Promoting Sign Language by Digitizing Song Interpretation using Indonesian Sign Language in Social Media

摘要

There have been many Indonesian sign language interpreters who go hand in hand with Deaf communities in promoting inclusive environment by mainstreaming the exposure of sign language in various social media, particularly YouTube, using a song as the most influential media to endorse the promotion of sign language. Furthermore, the objective of this study is to identify how an interpreter interprets the poetic words in a song by using Indonesian sign language (BISINDO). This study employed a descriptive qualitative research method in which the data were collected through an interview with an experienced Indonesian sign language interpreter. The data were analyzed through data reduction, data display, and drawing conclusions. This study showed that there are several steps that must be done in interpreting a song, such as modification several sentences which cannot be signed easily. Thus an interpreter must have a strong motivation and awareness that the process needs a meticulous work as well as coping with several challenges.