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Valerie Sutton Date: Mon Oct 26, 1998 2:17 pm Subject: Re: Writing SW Literature | |
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October 26, 1998 Regarding the definition of the English word "transliteration"...I want to thank everyone for your good discussions on this topic. There appears to be many ways "to interpret" that word :-) In regards to SignWriting....technically SW can write anything that moves - so if what you are doing is a "transliteration", such as fingerspelling, then SignWriting can write the movements of fingerspelling. When people ask me if SignWriting is a "transliteration" my answer is that it depends on the choice of the writer. SignWriting is flexible...it is like a lump of clay. You can mold it as you will. And because of that flexibility, our Deaf Action Committee had to make choices. When Lucinda Batch and I first began the DAC back in the mid-1980's, we both decided we wanted to try to write "directly in ASL". We have been attempting to write "directly in ASL" in two ways: 1. create ASL videos and transcribe them or.. 2. ask a native signer in ASL, to write in SignWriting, directly in ASL, without translating from English to ASL. This is hard, because native signers have never written their native language before now, and all kinds of issues pop up. For example, before now, native signers learned to read and write their second language, English, before they learned to read and write their first language, ASL. So in school they were required to "think in English" when they sat and wrote something. So "thinking in ASL", while writing, is a new experience. Have a great Monday - Valerie :-) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Valerie Sutton at the DAC Deaf Action Committee for SW SignWriting https://www.SignWriting.org Center For Sutton Movement Writing an educational nonprofit organization Box 517, La Jolla, CA, 92038-0517, USA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
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