VIDEO [ASL/CC] - Exclusive Interview with Marlee Matlin: Fake interpreter at Mandela memorial was 'Offensive'



CNN - Shock and outrage around the world amid claims that the sign language interpreter at Nelson Mandela's memorial was a fake. Interpreter at Mandela memorial dubbed a 'fake,' group says.



The Deaf Federation of South Africa says the unnamed man is not a recognized professional.



"The so-called 'interpreter' who interpreted at the official memorial service for late former president Nelson Mandela at FNB stadium has been dubbed the 'fake interpreter' and the Deaf community is in outrage," Bruno Druchen, national director of DeafSA, said in a statement.



"He is not known by the Deaf Community in South Africa nor by the South African sign language interpreters working in the field."



OutFront: Marlee Matlin, she lost her hearing when she was 18-months old, and went on to be the youngest person to win the Oscar for "Best Actress". She currently appears on the ABC family series ‘Switched at Birth.

"It was almost like he was doing baseball signs," Deaf actress Marlee Matlin told CNN on Wednesday, through a sign-language interpreter. "I was appalled."



Though each country has its own sign language, all of them entail facial expressions, she said. She called his lack of facial expression "a giveaway."



"I knew exactly right then and there that he wasn't authentic at all, and it was offensive; it was offensive to me." ... Read more: http://outfront.blogs.cnn.com/2013/12/11/marlee-matlin-fake-interpreter-at-mandela-memorial-was-offensive/



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