BRAZILIAN SIGN LANGUAGE WINDOW AND SPEECH GENRES: POINTING FOR SIGN LANGUAGE TRANSLATORS TRAINING AND WORK

ABSTRACT

In this article, we discuss the aspects of the Brazilian Sign Language (Libras) window insertion into audiovisual productions based on the specificities of the speech genres mobilized in the translation activity, as well as their effects on Libras/Portuguese translators and interpreters training. We are using the conception of speech genres elaborated by Mikhail Bakhtin and his Circle to theoretical discussion. It is argued that the linguistic accessibility for Deaf people by the Libras window insertions in videos needs a discussion beyond the technical parameters of image capture of the translator and/or the interpreter the insertion of space into production. It is necessary to discuss the enunciative-discursive specificities of the source video to give the Libras window the dimension of finishing (size, cut, position) from the genre specificities. To prove this thesis, we analyze productions of two genres with Libras window that were produced in a Libras/Português translators/interpreters course.

Keywords:
Translation; Sign Language Window; Verbal-visuality