CC VOLUNTEERS: If you are interested to translate International Sign or ASL to any language, please feel free! You can create CC via my video yourself or you can send me .SRT file via email (deafinitelywanderlust@gmail.com). I’d love Spanish, Korean, Chinese (traditional or simplified), Hindi, etc. Thank you!
They're signing in International Sign (which is kinda new and comprised of gestures & selected signs from sign languages all over the world - but signs are mainly 70% ASL). Sometimes they signed few ones from TSL too :)
TRANSCRIPT. [A light-skinned Taiwanese female is wearing a mustard colored sleeves. Her brunette hair is pulled back. Her name is Sue Wang. A Taiwanese light-skinned male, named Mike Niu, has black hair and is wearing white t-shirt with blue unbuttoned vest. They’re both sitting down and smiling at the camera. On the top left of the screen, three social media logos (Facebook, Instagram and UA-cam) appeared with “@deafinitelywanderlust” Another woman will appeared later in the video is is light-skinned Taiwanese female, named Jenny Ou, who is an interpreter. She wears a black rimmed square glasses. Her black hair is pulled back into ponytail. Lastly, Stacey, who is the content creator of this blog, will appear. She is a light-skinned Latina. She has short brunette hair. She’s wearing a white v-sleeveless shirt.] We are - [they messed up and started laughing. On the bottom of the screen, “Let’s start again” with a laughing emoji appeared] what our job profession? We are TV news anchors [A series of different recorded clips of Mike and Sue who are signing the news. A black banner appeared near the bottom of the video with “They’re Deaf & proving that it is possible to be TV anchors.”] [A series of clips shown of recording the city of Taipei, Taiwan and inside the company of their TV news.] Mike: For Sign Language news, there are actually only two Deaf anchors. which is me and her (Sue) There are few other Deaf people working here, but there are more Hearing people here in all different departments. that's the filming department and that's the captioning department over there. and this area - this department are responsible for checking whether the subtitles are correct or incorrect. Like this one. That's their job to check those. but regarding sign language, well, you know that Between a Hearing's language and sign language, it's really different (grammatically too) All the given scripts need to be changed so, they'll change and cross out some words (Chinese characters) for sign language then later, she watches the text display while signing the news, then she'll know how to sign it [A clips is shown of Sue and Jenny who are practicing the signs together] they'll show each other the signs for clarification like I'd ask the interpreter if she understands my sign and know what the signs mean The reason is because when I read the script and sign it, but it's doesn't really match the script. so, it wasn't clear. That's why we have to have a discussion. Here, we want to share unbiased news. We don't want to show the rumors (without facts) or some news that isn't nice. many things like that. and we do not pick a side to support them. Because there are many TV news here that pick a side and support them (politics, etc.) but here, we are neutral. Stacey: what kind of news about Deaf people in Taiwan? Mike: It can be about Deaf people who have good techniques/skills, then we can film them. or something important happened. it has to be something really news breaking. [A series of different recorded clips of Mike and Sue who are signing the news about the Deaf communities, both local Deaf Taiwanese and Deaf foreigners.] If there are no news breaking information but suppose if that person wants to advertise on the news instead, then we will not film it. [On the top left of the screen, a black box appeared with “Public TV does not accept advertisements and get support from the government”] because this is a public TV which means that there cannot be any advertisement Once she is ready to sign, she will stand very still. she cannot move around. Because if she moves, her shoes will make noise which the microphone will receive that noise they do have the microphone inside. This is for the interpreter who voicing while Sue is signing the news. If Sue moves her feet, then the noise will go live! So, Sue will stand still, and she will see the interpreter who is counting down then Sue can start
[During the clips where Sue was working, an animated black text appeared “Interpreter is voicing while Sue’s signing in Taiwanese Sign Language.” Stacey is watching behind the scene.] Stacey: wow, this is so amazing! wow. I mean... Deaf can do it. I don't why I'm feeling this way. I don't know why I'm feeling emotional. Mike: While the news footages are airing, then Sue can move around. [Sue is shown practicing again during a little break. A black animated text appeared: “Practicing the signs before going back LIVE again”] [Cut to Jenny and Sue who are sitting at the table in the cafeteria. On the bottom left, an animated title appeared: “how did they it?” (typo!!!)] Sue: Long ago, the staff at this news television, the people here were having meetings to discuss and made a decision to invite different Deaf communities and - ah! including the interpreters. They all came together to have a meeting and the Hearings thought of having a Hearing anchor whereas - In the bottom corner, there will be a Hearing person, who would be an interpreter, to interpret everything the Hearing anchor is saying in TSL but the Deaf communities disagreed and protested they were hoping to a Deaf person to be the anchor and to sign the news. They don't want a Hearing person to do it. they want the anchor to be Deaf. they said it has to be a Deaf person. So, they have meetings again and decided to have an anchor who is Deaf and uses sign language. Jenny: Here at PTS (their news company), The people who work here I didn't feel right to get paid as an anchor for the sign language news. I told them no. So I've thought about it and I want to help Deaf people. And I was thinking of how a Deaf person can do this [An animated title with two black banners appeared on the top middle of the screen: “it’s possible for Deaf people to do this”] And I thought of Sue, because she looks beautiful and I wanted her to have her as an anchor. [Cut to Jenny and Sue who are sitting at the table in the cafeteria. On the bottom left, an animated title appeared: “Her journey”] Sue: Long ago, I used to be a model. I was working as a model with a Hearing group and I was the only Deaf person. Out of the entire nation of Taiwan, I was the only Deaf model. And when I met up with her (Jenny), and I was surprised when she told me that she was hoping I'd be a news anchor for this news company and their for sign language news and I was shocked that she thought of me I wasn't sure about it I felt really nervous, because my signing skills were bad I used to sign really slow I didn't really sign much then. Since I was with Hearing people, I communicate verbally with them. I didn't use sign language. So then, could I really work for the sign language news? [An animated title with two black banners appeared on the bottom left: “I was not good in TSL, could I really do this?”] I was debating about it. Later, I've decided to try and see what happen. When I arrived at the company, The words (Chinese characters) they used were so, so hard to understand. There were so many difficult vocabularies The Chinese vocabularies they use were very advanced It wasn't like the typical ones where you'd use daily where you'd have conversation with people. It was nothing like that here. It was really hard to understand. It was a struggle to transcribe them into sign language. Jenny was teaching me to transcribe them to TSL Another thing is that since I was a model, I was already used to being in front of the camera. So, I can confidently be myself while filming at ease with expressions and everything BUT my signing skills were bad. so, I practiced really hard on practicing my signing skills It took me years to practice [An animated title with two black banners appeared on the top left: “I practiced & work hard for years to get where I am today”] After the third year, my signing skills slowly flourished and I've become comfortable with it. I feel relieved and happy. I first worked here during the year of 2002 as a news anchor for sign language news, and I've been working since then. now, it's the year of 2018! wow! [Cut to a photo of Mike and Sue who are smiling at the camera at work] [cut to a teal and white frame with a centered video of Stacey who is talking to someone. In the yellow frame, a white text appeared on the top center: “follow or subscribe for more stories!” The logo of Facebook, Instagram, UA-cam and Twitter are also shown on the top left of the video screen with “@deafinitelywanderlust.” On the bottom center of the white frame, it says “www.deafinitelywanderlust.com”]
Everyone seems so enthusiastic! It is an interesting idea. It’s good to hear about Deaf people in different countries.
that's why I love doing this!! I love learning different Deaf communities around the world.
CC VOLUNTEERS: If you are interested to translate International Sign or ASL to any language, please feel free! You can create CC via my video yourself or you can send me .SRT file via email (deafinitelywanderlust@gmail.com). I’d love Spanish, Korean, Chinese (traditional or simplified), Hindi, etc. Thank you!
Amazing! Well done you guys! Was the signing in TSL? Because I understood quite a bit of it!
They're signing in International Sign (which is kinda new and comprised of gestures & selected signs from sign languages all over the world - but signs are mainly 70% ASL). Sometimes they signed few ones from TSL too :)
TRANSCRIPT.
[A light-skinned Taiwanese female is wearing a mustard colored sleeves. Her brunette hair is pulled back. Her name is Sue Wang. A Taiwanese light-skinned male, named Mike Niu, has black hair and is wearing white t-shirt with blue unbuttoned vest. They’re both sitting down and smiling at the camera. On the top left of the screen, three social media logos (Facebook, Instagram and UA-cam) appeared with “@deafinitelywanderlust” Another woman will appeared later in the video is is light-skinned Taiwanese female, named Jenny Ou, who is an interpreter. She wears a black rimmed square glasses. Her black hair is pulled back into ponytail. Lastly, Stacey, who is the content creator of this blog, will appear. She is a light-skinned Latina. She has short brunette hair. She’s wearing a white v-sleeveless shirt.]
We are -
[they messed up and started laughing. On the bottom of the screen, “Let’s start again” with a laughing emoji appeared]
what our job profession?
We are TV news anchors
[A series of different recorded clips of Mike and Sue who are signing the news. A black banner appeared near the bottom of the video with “They’re Deaf & proving that it is possible to be TV anchors.”]
[A series of clips shown of recording the city of Taipei, Taiwan and inside the company of their TV news.]
Mike: For Sign Language news,
there are actually only two Deaf anchors.
which is me and her (Sue)
There are few other Deaf people working here,
but there are more Hearing people here
in all different departments.
that's the filming department
and that's the captioning department over there.
and this area - this department
are responsible for checking whether the subtitles are
correct or incorrect.
Like this one.
That's their job to check those.
but regarding sign language,
well, you know that
Between a Hearing's language and
sign language, it's really different (grammatically too)
All the given scripts need to be changed
so, they'll change and cross out
some words (Chinese characters) for sign language
then later, she watches the text display
while signing the news, then she'll know how to sign it
[A clips is shown of Sue and Jenny who are practicing the signs together]
they'll show each other the signs for clarification
like I'd ask the interpreter if she understands my sign
and know what the signs mean
The reason is because
when I read the script and sign it,
but it's doesn't really match the script.
so, it wasn't clear.
That's why we have to have a discussion.
Here, we want to share unbiased news.
We don't want to show the rumors (without facts)
or some news that isn't nice.
many things like that.
and we do not pick a side to support them.
Because there are many TV news here that
pick a side and support them (politics, etc.)
but here, we are neutral.
Stacey: what kind of news about Deaf people in Taiwan?
Mike: It can be about Deaf people who have
good techniques/skills, then we can film them.
or something important happened.
it has to be something really news breaking.
[A series of different recorded clips of Mike and Sue who are signing the news about the Deaf communities, both local Deaf Taiwanese and Deaf foreigners.]
If there are no news breaking information but suppose if
that person wants to advertise on the news instead,
then we will not film it.
[On the top left of the screen, a black box appeared with “Public TV does not accept advertisements and get support from the government”]
because this is a public TV
which means that there cannot be any advertisement
Once she is ready to sign, she will stand very still.
she cannot move around.
Because if she moves, her shoes will make noise
which the microphone will receive that noise
they do have the microphone inside.
This is for the interpreter who voicing while
Sue is signing the news.
If Sue moves her feet, then the noise will go live!
So, Sue will stand still, and she will see
the interpreter who is counting down then Sue can start
[During the clips where Sue was working, an animated black text appeared “Interpreter is voicing while Sue’s signing in Taiwanese Sign Language.” Stacey is watching behind the scene.]
Stacey: wow, this is so amazing!
wow. I mean...
Deaf can do it.
I don't why I'm feeling this way.
I don't know why I'm feeling emotional.
Mike: While the news footages are airing,
then Sue can move around.
[Sue is shown practicing again during a little break. A black animated text appeared: “Practicing the signs before going back LIVE again”]
[Cut to Jenny and Sue who are sitting at the table in the cafeteria. On the bottom left, an animated title appeared: “how did they it?” (typo!!!)]
Sue: Long ago, the staff at this news television,
the people here were having meetings to discuss
and made a decision to invite
different Deaf communities and -
ah! including the interpreters.
They all came together to have a meeting
and the Hearings thought of having a Hearing anchor
whereas -
In the bottom corner, there will be a
Hearing person, who would be an interpreter,
to interpret everything the Hearing anchor is saying
in TSL
but the Deaf communities disagreed and protested
they were hoping to a Deaf person to be the anchor
and to sign the news.
They don't want a Hearing person to do it.
they want the anchor to be Deaf.
they said it has to be a Deaf person.
So, they have meetings again and decided to
have an anchor who is Deaf and uses sign language.
Jenny: Here at PTS (their news company),
The people who work here
I didn't feel right to get paid as an anchor
for the sign language news. I told them no.
So I've thought about it and
I want to help Deaf people.
And I was thinking of how a Deaf person can do this
[An animated title with two black banners appeared on the top middle of the screen: “it’s possible for Deaf people to do this”]
And I thought of Sue, because
she looks beautiful and
I wanted her to have her as an anchor.
[Cut to Jenny and Sue who are sitting at the table in the cafeteria. On the bottom left, an animated title appeared: “Her journey”]
Sue: Long ago, I used to be a model.
I was working as a model with a Hearing group
and I was the only Deaf person.
Out of the entire nation of Taiwan,
I was the only Deaf model.
And when I met up with her (Jenny),
and I was surprised when she told me that
she was hoping I'd be a news anchor
for this news company and their
for sign language news
and I was shocked that she thought of me
I wasn't sure about it
I felt really nervous, because
my signing skills were bad
I used to sign really slow
I didn't really sign much then.
Since I was with Hearing people,
I communicate verbally with them.
I didn't use sign language.
So then, could I really work for the sign language news?
[An animated title with two black banners appeared on the bottom left: “I was not good in TSL, could I really do this?”]
I was debating about it.
Later, I've decided to try and see what happen.
When I arrived at the company,
The words (Chinese characters) they used were
so, so hard to understand.
There were so many difficult vocabularies
The Chinese vocabularies they use were very advanced
It wasn't like the typical ones where you'd use daily
where you'd have conversation with people.
It was nothing like that here.
It was really hard to understand.
It was a struggle to transcribe them into sign language.
Jenny was teaching me to transcribe them to TSL
Another thing is that since I was a model,
I was already used to being in front of the camera.
So, I can confidently be myself while filming
at ease with expressions and everything
BUT my signing skills were bad.
so, I practiced really hard on practicing my signing skills
It took me years to practice
[An animated title with two black banners appeared on the top left: “I practiced & work hard for years to get where I am today”]
After the third year, my signing skills slowly flourished
and I've become comfortable with it.
I feel relieved and happy.
I first worked here during the year of 2002
as a news anchor for sign language news,
and I've been working since then.
now, it's the year of 2018!
wow!
[Cut to a photo of Mike and Sue who are smiling at the camera at work]
[cut to a teal and white frame with a centered video of Stacey who is talking to someone. In the yellow frame, a white text appeared on the top center: “follow or subscribe for more stories!” The logo of Facebook, Instagram, UA-cam and Twitter are also shown on the top left of the video screen with “@deafinitelywanderlust.” On the bottom center of the white frame, it says “www.deafinitelywanderlust.com”]
Wow yes