Alan Wendt
@alanjwendt
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conference/community interpreter | accompanist
Wellington City, New Zealand
Joined April 2008
We've been patient but after a frustrating call today with Wellington Electric, we're done. They've asked 3 times if our power is still off. YES ๐๐พ IT ๐๐พ IS ๐๐พ STILL ๐๐พ OFF ๐คฏ JUST ๐๐พ COME ๐๐พ AND ๐๐พ FIX ๐๐พ IT ๐๐พ And it's almost dark again. .
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RT @TheSpinoffTV: A severe shortage of trilingual interpreters is isolating deaf Mฤori from their culture and identity. From @rata_nah . htโฆ.
thespinoff.co.nz
Deaf Mฤori are often isolated from their culture and community due to a critical shortage of trilingual interpreters fluent in te reo Mฤori, English, and New Zealand Sign Language.
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RT @WFDeaf_org: ๐ Today, on International Day of Families, we celebrate unity across borders. 95% of deaf children born to hearing familiesโฆ.
wfdeaf.org
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RT @Vijay_Ramjattan: I decorated my office with wise words from the late Dr. @jmhenner. I got this and other cool stuff here: https://t.coโฆ.
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If you ever see project for special gloves that "translate" or sign a signed language, please forward the project team the article linked below! ๐ ๐#signlanguagegloves.
A. It's old news (2016).B. U Washington Linguistics Department took their PR team and the project to task:.
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I have 3 invite codes for the "other place" (I'm assuming they don't expire). DM if you want one ๐๐พ.
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RT @HattieBowden: I am offering individual or group supervision/therapy to BSL interpreters/translators and deaf clients - get in touch orโฆ.
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All Blacks ๐๐พ ๐๐พ ๐๐พ.All Blacks ๐๐พ ๐๐พ ๐๐พ .All Blacks ๐๐พ ๐๐พ ๐๐พ .All Blacks ๐ค๐พ๐ค๐พ๐ค๐พ.
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Wow! ๐ ๐ฟ๐ฆ Those SA bench changes changed that game. Enjoyed those last 15 mins. #rugbyworldcup2023.
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RT @WFDeaf_org: Today our Ordinary Members reaffirmed their support for the UAE as the host of the World Congress in 2027. ๐ฆ๐ช. This is a hiโฆ.
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In the majority of countries across Oceania, the answer to this question would be the incumbent #multilingualism.
Random NZ political history question for the long weekend: who was our last bilingual PM? Have we ever had one? (Let's exclude Latin for the purposes of this exercise).
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RT @crathmann: 10 (ten) PhD positions in sign language linguistics at @UFSC (in Florianopolis, Brazil) are available. Proposals (in Libras,โฆ.
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Lucky to be at the #IREvNZL quarterfinal tonight! Was sitting by myself surrounded by passionate Ireland supporters, and met a brilliant French couple next to me who were hardout @AllBlacks fans ๐ Well done Ireland, you played valiantly. Laaaasgo ABs for the semifinal!
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Here in Lyon for the Men's #WorldRugbyCup @AllBlacks v @Federugby Laaasgo All Blacks! Kia kaha te Kapa ลpango!
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