Technical term related to the new corona Study meeting to unify sign language expression methods June 5, 17:37
A meeting was held in Morioka City to decide a unified sign language expression method for technical terms such as "cluster" and "emergency declaration" used in connection with the new coronavirus.
This conference was held by the "Japan Sign Language Research Institute," which devises sign language for new words. Six people from 6 prefectures in the Tohoku region, including hearing impaired people, gathered in Morioka City.
At the meeting, a proposed way of expressing sign language was examined for 27 terms, including technical terms used in connection with the new coronavirus.
Among these, for "cluster", which represents the outbreak of infected people, a combination of sign language that people gather and spread sign language was proposed.
Regarding the "emergency declaration," the interpreter used the sign language for the ambulance siren, and the sign language for the emergency was used. I was talking.
It is said that the unified expression method will be decided in September after discussions at nationwide conferences based on proposals from each region such as the Tohoku region.
Kaoru Kato, Secretary General of the Akita Prefecture Deaf Association, who attended the meeting said, "Because it is urgent to deal with the new coronavirus, the sign language expression method must be promptly unified and spread throughout the country." I was talking.