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Deaf Client Acts Like a Jerk

You're interpreting for a Deaf client at a job interniew. He's being interviewed by a very attractive young woman. When the interviewer stands and walks over to the file cabinet, the Deaf client makes a sexually suggestive remark about her to you.

An Interpreter's Perspective

I wouldn't voice it this time, but I would tell the Deaf client that as an interpreter I have to interpret everything that is said or signed. Then interpret all future remarks.

A Deaf Consumer's Perspective

Interpret every single word he said! He did this to himself, and hopefully this is a mistake he won't repeat in the future!

From 'Encounters With Reality: 1001 Interpreter Scenarios' by Brenda Cartwright pub. RID, USA
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