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Dyn am i c Equi val en ce i n an ASL I nt er pr et at i o n Ni cho l as Jam es Ro essl er

What i s Dyn am i c Equi val en ce? A t r an sl at i o n t hat i s i d i o m at i c, m ak es ever y ef f o r t to co m m un i cat e t he m ean i ng i n t he so ur ce t ext i n t he n at ur al f o r m o f t he r ecepto r l anguage. (Lar so n,198 4 ) A t r an sl at i o n t hat ai m s at co m pl et e n at ur al n ess o f expr essi o n, an d t r i es to r el at e t he r ecepto r to m o d es o f behavi o r r el evant wi t hi n t he co nt ext o f hi s o wn cu lt ur e. (Ni d a, 1964 )

What i s Not Dyn am i cal l y Equi val ent Tr an sl at i o n s t hat ar e n ot based o n t he o ver al l co n cept o f a t ext, exam pl e: l i t er al t r an sl at i o n . Tr an sl at i o n s t hat d o n ot m atch t he go al o f t he so ur ce t ext. Tr an sl at i o n s t hat evok e em ot i o n s i n t ar get u ser s t hat d if f er f r o m t he em ot i o n s evok ed i n so ur ce l anguage u ser s.

T he Quest i o n I f a per so n fl uent i n Am er i can S i gn Language ( ASL) vi ews a d yn am i cal l y equi val ent t r an sl at i o n o f a so ng, wo u l d t hey exper i en ce si m i l ar em ot i o n s an d m em o r i es t hat n o n ASL u ser s exper i en ce when l i st en i ng to t he sam e so ng?

Met ho d Dat a was co l l ect ed by r esear chi ng t en subj ect s. Ei g ht o f t he subj ect s vi ewed t wo d yn am i cal l y equi val ent t r an sl at i o n s, whi l e t he ot her t wo On l y l i st en ed to t he t wo so ng s. Fo ur o f t he subj ect s wer e Deaf , m o r e speci fi cal l y ASL m o n o l i ngual s. Fo ur o f t he subj ect s wer e n ot d eaf (hear i ng ) an d fl uent i n ASL. Two o f t he subj ect s wer e hear i ng an d n ot fl uent i n ASL.

T he "ASL" subj ect s vi ewed bot h so ng t r an sl at i o n s, t wo o f t he hear i ng peo pl e f r o m t hi s g r o up watched t he so ng s wi t h so un d whi l e t he ot her t wo watched t hem wi t ho ut so un d . T he t wo n o n ASL u ser s o n l y l i st en ed to t he so ng s an d d i d n ot vi ew t he t r an sl at i o n s. Af t er wo r d s al l t he subj ect s wer e i nt er vi ewed to d i scu ss an y em ot i o n s o r m em o r i es t hey exper i en ced whi l e vi ewi ng t he d at a.

Resu lt s When vi ewi ng t he fi r st so ng al l t he t he subj ect s exhi bi t ed si gn s o f bei ng r el axed an d t hey al l sm i l ed at so m e po i nt. A m aj o r i t y o f t he hear i ng subj ect s exper i en ced m em o r i es o f fi shi ng. T he seco n d so ng exhi bi t ed a cl ear d if f er en ce i n r eact i o n, t he ASL hear i ng subj ect s f o un d i t hum o r o u s an d exper i en ced m em o r i es o f i n fi d el i t y, whi l e t he t wo n o n ASL hear i ng subj ect s d i d n ot fi n d i t hum o r o u s an d exper i en ced d if f er ent m em o r i es al l to get her.

T he Deaf subj ect s d i d n ot r eveal an y i n f o r m at i o n d ur i ng t he i nt er vi ew pr o cess, ho wever o n e subj ect sai d t hey f elt happy f o r t he fi r st so ng an d ang r y f o r t he seco n d so ng. T he Deaf subj ect s d i d exhi bi t a l ot o f f aci al f eat ur es t hat wer e si m i l ar to t he hear i ng subj ect s, r el axed f ace, sm i l i ng, t en se f ace, fi xed eye gaze. T he r eact i o n to t he seco n d so ng s t hem e o f i n fi d el i t y cr eat ed t en se f aci al expr essi o n s an d t hey d i d n ot fi n d i t as hum o r o u s as t he Hear i ng ASL subj ect s f o un d i t.

Di scu ssi o n When t he subj ect s sho wed i nt er est i n t he so ng s t hey d i spl ayed a fi xed eye gaze. When t he subj ect s sho wed l i tt l e o r n o i nt er est i n t he so ng t hei r eye gaze was n ot fi xed an d en d ed up m u lt i t ask i ng i n o r d er to k eep t hei r att ent i o n . When t he go al o f a so ng i s cl ear i t i s easi er to cr eat e a d yn am i cal l y equi val ent t r an sl at i o n . I t can be d if fi cu lt to t r an sl at e am bi gui t y.

Co n cl u si o n When a so ng t r an sl at i o n u ses ASL po et r y o r sto r yt el l i ng t echn i ques t he i m pl i ci t n at ur e o f m u si c can m o r e ef f ect i vel y be t r an sl at ed . T he go al o f t hese t r an sl at i o n s wer e to m i r r o r ho w hear i ng peo pl e l i st en to m u si c r ecr eat i o n al l y. Wo u l d t he t r an sl at i o n change if t he sett i ng wer e at a co n cer t ven ue? What wo u l d change abo ut t he t r an sl at i o n s if t he sett i ng wer e acto r s si gn i ng so ng s i n a m u si cal an d t hey wer e d an ci ng? T hi n k i ng o ut si d e t he box i s t he fi r st st ep to war d s d yn am i c equi val en ce.