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Nelson Mandela memorial interpreter 'was a fake'
Posted: Wed Dec 11, 2013 10:22 pm
by Galt
A mystery South African man who acted as a sign-language interpreter at Nelson Mandela’s memorial service was a “fraud” who simply made “childish hand gestures” for hours as he stood on stage.
Deaf groups say the man, who has not yet been identified, made no sense in any language to those relying on him around the world, and did not seem to know the recognised signs for South Africa, Mr Mandela’s clan name Madiba, President Jacob Zuma or former President Thabo Mbeki.
As a result, they say, he had the effect of marginalising the deaf community, which was “contrary to everything Mandela fought for”. (
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldne ... -fake.html)
FAITH IN HUMANITY RESTORED!
Re: Nelson Mandela memorial interpreter 'was a fake'
Posted: Wed Dec 11, 2013 10:27 pm
by beats me
Well let’s just bring him back to life and have a do over. Anything less than that would be unsatisfactory to those truly devastated by this outrageous act of insensitivity.
We must let the deaf community know they’ve been heard. And then try to explain to them what heard means.
Re: Nelson Mandela memorial interpreter 'was a fake'
Posted: Wed Dec 11, 2013 10:31 pm
by TomViolenz
I def think this is pretty funny
I mean this is wrong on so many levels, that it's almost right
Re: Nelson Mandela memorial interpreter 'was a fake'
Posted: Wed Dec 11, 2013 11:20 pm
by Tarekith
beats me wrote:.
We must let the deaf community know they’ve been heard. And then try to explain to them what heard means.
So wrong!
Re: Nelson Mandela memorial interpreter 'was a fake'
Posted: Thu Dec 12, 2013 4:53 am
by I.Am.Sean
Hahaha wow I love my country.
This fraud was also seen next to Jacob Zuma a while back when he was singing the "Kill the Boer" song.
Re: Nelson Mandela memorial interpreter 'was a fake'
Posted: Thu Dec 12, 2013 6:17 am
by re:dream
Eish, hilarious
Re: Nelson Mandela memorial interpreter 'was a fake'
Posted: Fri Dec 13, 2013 4:09 pm
by re:dream
Re: Nelson Mandela memorial interpreter 'was a fake'
Posted: Fri Dec 13, 2013 4:10 pm
by re:dream
Re: Nelson Mandela memorial interpreter 'was a fake'
Posted: Fri Dec 13, 2013 4:39 pm
by TomViolenz
The murder of the pride of deaf people deserves a very harsh sentence IMO
Re: Nelson Mandela memorial interpreter 'was a fake'
Posted: Fri Dec 13, 2013 5:20 pm
by re:dream
You could not make this stuff up
Re: Nelson Mandela memorial interpreter 'was a fake'
Posted: Fri Dec 13, 2013 5:47 pm
by TomViolenz
The Finn wrote:You could not make this stuff up
Reality is truly stranger than fiction, and I would read a well written account of this guys life over a Charles Dickens novel any day
Re: Nelson Mandela memorial interpreter 'was a fake'
Posted: Fri Dec 13, 2013 5:52 pm
by andydes
Seems many deaf people are not seeing the funny side of this.
Doesn't seem to be offensive to deaf people to me. It would be just as funny if someone was doing the French translation in English with an inspector clouseau accent.
Re: Nelson Mandela memorial interpreter 'was a fake'
Posted: Fri Dec 13, 2013 6:10 pm
by TomViolenz
andydes wrote:Seems many deaf people are not seeing the funny side of this.
Doesn't seem to be offensive to deaf people to me. It would be just as funny if someone was doing the French translation in English with an inspector clouseau accent.
Ah, it's probably just a loud minority of them. It always is.
And the guy def. seems to be an
interesting character...
Re: Nelson Mandela memorial interpreter 'was a fake'
Posted: Fri Dec 13, 2013 6:34 pm
by docprosper
a loud minority of deaf people?
Re: Nelson Mandela memorial interpreter 'was a fake'
Posted: Sat Dec 14, 2013 9:59 am
by TomViolenz
It all makes sense now!
