Watch: BSL translation of BBC Radio 4 interview with Darren Townsend-Handscomb intepreter and CODA

Pictured (above) left to right: Aasmah Mir, Richard Coles, Darren, Alexandra Burke, Raynor Winn and Jules Hudson.

Saturday Live is a BBC Radio programme that goes out live on Saturday mornings.  Richard Coles and Aasmah Mir interview interesting guests with stories to tell.

On 24^th March 2018 they interviewed Darren Townsend-Handscomb about being a CODA (Child of Deaf Parents), becoming a sign language interpreter, the Gambia Interpreter Project, and interpreting with a Deaf ghost.

Although a written transcript of the interview with Darren is available, there was no BSL translation, until now!

Matthew Banks has now done this beautiful interpretation of the parts of the programme where Darren was interviewed. There are six clips, first an introduction, then the five sections of the interview.

We hope you enjoy the stories. If you’d like to know the FULL story about interpreting for a Deaf poltergeist (completely true), Darren has promised to tell the full story, in BSL and in English, when the Gambia Interpreter Project reaches 51% of its £26,000 target. So you know what to do: http://tiny.cc/gambia

Introduction

Talk about your experience with a wall – Tough Mudder

Experiences growing up as a hearing child with a Deaf mum

Why did you become an interpreter?

The Gambia Interpreter Project

Interpreting with a ghost

Many thanks to Matthew Banks for supporting the Gambia Interpreter Project by doing these interpretations.