{"id":7378,"date":"2009-06-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-05T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fukuoka-now.comnews\/group-points-out-difficulties-with-sign-language-for-lay-judges\/"},"modified":"2009-06-05T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2009-06-05T00:00:00","slug":"group-points-out-difficulties-with-sign-language-for-lay-judges","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/group-points-out-difficulties-with-sign-language-for-lay-judges\/","title":{"rendered":"<!--:en-->Group Points Out Difficulties with Sign Language for Lay Judges <!--:--><!--:ja-->Group Points Out Difficulties with Sign Language for Lay Judges <!--:--><!--:ko-->Group Points Out Difficulties with Sign Language for Lay Judges <!--:--><!--:zh-->Group Points Out Difficulties with Sign Language for Lay Judges <!--:-->"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--:en--><\/p>\n<div id=\"body\">\n<div id=\"img_area\">\n<div id=\"img\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A Fukuoka Prefecture association for the hearing impaired and a prefectural association of sign language interpreters submitted a request to the Fukuoka District Court seeking greater consideration for the hearing-impaired people selected to serve as lay jurors. The groups say there are no fixed gestures for interpreting certain words. For example, some use the gesture of lighting a match to interpret arson, while others mime a cigarette lighter. Also, the language used in a court differs greatly from that used in everyday speech, so they are asking for more research and discussion to standardize the gestures used.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!--:--><!--:ja--><\/p>\n<div id=\"body\">\n<div id=\"img_area\">\n<div id=\"img\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A Fukuoka Prefecture association for the hearing impaired and a prefectural association of sign language interpreters submitted a request to the Fukuoka District Court seeking greater consideration for the hearing-impaired people selected to serve as lay jurors. The groups say there are no fixed gestures for interpreting certain words. For example, some use the gesture of lighting a match to interpret arson, while others mime a cigarette lighter. Also, the language used in a court differs greatly from that used in everyday speech, so they are asking for more research and discussion to standardize the gestures used.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!--:--><!--:ko--><\/p>\n<div id=\"body\">\n<div id=\"img_area\">\n<div id=\"img\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A Fukuoka Prefecture association for the hearing impaired and a prefectural association of sign language interpreters submitted a request to the Fukuoka District Court seeking greater consideration for the hearing-impaired people selected to serve as lay jurors. The groups say there are no fixed gestures for interpreting certain words. For example, some use the gesture of lighting a match to interpret arson, while others mime a cigarette lighter. Also, the language used in a court differs greatly from that used in everyday speech, so they are asking for more research and discussion to standardize the gestures used.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!--:--><!--:zh--><\/p>\n<div id=\"body\">\n<div id=\"img_area\">\n<div id=\"img\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A Fukuoka Prefecture association for the hearing impaired and a prefectural association of sign language interpreters submitted a request to the Fukuoka District Court seeking greater consideration for the hearing-impaired people selected to serve as lay jurors. The groups say there are no fixed gestures for interpreting certain words. For example, some use the gesture of lighting a match to interpret arson, while others mime a cigarette lighter. Also, the language used in a court differs greatly from that used in everyday speech, so they are asking for more research and discussion to standardize the gestures used.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!--:--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Fukuoka Prefecture association for the hearing impaired and a prefectural association of sign language interpreters submitted a request to the Fukuoka District Court seeking greater consideration for the hearing-impaired people selected to serve as lay jurors. The groups say there are no fixed gestures for interpreting certain words. 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