New Interpreters Train for Deaf Community
Update: 2025-12-25
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Northern Irelands Sign Language Interpreters Face Shortage, New Masters Course Offers Hope: A new masters course in interpreting at Queens University Belfast aims to train the next generation of sign language interpreters, addressing a critical shortage in Northern Ireland. The course, funded by the Department for Communities, has seventeen students, including deaf and hearing individuals, and will graduate next year. Dr. Sally Gillespie, an experienced interpreter, describes the job as emotionally challenging, with interpreters often jumping from emotional situations on short notice. Deaf student Caroline Doherty, one of five deaf participants, calls the course life-changing, as she struggled with lack of interpreters for her medical appointments. Konrad Cheng, a hearing student, joined the course to honor his late deaf aunt. The program offers fresh hope for boosting services and supporting the deaf community.
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