Interpretation Skills: English to American Sign Language Second Edition
by Marty M. Taylor, PhD
Published 2017  ISBN 978-0-96977-927-8

English-ASL interpreting students, educators, practitioners and mentors will find this second edition of Interpretation Skills: English to American Sign Language useful and informative. The first edition sold over 25,000 copies; Interpreting Consolidated expects the second to be a bestseller also. The book answers the complex question, “What skills are required to interpret effectively from English to ASL?”

Based on new research in ASL and interpreting practice, the book incorporates a wealth of additional Key Skills and Possible Errors. It categorizes and describes 85 Key Skills (over 30 skills more than the original book) within eight Major Features:

• Fingerspelling
• Numbers
• Lexicon
• Classifiers
• Space
• Grammar
• Interpreting
• Composure, Appearance and Health

Accompanying the descriptions of the eight Major Features are explanations of related Possible Errors, with over 400 specific examples.

Interpretation Skills: English to ASL (Second Edition) is also an important resource for people involved in assessing the skill levels of interpreters for education, employment, accreditation or self-improvement purposes.

Accompanying the descriptions of the eight Major Features are explanations of related possible errors, with over 400 specific examples.

Interpretation Skills: English to ASL (Second Edition) is also an important resource for people involved in assessing the skill levels of interpreters for education, employment, accreditation or self-improvement purposes.

The book is supported by the following resources:

• Companion book Interpretation Skills: American Sign Language to English
  
• Companion DVD Interpretation Skills: English to ASL – Ants
• DVD Pursuit of ASL: Interesting Facts Using Classifiers
• DVD Pursuit of ASL: Interesting Facts Using Numbers

About the Author

Dr. Marty Taylor has been an interpreter, an educator, a researcher and consultant in ASL-English interpretation for over 35 years. She is a nationally certified interpreter in both Canada and the United States.

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