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Cultural & Linguistic Mediation Flashcards

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  1. In a cross-cultural interpreting framework, 'code-switching' by a Deaf bilingual individual refers to:

    Answer: Alternating between signed and spoken modes depending on context and audience

    Code-switching is the natural shift between languages or modalities that bilingual users employ based on social context.

  2. An interpreter working with a Deaf immigrant who uses International Sign and a home sign system should first:

    Answer: Request a team that includes a CDI with International Sign exposure

    Language diversity among Deaf individuals requires flexible team composition to ensure genuine communication access.

  3. The CASLI performance assessment evaluates cultural mediation partly by examining whether an interpreter:

    Answer: Maintains equivalence in pragmatic force across source and target languages

    CASLI evaluates pragmatic equivalence, meaning the impact and intent of a message must match across languages.

  4. When a hearing speaker uses a racist comment directed at a third party, the interpreter's primary obligation is to:

    Answer: Render the comment accurately and address discomfort through proper channels later

    Interpreters are ethically required to render all messages faithfully; post-interaction debriefing or reporting addresses personal distress.

  5. Visual vernacular (VV) in ASL is best described as:

    Answer: A highly visual storytelling technique using cinematic techniques within ASL

    Visual vernacular is an artistic ASL form that employs camera angles, zooms, and perspective shifts through the body.

  6. An interpreter assigned to a Deaf-Blind client using Pro-Tactile ASL (PT-ASL) must understand that PT-ASL:

    Answer: Includes a backchanneling system on the listener's body to convey environmental information

    Pro-Tactile ASL adds a layer of environmental and emotional feedback conveyed through touch on the communication partner's body.

  7. Cultural humility in interpreting practice differs from cultural competence in that it:

    Answer: Emphasizes ongoing self-reflection and openness over achieving a fixed level of knowledge

    Cultural humility is a lifelong process of self-examination and learning rather than a measurable endpoint.