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Whoa, seriously?? What state is that? I never heard of this. It's ridiculous...the ADA says nothing about certification, it only says the interpreter should be qualified. A state shouldn't take the step of saying you need to be certified. And yeah, I understand that the jobs would be limited...

Nobody says you HAVE to be certified to interpret...

I can understand how it would raise a red flag. But as your friend noted, we had many meetings about this. I never asked how much, though.

You must not work for Sorenson. We had tons of meetings, memos, and trainings on this. It's well known by every Sorenson interpreter. Of course they had something to gain. It's called getting paid an hourly wage for sitting on your ass doing whatever you feel like doing. It's not always about...

They didn't have to work. The minutes were running, but they were not interpreting. They could chat on their cell phone, surf the internet, or whatever they wanted.

Sorenson did not institutionally commit fraud in the way that Viable did. Sorenson interpreters committed fraud, they were caught, and were fired. Sorenson voluntarily gave back the fraudulently-obtained funds when they discovered what had happened, well before the FCC was aware of any fraud...

Agree with Reba. You need to match your consumer. I don't know which company you work for, but never be afraid to call a team. I know some companies discourage it, but if you need a team, you should call one!

You might want to increase your lag time. Extra is not a totally inappropriate translation for increase, as you know ASL and English do not correspond on a one to one basis. If you increase your lag time, you'll be better able to give a fluid message to the hearing caller. Other than that, it's...

The Fairfax, VA center has been closed.

I knew it was a play, I knew it was by Mark Medoff, I knew Phyllis Frelich won a Tony for it...but I never knew it was written FOR her. That's cool! I was looking up Children of a Lesser God (them movie) on IMDb and the trivia section claimed people like Brooke Shields were considered for...

Yes, Marlee Matlin and William Hurt dated in real life and had a pretty bad relationship. She tells about it in "I'll Scream Later."

Another abuse case. Same kind of thing that's been happening for over 100 years.

A lot of people would probably say he was terrible, but honestly I think he was fine - and authentic. I know nothing about how he prepared for the role, but it can't have been all THAT long. A few months, probably, given how filming schedules usually work. His coach was Alan Barwiolek, a deaf...

This is completely false. I just checked 10 movies from my queue, and 8 of them said right on the main page that they have subtitles and/or CC. The other 2 simply are not subtitled/CC (checked on Amazon like you suggested). If a DVD is subtitled or CC, Netflix DOES tell you. Yes, we all...

The rates they offer for interpreters are very good. They seem to be one of those "national" interpreting agencies, so I wonder how easy they would be to get jobs from. They offer VRI from the interpreter's home (remember, VRI does not have rules from the FCC) which is probably attractive to...

If it's Korean, it might not be in ASL at all! It could be "I like kittens" or something. :)

Pretty much every movie page on Netflix tells if the DVD has CC/subtitles. For example, if you look at the page for "V for Vendetta" then scroll down, the left column says "Closed Captioned" (with logo) and it also has English, French, and Spanish subtitles. If you look at the page for the new...

I wonder if this is the guy who did it: RAVE MAN (Marcus Watlington) | MySpace One of his blogs says that his middle name is Lee.

Two handed sign, right? Both hands moving at the same time? Sounds to me like bored/nothing to do like JennyB suggested.

I guess if a 4+ year old thread has to get bumped, this is a fun one. :)