Wednesday, 11 December 2013

What a Complete Shambles: Sign Language Translator at Nelson Mandela's Memorial Was a FAKE !


The unidentified man, who was standing alongside world leaders including US President Barack Obama, was making up his own signs, according to the Deaf Federation of South Africa.

Delphin Hlungwane, an official South African sign language interpreter with DeafSA, said authorities were trying to track the man down.
She said: 'There was zero percent accuracy. He couldn't even get the basics right. He couldn't even say thank you. 'It was horrible, an absolute circus, really, really bad,' she said. 'Only he can understand those gestures.'
'Most puzzlingly, the structure of his hand and body movements didn’t seem to change no matter what the speaker was saying.'
'You're supposed to indicate with your facial expressions, even if it's not an exact sign. He didn't indicate that (booing of Jacob Zuma) at all. It just passed him by.
'Nobody knows who he is. Even at this hour we still don't have his name.'
Asked about the claim by The Associated Press, South Africa's government said it was preparing a statement.

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