| SignWriting List Archive 1 October 1997 - May 1998 |
April 26, 1998
MESSAGE TO THE SIGNWRITING EMAIL LIST
SUBJECT: SW Literacy Development
Date: Sat, 25 Apr 1998 21:05:17 -0700 (MST)
From: Ruth E Kartchner <rek@U.Arizona.EDU>
X-Sender: rek@orion
To: SignWriting <DAC@SignWriting.org>
Subject: Re: SW Literacy Development
Valerie, thank you for your answer about the possibility of a project in Chile. Yes, I do know people who are fluent in Chilean sign and interested. I will be in Chile in June and will have a chance to visit with them and refer them to you. I have also contacted the office of the Secretary of Education and I hope to get some support there as well.
Ruth Kartchner
rek@u.arizona.edu
>>On April 24th, 1998, Ruth Kartchner wrote:
>>I'm interested in Sign Writing for a project in Chile.
Is that possible?
>>or does it have to be here in the U.S.?
>>Ruth Kartchner
>>rek@U.Arizona.EDU
>>Hi Ruth!
>When we first started the SignWriting Literacy Project, it
was supposed to
>be solely for American Sign Language (ASL), because our materials
are
>written in ASL.
>However, since that time, I have received so many requests
from other
>countries that I have decided to open the project to other
signed languages
>as well. As you will see in future postings, a linguist and
native signer
>from Brazil, Ronice M. de Quadros, will be working with me
to translate the
>SignWriting materials into Brazilian Sign Language and Portuguese
(at a
>future date). We hope we will someday have a Brazilian SignWriting
Literacy
>Project.
>We can do the same for Chile, but we will need to work
with someone fluent
>in Chilean Sign Language, who can do the translations of
the materials.
>Once we receive the written Chilean Sign Language translation
typed with
>the SignWriter Computer Program, then I will do the book
layout, so that
>all the materials will look the same, using the same art
work etc., but
>simply written in different languages.
>So the answer is yes...except it will take time to develop
the project in
>other languages.
>So if you know of someone in Chile who is interested, you
are welcome to
>direct them to us :-)
>All the best -
>Valerie
>DAC@SignWriting.org