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On 16 & 17 November 2019 a total of 92 participants, presenters and interpreters from 18 different countries came together for the 1st European seminar on ‘Sign language interpreting on TV & media’. Invited presenters gave insights into different topics such as the positioning of interpreters on the screen, preparation methods of interpreting on tv, cooperation in teams (deaf and hearing interpreters), audience understanding, using fingerspelling in interpretations of the news, duration of individual interpretations, and how to optimize the use of visuals.

Participants also had an opportunity to present on a related topic at the BarCamp. They submitted a topic and a short description beforehand. Seven presentations of each five minutes were given. During the whole seminar the participants used sli.do to raise questions to the numerous presenters, brainstormed new ideas, and voted for which questions they thought were most important.

Prior to the seminar the participants were asked to contribute a small clip of their work as interpreters on TV and media. The results is a video compilation of 33 interpreters interpreting on screen (see below for the video).

Overall it was a vibrant and interactive seminar with a lot of ideas and sharing of best practices!

Want more info? We have published an article on the outcomes of the seminar. You can download it here for free. And also read the tweets on the dedicated Twitter account @SLIseminarTV19.

The seminar is organized in cooperation with Vilnius Rehabilitation Center of the Deaf (Lithuania) and Red Bee Media (UK).