• Read up on Western Oregon's Student Leadership and Activitites organization.
• Asked Deaf consumer for the purpose of the meeting, as well as, who, besides himself, was involved.
• Practiced signing the specific vocabulary I thought would be involved (e.g. "finances" and "monetary support").
• Positive self-talk before the event.

• Affect: need to work on sounding more masculine. Men tend to be more direct and firm with their speech, and most of what I said was quiet and meek, and I sounded like I was unsure of my answers. Normally, that can reflect badly on the consumer, but in this case I think Jon Tucker was aware of the circumstances.
• I feel like I can't be as expressive when I'm interpreting for a male. I think that is because the more expressive I get, the more feminine my voice sounds (e.g. the raised intonation at the end of a statement).
• Vocabulary:
  • AUDIO = AUDIOLOGY? (same sign?)
  • REQUEST is NOT the same as REQUIRE (error)
  • EYES is not the same as VISUAL
  • SOUND CHECK should have been signed as SOUND TEST
  • AGENCY PERSON does not mean AGENT (should have fingerspelled A-G-E-N-T
• Other errors:
  • RENT CAR: I signed RENT (as in monthly rent for an apartment) instead of RENT/BORROW #CAR. I used both, but I think used the incorrect one first because that is what the deaf consumer used when he asked the question.
  • "...SHE WILL P.O. NEW" I meant to say: ANGIE PRO.1 (SHE) PURCHASE ORDER (P.O.) MAKE WILL. I was unclear in my interpretation.
  • Few omissions.
• Literal translation - word for word for some of the interpretation.
• "Did you want the fax number?" (Demanding???)
• "So... my name is Ashley" ME NAME ASHLEY (sim-com): I need to work on not saying "So..."
• Good facial expressions: during the interpretation I did not feel like I was being very expressive, but looking back at the video I can see that I used facial expressions frequently.
• When Jon was looking for something in his computer and Brent was checking dates, I did not know where to look.
• I need to look at Brent more when I am working from English to ASL. I noticed that I look at the ground (processing the information) or I look at Jon. This is something that I need to change.
• Signing space: I sign very low.

Transcription with further analysis: (corrections in RED)

Ok. So, my name is Ashley and I will be your interpreter today.
Hello, my name is Ashley Paul and I will be your interpreter today.

I have a contract for CJ Jones… if you want to read it.  And um, look at the terms of agreement and everything.
Here I have the contract for CJ Jones if you want to take a look at it, making sure the terms of agreement are up to par.

#OK.

He says that right now his name’s on there, and if you also want to add your name so you can sign the contract as well, that would be fine.
(I do not know why I switched from first person to third person here.)

OK WE NEED SOMEONE QUOTE O-F-F-I-C-I-A-L SIGN WITH CONTRACT. 
OK WE NEED SOMEONE WHO WORK UNIVERSITY. THAT PERSON SIGN-NAME. THAT O-F-F-I-C-I-A-L.

Ok.

SIGN FINISH, UNIVERSITY…. NO PROBLEM WITH CONTRACT, BUT WE ALSO NEED STATE OREGON CONTRACT THAT QUOTES (OFFICIAL) CONTRACT.
CONTRACT SIGN FINISH, UNIVERSITY.... THIS CONTRACT REALLY PROBLEM NONE, BUT ADD OTHER CONTRACT--STATE #OF OREGON CONTRACT--THAT-1 OFFICIAL.

Ok.

I also have CJ’s fax number to fax it back to him and I’ll go ahead and give you that phone number right now.

OK ME WRITE.  WANT YOU READ THIS PAPER ORDER FORM FOR SHIRTS WRITE YOUR NAME.

Ok, that’s perfect.

Did you want my signature or my name?
Did you want me to sign this contract or just put down my name?

NAME FINE.

#OK YES STANDARD CONTRACT. CJ NOT GIVE--GIVE ME LIST: (list on hands) FIRST: EYES, AUDIO, SECOND: LIGHTS, STAGE. NO REQUIREMENTS.
...List: FIRST: VISUAL, SECOND: AUDIO, THIRD LIGHTS, STAGE, ETC. CJ GIVE-ME REQUIREMENT NONE.

I can ask him.. for that.

#OK MOST PERFORMER WILL HAVE SPECIFIC THING (THIS AND THIS AND THIS (list)) WANT FOR LIKE SOUND CHECK TEST, STAGE NEED, ETC.

I doubt that we’re going to need a sound check because—you know—he’s deaf, but…um… the lights.. definitely.

TRUE. HAVE INTERPRET INTERPRETER?

No, there will be no interpreter.

#OK.

It’s a deaf event for ASL students and the interpreting program students.  And if you want to challenge yourself you can go ahead and enjoy it and have a good time there as well.

RIGHT RIGHT.

It would be a good experience.

YES, GOOD EXPERIENCE. ME ACQUIRE LITTLE-BIT.

Yes.

PO? ORDER… BUY ORDER? #OK. (Clarification)

Is this the purchase order?

YES, NO. THAT REQUEST. REQUEST FOR ME, ME GIVE-TO WILLIE PRO.1 (mouthed: She will)P.O. PRO.1 NEW NEW MAKE WILL .

So the um company that we are ordering the shirts from wanted the purchase order as soon as possible.
I just want to make sure that the purchase order will be made way in advance; the company that we are ordering from would like to have the purchase order as soon as possible.

YES CAN GET MAYBE TOMORROW. FAST.
YES CAN MAKE BEFORE TOMORROW. FAST.

Okay.

ME DO? ASK WILLIE WOMAN ME GIVE-TO. I WILL ASK LEAVE FOR YOUR NAME PUT-DOWN CAN PICK UP LATER.

Where would I pick up the form?

FRONT DESK

Ok.

THIS CONTRACT ME WILL HAVE A-N-G-I-E #OR J-A-M-E-S……… KNOW I GIVE TO A-N-G-I-E WORK OUR OFFICE STATE OREGON CONTRACT MAKE BECAUSE QUICK EASY. OUR OFFICE SEND THIS AND STATE OREGON CONTRACT SAME-TIME SEND. AND WE PROCESS MONEY FOR D-E-P-O-S-I-T.
(This whole thing needed to be set up better.)

I’m curious, why does the state of Oregon have to be involved with this?

BECAUSE OREGON NOT RECOGNIZE THAT QUOTE CONTRACT.  ANY THING INVOLVE W-O-U NEED STATE OREGON CONTRACT. ADD THAT 2 DIFFERENT. 

Ok.

UNIVERSITY HAVE CONTRACT OFFICER DIRECT THAT THAT’S ALL. CONTRACT WORK THAT.
UNIVERSITY HAVE MAN WORK CONTRACT CALLED "CONTRACT OFFICER". HIS JOB WHAT? WORK CONTRACT, THAT'S ALL.

#OK S-O…THIS FINISH. A-N-G-I-E WORK WITH CONTRACT. NOT WORRY ABOUT YOUR NAME SIGN.

Does CJ need to sign the state of Oregon contract as well?

YES. WILL NEED SIGN.

So we can fax it to him and then he can fax it back?

YES. MOST TIME MAIL LETTER MAIL BUT FAX FINE.  WELL... YOUR PURCHASE ORDER (P.O.) MONEY AMOUNT SMALL ENOUGH NOT NEED HAVE LONG-LIST MANY PAGE #SO 1 PAGE F-A-X FINE.  LATER NEED O-R-I-G-I-N-A-L CONTRACT SIGNATURE.  A-N-G-I-E FINISH EXPERIENCE SO MUCH SO EASY.

Ok, perfect.  Did you want the fax number?

YES, GOOD.

CJ HIS PERSONAL ADDRESS INFORMATION.  NOT HAVE AGENCY PERSON?

Yes, this is his personal information.

THANK YOU.

FAX NUMBER WHAT?

818-880-9783

9783? (clarification)

THAT SHOULD ALL-THAT’S ALL WE NEED. LIKE ALSO RESERVE HOTEL FOR CJ?
ME THINK THAT'S-ALL FOR NOW. YOU WANT US HOTEL ROOM RESERVE FOR CJ???

Yeah, yeah that’d be nice.

OK.

Also, I wanted to make sure that the pacific room is available for the dates that we’d need them it to be.
It might already be reserved but I just wanted to check.

ME CHECK NOW.

 

Overall: I feel pretty good about the work. Although I messed up on a few signs I feel that both consumers understood what I meant in my interpretation, and that communication was successful.