Presented at the 2022 Summit

A European Perspective on Sign Language Interpreting

0.3 CEUs, PS

The purpose of this workshop is to give perspective into how sign language interpreting is done in other parts of the world. Romy will outline national sign language interpreting in Ireland to give you insight as to how the profession is developing across the Atlantic Ocean. She will also describe the International Sign Interpreting profession in Europe.

Workshop Curriculum

  1. 1

    • Welcome

    • Workshop Handout
  2. 2

    • Workshop

    • Quiz

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  • Summit Attendee

    My brain is ready to explode from the wealth of information in this workshop! I loved working with others in the breakout groups, I learned SO MUCH about other areas of the US and the world. I am so glad I took this workshop!

  • Summit Attendee

    Nice to have a European perspective. Thank you.

  • Summit Attendee

    Very informative! Great presentation. Thank you!

Meet Your Presenter

Certified Interpreter

Romy O'Callaghan

I am an Irish Sign Language/English Interpreter, and an International Sign/English interpreter. I completed my degree in Deaf Studies in Trinity College Dublin (TCD), with a focus on Irish Sign Language (ISL) Interpretation. Throughout my time in Trinity College Dublin I gained the skills and competencies to interpret to and from English to ISL. On completing my degree, I was accepted for an internship under MEP Helga Stevens, wherein I began to develop my International Sign. In coordinating and contacting many National Associations of the Deaf, I developed and honed my International Sign to establish and maintain communication between me and the deaf interlocutor. Once my internship came to an end, I was offered a position in the European Union of the Deaf as a Sign Language interpreter and Administration Officer, where I had the opportunity to further my International Sign skills, my Interpreting skills and broaden my horizons by traveling across Europe. I now work as a staff interpreter at Overseas interpreting. With the skills I acquired from my European experience, I am further developing my skill as a full time interpreter. I work from grassroots level all the way up to high level political forums using ISL and IS. Whilst working as an interpreter, I am also developing and advocating for the rights of sign language interpreters, ensuring that we are not an afterthought. Rather, I am working towards the day wherein sign language interpreting is seen as a fully fledged profession, similar to that of spoken language interpreters.
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