I want to interpret this sentence to sign language.

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Hi, I'm a design school student, and i'm creating A PSA campaign about hepatitis B.
and I want to use a sign language as a metaphor of the silence.
can anyone help me out here.
english is not my first language, so there is some questions.
I know I can find many web video if I'm looking word by word.
However, i can't find "The" or 'is" on the web. so, I need some help form you.
the sentence that I want to interpret is " The liver is a silent organ."

Thank you for your reading and help.

Have a great day.

JK
 
Even people whose signing is relatively English wouldn't sign "the" or "is". (I won't speculate as to how to sign the sentence, though, as I'm far from fluent.)
 
junon said:
Hi, I'm a design school student, and i'm creating A PSA campaign about hepatitis B.
and I want to use a sign language as a metaphor of the silence.
can anyone help me out here.
english is not my first language, so there is some questions.
I know I can find many web video if I'm looking word by word.
However, i can't find "The" or 'is" on the web. so, I need some help form you.
the sentence that I want to interpret is " The liver is a silent organ."

Thank you for your reading and help.

Have a great day.

JK
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You need to put the concept into sign, not a literal word traslation. In other words, exactly what do you mean by "silent organ". The liver is not silent literally, so you probably won't want to use the sign for silent. Use the sign that corresponds to the concept.
 
I think what he means is that Hepititis B is a silent killer that affects the organs. JMO.
 
"silent organ" to me means we dont pay attention to it and take it for granted.
 
If you're doing the PSA in ASL, here's a suggestion. I'm using all caps to show signs, listing them in ASL order, and keeping them conceptually accurate... that is focusing on the concepts, not using a dictionary to match signs and words. Good luck.

LIVER
IF WORK
MOST PEOPLE
NOT PAY ATTENTION or NOT FOCUS or IGNORE
 
webexplorer said:
Here is the info:


"the" - Lesson Tutor : Sign Language Lesson 10

"Is" - I cannot find it on the internet. I am really surprised about that.
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The verb "to be" doesn't really exist in ASL. In SEE (Signed Exact English) it does, and I use it sometimes (for emphasis of something) when signing in PSE (Pigeon Signed English). (For example, someone saying "John not happy" I might reply "John IS happy" in PSE.

In PSE it would be an index finger touching the chin and then moving straight forward. In SEE it would be an "I" hand shape in the same motion.

ASL isn't the only language to not really have the verb "to be." Hebrew, Russian, Hungarian, and others don't have it either.
 
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