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Valerie Sutton Date: Thu Mar 9, 2000 4:38 pm Subject: How to Transcribe Videos in SW, Part 1 | |
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On 3/6/00, Stuart Thiessen wrote: >My first question in regard to all of this is: What are some good tips you >have found for transcribing a videotape? The process I am planning so far is: > >1. Begin by getting the basic signs down. > >2. Review that initial transcription by adding any non-manual material such >as facial expressions, pauses, etc. > >3. Continue to review it until we are sure that there are no other manual >or non-manual elements that need to be included. ------------------------------------- SignWriting List March 9, 2000 Thank you, Stuart, for your questions about transcribing from video. I am sure there are many ways to go about the job, and certainly everyone has to choose their own way of working. But let me share with you what I have learned, and also how I think, when I am transcribing. 1. Write directly in SignWriting. Do not think in English or any other spoken language. 2. Do not worry about what the signs mean in the beginning. In the beginning, what matters is "seeing" each sign from a movement perspective. A little like an interpreter, you do not stand in judgement of what is being said...instead you are "a neutral scribe". 3. Do not see something as "manual" or "non-manual". Those linguistic terms have nothing to do with SignWriting, and they will trap you into limitations of the past. SignWriting sees the signs as "whole units". Just as a Deaf child read signs quickly in "whole units" ....the same is true when writing the signs. The SW scribe needs to write the signs in whole units too....you will end up with a more "true to ASL" transcription later if you can learn this technique. 4. What happens if you write too many facial expressions? So far, it appears that that is not serious. But what is serious is to eliminate necessary facial expressions...so for now, I would suggest writing any facial expression that "feels" necessary to understand the sign. Now....having said all this....you don't have to tell me that you may think differently than I do...I am sure we all take notes in English or other spoken languages in different ways too! I will be posting a series of new email messages in the next few days, continuing this theme, since I have much more to share with you, regarding techniques for transcribing videos..... Thanks for your questions, Stuart, and congratulations once again on your permission to transcribe! Val ;-) ------------------------------------ Valerie Sutton SignWritingSite https://www.SignWriting.org SignWriting List Archive https://www.egroups.com/group/sw-l/ Deaf Action Committee For SignWriting Box 517, La Jolla, CA, 92038-0517, USA |
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