When people think of the Deaf community, the conversation often begins with what is ‘missing’ – hearing, spoken words, sound. But this way of seeing is incomplete, and it limits everyone. The truth is that Deaf people do not live with less. Instead, they live with ‘different’, and what they bring to society is profound.
Let’s emphasise ABILITY!
We prefer emphasising ABILITY when observing International Day of Persons Living with Disabilities, celebrated on 3 December. We respect and support all forms of communication needs of persons living with various forms of hearing abilities.
Africa Day 2023: Our Africa, our future
The practice of interpreting from one language to another on the African continent, as elsewhere, goes back thousands of years. In many African societies, the professional linguists or praise singers belonged to a long line of gifted multilingual orators …
A contemplation of living translation and interpreting on our doorstep
In September, one of the biggest triennial events on the global translation studies calendar took place in Stellenbosch: the ninth Congress of the European Society for Translation Studies (EST). The…
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