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Day 1

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TRID wishes to thank the League for the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing in Nashville for providing one of the interpreters used during the conference.
The keynote address, "Retaining Your Morals While Interpreting", was given by Mike Helms, a Deaf minister to the Deaf. He reminded us that it is not only possible, but necessary, to remember that we can interpret words or ideas we may not agree with, without compromising our own beliefs. He later took time to for some one-on-one conversation during the break following his remarks.

(Webmaster's note: Mike was such an lively speaker that you'll see it was
 difficult to catch him when he wasn't moving!)
[Image] Mike 1 [Image] Mike 2 [Image] Mike 3 [Image] Mike 4
Sandra Gish came all the way from Oregon to teach us how to think ahead while interpreting, to predict to ourselves what might come next. This technique removes a great deal of tension from the interpreting process by helping us be more prepared as the assignment moves along.
Her animated teaching style made learning this concept, new to many of us, not only valuable but fun too!
[Image] Sandra 1 [Image] Group 1 - Role play, including ear plugs [Image] Group 2 - Laughing [Image] Group 3 - Role playing
[Image] Sandra 2 - and the trouble with leaky magic markers...! [Image] Sandra 3, with formal flow chart of how communication works in any language [Image] Sandra 4 - with a more down-to-earth flow chart of how communication works! [Image] Sandra 5 - Videotapes helped us learn to think ahead while interpreting.
[Image] Group 4
Congratulations to Karin Kalodimos of Nashville and Linda Thorpe of Kingsport, winners of the prize drawings at the TRID business meeting Friday night.
Karin won the "goody basket" and Linda won the free registration for NTRID's September workshop on interpreting the performing arts!

And now, click here for pictures from the second day of the conference!