDiaries

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Well hey there! Account got banned for breaking rules. Had to mark myself as a parody 😂. Let’s get some BSL terping news shared then. What’s been happening?

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@MsLoloJ @UKLabour @BDA_Deaf I mean, it’s not as if there isn’t enough space for it. #dobetter

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Saw this video earlier with someone saying that John Lennon is tough to lip read. I’ve taken the sound off and removed the subtitles. Can anyone lip read him. I can’t.

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@BSLterplife @NRCPD Love the skill assessment idea. Have said this for years. Twice a year from and to both languages. Would fully embrace it. CPD is becoming a tick box exercise. 12 points for a weekend conference that nobody learnt anything from other than the buffet and cakes were nice!

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@BSLterplife Agreed. My scenario is if a job gets cancelled the cancellation goes in on the same day as I’m not waiting on the off chance a booking comes in for that day or not. Totally agree bragging about it isn’t right.

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@BSLterplife @JETYork @Dukevfr Don’t get me started on the fees the agency charge the bookers for ATW jobs (that’s a totally different issue 😬😆)

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@JETYork @BSLterplife @Dukevfr Can confirm. Agency called to say job had been cxd & I was being moved to other job at same time. I cheekily asked if I was getting a cx fee, they said no as I was still working for them at the same time. The original booker told me they got invoiced for cancelling.

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@DaliahPietersen I turned over to the BBC which looked good too, but C4 had more controversy haha!

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Watched the C4 #Elections2024 #BSL coverage last night, really impressed. Excellent. Managed to stay up until just before 4. Great work from the teams of terps on during the night. Brilliant to see a mix of hearing/deaf working together. More of this please!

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@The_Deaf_Tribe @KatielittleJ @UKLabour @vickyfoxcroft @Keir_Starmer Thank you. I'll have a read of it

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@deafdragongirl However, you are correct, thats the issue of the British Government and not of any of the Broadcasters

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@deafdragongirl Thats Sky News for you. They dont do it. BBC did.

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@The_Deaf_Tribe @KatielittleJ @UKLabour @vickyfoxcroft @Keir_Starmer and the truth is....Genuinlely interested

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@The_Deaf_Tribe @deafdragongirl Not all deaf people read subtitles, just as not all deaf people use Sign Language, but those who do....

https://t.co/mmNlFvv7kG

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@The_Deaf_Tribe Absolute. Utter. Tosh.

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@LaurakBuzz Apologies I missed this. Had an issue with "X" and havent seen any notifications. Hopefully you got something sorted.

[Scottish Ethnic Minority Deaf Charity @SEMDC1]

SEMDC, Rosie and Eddie (the interpreter) have helped me to develop my confidence levels. Through the workshops I have learned new things which has been enjoyable and means I am not stuck at home bored and isolated. Thank you SEMDC.