Promoting Sign Language by Digitizing Song Interpretation using Indonesian Sign Language in Social Media

DOI

10.2991/conaplin-18.2019.278How to use a DOI?

Keywords

BISINDO; social media; sign language interpreter; song interpretation

Abstract

There have been many Indonesian sign language interpreters who go hand in hand with Deaf communities in promoting inclusive environment by mainstreaming the exposure of sign language in various social media, particularly YouTube, using a song as the most influential media to endorse the promotion of sign language. Furthermore, the objective of this study is to identify how an interpreter interprets the poetic words in a song by using Indonesian sign language (BISINDO). This study employed a descriptive qualitative research method in which the data were collected through an interview with an experienced Indonesian sign language interpreter. The data were analyzed through data reduction, data display, and drawing conclusions. This study showed that there are several steps that must be done in interpreting a song, such as modification several sentences which cannot be signed easily. Thus an interpreter must have a strong motivation and awareness that the process needs a meticulous work as well as coping with several challenges.

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© 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Rulli Putri Maulida
AU  - Qonita Naylilhusna
AU  - Pungky Wulansakti Antula
PY  - 2019/06
DA  - 2019/06
TI  - Promoting Sign Language by Digitizing Song Interpretation using Indonesian Sign Language in Social Media
BT  - Proceedings of the Eleventh Conference on Applied Linguistics (CONAPLIN 2018)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 331
EP  - 337
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/conaplin-18.2019.278
DO  - 10.2991/conaplin-18.2019.278
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