Meet LeeBee, The Sign Language Interpreter that Malaysians Love
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- Опубліковано 13 вер 2024
- These days, most Malaysians are glued to their screens when it is time to hear an announcement by the government.
But there is one lady who has surprisingly caught our attention. LeeBee Tan, the sign language interpreter who is shown at the bottom right of the screen.
Little did we know, she had been serving the deaf community for about 40 years now.
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don't lie
all malaysians have seen this woman once in their life
True, and i grow up watching and seeing this lady on TV, she's part of my childhood, and probably all Malaysians' childhood
Im singaporean but watch malaysian tv shows so yea
all my life actually since I was a baby
Including Singaporean as well. I use to watch TV1 when analog was common.
once?
Yes, the story of that all Malaysian wants to know.
Yupp thats right.
It is important to disclose to the public exactly what the interpreter is doing. They not doing any tik tok or just funny things. They make facial expression because to tell deaf people what is the situation happen. Example, if happy they must make happy face or sad must make sad face or surprise they must make surprise face. Thats why they make face expression not just for fun or funny but that is thier job to do. I hope public can understand what interpreter job is because this job is not easy. They must learn the language for months and months.Thats all for my opinion. Thank you.
yes , not some shit that being a controversy so suddenly
auntie ni jugak dikira front liner yang banyak bg sumbangan dkt komuniti kelainan upaya di Malaysia
betul tu
Setuju
We all love her, don’t lie. We watched her while growing up and we asked our parents was she was doing. Really the story we wanted, I hope she knows we love her
"...was she was doing" Fix your vocabulary first.
Her: Nevermind lah. In the moment I can spare my time teaching. (doesn't seem that interested)
Ended up teaching for 17 years.
Just like my mum lol. "I'm just gonna work at customs for my internship" then ends up working there until dia pencen.
All God's plan 😊
grew up watching her doing this! never get tired of seeing her because she is really entertaining and full of expression when she does her job on screen!
Yup🤭
Yes..exactly! 😊
Yeah bro.still remember me n whole family enjoy see this auntie on tv news in 90’s
The story no one asked for but the story we all deserve
And we all need
We dont wanna find it but we interest in it
Fax
indeed
TRUE
When I was little,I always try to follow her gesture in the news.I don't think I'm the only one who do that haha
Me and my sister too. We were standing infront of the tv and would follow her gesture.
Hahah.. Sama laa!
@@IMwhoiam93 I tried following her gesture, ended up summoning a giant toad from nether realm.
Same too
everyone do lol
"of course la my sister is deaf. as simple as that" yo i love this lady 😂
she should be awarded dato'ship for her effory. you make us malaysian proud!
I agree!
It’s called accolades
If u ask me, dato'ship doesn't deserve her. She deserves higher accolades.
I used to think why la no sign language subject in school. It’s a must betul not everyone is verbal lor.
ikr, it seems like an interesting subject to learn
Harap kementerian pendidikan timbangkan perkara ini.
I learned it 😀
I agree Safura Kamil, we shd make sign language an option in secondary sch
@kupis1408 I see your a man of culture
No wonder she's so expressive in signing, even in normal speaking she's very animated. Really enjoyed this interview
"..at least they are aware that we are there.." that hits differently T__T I am always impressed on how fast and expressive the sign language delivered on screen.
The way she talk is so interesting, should have a talk show for her
Agree and people want to know about her...
When i was a kid i thought she was dancing in the corner lol
HAHAHAHA😂 same thought
Oh my gud same 😂😂
I thought that she's waving at me 😂👋
SAME . I learned finger tutting as a kid and I thought she was finger tutting 😂
😂
As a singaporean who sees Malaysian television a lot since i was young, she really was a part of my childhood because i really loved seeing her on the TV helping people to understand what the person is saying ^^
Same here. She has been a mainstay on TV1's flagship bulletin at 8:00pm. As a sign language interpreter. Been watching the bulletin with that interpreter on since my childhood. She's truly a legend.
I used to tell my mom that I wish to be a teacher for the deaf and mute. But my mom said I was not cut for it since I was not 'gentle' enough , she said. So that was it. But I did get to learn something related to it
I joined a sign language class during my University year in USM. It was for those who were interested to learn. For a few weeks we did learn a few communicative words. We even got a module booklet. I might not be good at it but, I like it, at least it helped me to understand and know a few things in sign language like numbers and alphabets. And the sign for 🐌 snail...is so cute.
Miss Lee Bee , you are so lucky. May God bless you always.
I'm an Indonesian Sign Language interpreter and honestly I can relate some of her story like how I and many indonesian SL interpreter didnt expect to be working at this field. Indonesia don't have formal education to master sign language like American, so at first we learn sign language thru community or deaf friends, and then start interpreting voluntarily without any fees, and then things started to excalate quickly like when many events invite us to be the interpreter, and then we realized that we've already worked this far.
do you have any source for Indonesian Sign Language? I am interested to learn but have no resources
Is the Indonesian SL different compared to say, Malaysian or English SL? Will a user of one of these SL be able to understand the user of the other SL
@@yoonlee5906 it's quite hard even for us indonesian to look for the source to learn it unless you join a deaf community and speak bahasa. There're quite many deaf youtubers in Indonesia and they teach basic Bisindo (Indonesian Sign Language) but their video rarely have proper sub on it
@@funpeople6940 we learn thru gesture or body language, and I find that some words have the same sign in malay, indo, or america. since some words in malaysian and indonesian sign language are adapted from ASL
@@yoonlee5906 best way to learn sign language is to make friends with the Deaf community.. that's the best way to pick up this beautiful language 🤟🌈
i'm american but i would love to have her in our deaf box also she does seem very nice to watch.
usually the people in the deaf box are like dead faced pretty rare to get one like her from what i have seen anyway.
Ah, have you seen Lydia Callis? ... ua-cam.com/video/k5w09Po5bLA/v-deo.html
She is a national treasure. We need to protect her at all cost.
there we got "abah", see "pak long mail" at 2pm, seen "pak ngah hisham" at 5pm and this is our "mak lang".. garang woo
This narrative is not healthy for democracy
🤮🤢🤮🤢
@@kanee1021 ?
@@sirmarisa boooooooo
@@sirmarisa boooooooo
I'm so impressed that she learned to speak sign language so quickly 😦 and she speaks even more languages! She must be super smart.
Not to be a simp, but you kinda cute doe
@@byeetch 👀
she’s honestly a legend, she made me want to learn sign language when i was younger
As a child, when my opah turned on the tv to see the news , she always be on the side and do sign language along side reporter. Recently, I've been interested in sign language, practice when I got time after studies! I really love how the expression are important in this language, because I don't like communicate with others with voice
Never miss watch her when watching news...she so determind when interpreter...hope u stay health n happy lee bee
Although I'm Singaporean I remember when we would watch TV1, TV2 or even TV3. Then when a news programme came up, a sign language interpreter would be in the corner. Thank you for this video and enabling us to finally tag a voice to the interpreter.
Aunty I really like your appearance esp when I see DG Hisham presenting the case. You’re really expressive and have benefited many deafs in Malaysia. Thank you so much
I love this. Thank you Lee bee ! Our national hero in her own way.
Wuhooooo at last malaysia story yaaaa thank Our granpa story
always noticed her in the bottom from when i was a child. true hero 👏🏻 and it's so impressive how many languages she can master!!
This aunty is so cute!!!!! I can’t wait to go back to msia and be stuck at home for 14 days HAHAHAHA
🤣🤣🤣
ngl everytime my dad bukak rtm my eyes automatically will go down to the far right corner, shes the first thing i focus on 😭👌
Yes same everytime I open rtm I'll always see the right bottom corner 😅
Aunty.. you have my big respect.. thank you so much for your work.. I've seen u since i was little and till now i still see you in news. May u always be in good health. Hope aunty see this comment.. haha
THIS is quality Malaysian content! Warms the cockles of my heart
One can never get tired of watching the news because of her. She is so expressive, just like a stage actor where action speaks louder than words! Bravo!
I've seen this women since I was young 😔👌She's amazing
The way she pronounced bahasa, i fell in love
We love this incredible woman!! Thank you for doing a noble job.
When I was 2 I always followed what she did on the TV. My mom said I'm her fan bcs whenever the news started and she on the TV I'm the first seat infront of the TV.
To be honest, because of pandemic covid19 and MCO, i just happend to be one of the citizen as mentioned that kept on looking at the screen and started to get interested to learn and understand sign language. Thank you to all interpreters. We are so grateful and proud as fellow Malaysian 😊
Give her the 'datukship' already!
She helped more people than those Dato themselves lol
@@Zen-ew4yr true
Kan. This is a valid contributer to society. No singing
Somebody need to fill the form for her. Every datuk were not pointed but they were asked to filled out form etc etc. Clarify their contribution then board of panel will grant their title in which they fill out for. The sultan, YDP also dont involve in this process. They merely received the final result from the panel. For eg, the birthday of Agong. So a few months before the date, announcement has been made by panel. Then those who wish to get the title, datuk, dato’, tan sri (except for Tun because Tun only given by panel without filling up anything). So those who wish to get the title, will ask somebody to fill up the form for them. So here come the lobbying process. LoL. That person can not submit/fill up/nominate the form by him/herself.
@@zihamzawawimazlan4633 wahh thx for the info. I wudnt know otherwise
I watch her since i was a kid, now i'm a diploma student, and i still watch her. I mean i watch every single interpreter masa berita rtm because they are amazing! Orang lain sibuk tengok muka pembaca berita and berita kat bawah yang gerak² tu, i'm busy sibuk tengok interpreter😂 I adore this job so much.
I grew up watching her on tv. Sometimes when i watched her i had this thought like "isn't she tired" and I always amazed her. She's an inspiring person.
I live in another country now. Every time I come back to Malaysia, I am always comforted by her presence during news because she is a familiar sight. As if saying this is still home.
Aunty! We love youuuu!!! Thank you for all the things you did for our country!! You're truly an inspiration! 😊💕💕
Got my eyes teary watching this. She is so amazing.
Yes, I see most her of the time in TV as an interpreter.
She's the one in the little box at the corner of TV screen that I always watching when I was a kid, thinking that this is wonderful to communicate in such way. Wouldn't it be fun?
And now, she's my inspiration to learn sign language.
Thanks for this channel because make this content. This is important to tell people what interpreter do and why they make face expression. My father is deaf and I love sign language because this language is unique than the other language. I still have a lot to learn about. Nowdays many people actually want to learn sign language but they dont know how or where to learn this languange. This is important because when people want to communicate to deaf people they know the basic. Example like hello or what do you want to eat, thank you and many more basic sign language. My mother is an interpreter too at tv1 and Lee Bee Tan is my mother's friend. I proud with this sign language and all interpreter at tv1 still interprete the news for deaf because give the info that deaf need to know about current issue. I hope other youtube channel can do like content in this channel.
I grow up watching her. And I'm so amazed by her capabilities ❤️
Every news I've seen, like mkre than 5 news channels she's there, in the corner, signing. At first i really didn't know, being a kid and all, didn't really care about news, asked my mom once and that's just it, the rest of sign language info I learned as I grew up with the internet. I'm turning 18 and realized that for 2 years everytime I watch the news, I'd be glued to the corner just looking at her signing so vigorously, smoothly and beautifully, I don't understand anything but I'm always fascinated by it.
Rakyat Malaysia yang ikhlas ... terbaik.
Thank goodness for UA-cam algorithm. The story that I didn't know I need to watch, but sure glad I did
This is a well-made video! Thanks for giving spotlight to this woman!
I love you anty!!!! Thanks for making my life very memorable since the 90s!!!!!
Every lesson started when you stop speaking and started observing. This wonderful lady, as talkative and expressive as she is, understands this principle crystal clear.
Thankyouuuuuuuuuu for the news , miss lee bee😘 You always attract my eyes everytime you on news. I started to watch you and got attracted to sign language😊
Oh my god 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺 she's my childhood woman. The heart and treasure of Malaysia tbh
Hello aunty BeeLee. I learnt from a pastor on sign language so practical I can more or less sign,it’s not as fast as it used to. So come sign whenever we can find time 🙂
Excellent job! Thank you
She is so expressive! Very good!
She is so wholesome.
thank you for your dedication sacrifices and may god bless you
I always wanted to know about the sign language interpreter. She did an absolutely amazing job. 👍
Dari aku kecik sampai besar, terima kasih auntie untuk kerja keras selama ini❤❤❤❤
Love watching her on TV 👏💐
Yes madam..We grew up with u..proud of your job well done
I always watch the news with my grandfather when I was young and always sees you in the corner. I'm happy that you are still healthy. Hope you granted with greater health in the future💜
love her!!!!
She always vibin at the corner of the tv screen in every news.
I actually look at the box ever since i was young! and I was always impressed and sometimes now when i watch tv news, im still impressed!
She has been my inspiration all this while. I’m learning sign language at the moment cuz I don’t want my friend especially the one with disabilities feel left out in any conversation. Well done ma’am 👍🏻
I love her. A legend.
Salute to you , thanks for your service
Not all heroes wear capes. She's an unsung hero and deserved some kind of award as there's not many sign language interpreter.
Ahhh I AM SO HAPPY I FINALLY KNOW THE PERSON!! THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE MA AM YOU INSPIRED ME TO LEARN SIGN LANGUAGE SO I CAN BETTER COMMUNICATE WITH OTHERS
She is so Passionate
I have a mother whom too been teaching deaf using ASL and Malaysian Sign Language at school for almost 30 years now, I really understand the facial expression having been taught in sign language and how it affects the deaf very well. The first time when I saw Madam LeeBee on screen when I was 7 years old, literally I thought of my mother working in this industry, I said to my mother, why not you try and be an interpreter just like her, she said that if im there, who will be teaching my students to understand her? Its my fardu kifayah, a necessity of what I should do for the sake of the deaf community. HUGE respect for these people, when I watched the video on Madam LeeBee being as a joke of rapping or what-so-ever, I feel like our community mostly the youngsters doesnt have that respect towards Sign language.
Living legend....Appreciate while we have her or anyone who did so much for people.
Growing up seeing her in the Tv never get me tired....but I learn how to speak in sign languages
Terbaik aunty, kebanggaan Malaysia 👍👍👍👍👍
Tq madam for helping our fellow special family malaysian to get accurate information ,im salute u maam!
aku je ke setiap kali siaran langsung tengok je aunty ni. she's so cute laaa HAHAHA
Salah satu legend kat msia ni, auntie ni lahh. Aku yg jarang tgk TV pun tau haha u're rockkkkk auntie 😍👍👍👍
You can't lie,
If you're Malaysian, you have seen her. And all Malaysian love her
Wowww 40+ years already? grew up without giving a bit notice to her even we knew she is there in the small column.Now i want to say Thank you for what you been doing.
I realise i focus more on the interpreter than the actual news
When i was a kid, i follow every gesture she do and end up with my mum asking me why i am dancing infront of tv. 🤣🤣🤣
FINALLY SHE HAS BEEN DOCUMENTED AND FOREVER ENSHRINED IN THE INTERNET! THE LEGENDARY SIGN LANGUAGE LADY OF TV1!
Actually I notice her during mco...she full of expression ...❤️❤️❤️
So adorable. 🥺💕 Seriously 🥺
Aww.. I keep on smiling watching this.. very inspirational and loving to know how passionate she is in her job.. Actually, I am so proud of her. Sebak pula.
Lee Bee Tan... U hv a great smile., we Malaysian luv ur smiled 😎
very expressive since day one
I know how to make signs for " saham ditutup bercampur2" , I learned from her. Hahaha.
Sign language should be a non compulsory subject in every school. Students can sign up for those who are interested. This way the hearing and deaf community can communicate easier.
I love to see u translating. Sometimes I follow your gesture during the news, especially the easiest one 🤗.
ive been watching her since i was a little kid. she's so precious. much love
Terima kasih aunty. I believe since i was born you have served with RTM. As i saw you on my television screen since the day that i cant remember.
I have HAA TEPOK version of you 😂😂😂