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Birgit Nofftz (2014): Written Interpreting in Individual Countries Germany Written interpreting in Germany started with handwriting at overhead-projectors mostly done at meetings of hard of hearing associations. In the 90s written interpreters with keyboard started to work. In 2000 Heidrun Seyring brought the stenosystem from the USA to Germany and adapted if for the German language. 6 years later, respeaking was developed by Birgit Nofftz for written interpreting in Germany, too. The training for written interpreting is done by private educational organisations (for stenograpyh, respeaking and keyboard) and by the German association for hard of hearing (only for keyboard). The training ends with exams and with an accepted certificate. Although three systems do exist, none of these is viewed as better or worse than another having different pros and cons and individual clients, who prefer different systems (see Bundesverband der Schriftdolmetscher Deutschlands). Respeakers in Germany do not use a CAT software but a free software called Gobby to connect each other's computers for corrections etc. It is also used to combine different systems of written interpreting, so that they can co-work for one client. Written interpreters work in all kind of situations. For private issues the client has to pay himself. In other contexts like university, school, work, hospital, court etc. cost coverage is done by government, health insurance or annuity insurance. Name of written interpreter: Schriftdolmetscher/-in, Schriftmittler/-in (engl. writing interpreter) Population: 80,421,000 (Statistik-Portal) Number of written interpreters: 70 Number of hard of hearing people: 6,433,680 (8 % of population) Techniques: keyboard, stenography, respeaking Laws and regulations: - laws and regulations for use and payment of written interpreters do exist - laws and regulations for use and payment of sign language interpreters count for written interpreters, too - UNCRPD Remote work: yes Remote platforms: Verbavoice, Komline, CapApp, Skype Training: - 2 years (stenography) - 1 year (respeaking) - 9 month (keyboard) Exams / Certificate: yes Association for written interpreters: Bundesverband der Schriftdolmetscher Deutschlands (BSD) 28
Birgit Nofftz (2014): Written Interpreting in Individual Countries Greece An association for deaf, deafened and hard of hearing people does exist, but is concentrating more on deaf culture and sign language. Now first efforts are being made to inform people in Greece about the needs of deafened and hard of hearing people as well. The service of written interpreters is unknown in Greece. Name of written interpreter: Ταχυπληκτρολόγος (engl. fast writer)I Population: 10,815,197 (ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗ ΔΗΜΟΚΡΑΤΙΑ ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗ ΣΤΑΤΙΣΤΙΚΗ ΑΡΧΗ 2011) Number of written interpreters: 0 Number of hard of hearing people: 865,215 (8 % of population) Techniques: no Laws and regulations: no Remote work: no Remote platforms: no Training: no Exams / Certificate: no 29
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