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"Fake" Interpreter Incident Mimics U.N. Interpreter Problem
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This incident happened at about the same time misinformation was being piped through the United Nations Headphones.... Translators were (are?) feeding mistranslated feeds to various representatives of different countries.
'Fake' interpreter at Nelson Mandela memorial
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hCdtUxnOG8
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From The Guardian; December 20, 2015
Nelson Mandela 'fake' interpreter admitted to psychiatric hospital
Thamsanqa Jantjie, who says he had schizophrenic episode at memorial, was taken for check-up then admitted
www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/20/nelson-mandela-memorial-interpreter-psychiatric-hospital
Thamsanqa Jantjie's 'fake' signing at Nelson Mandela's memorial service has made him the subject of worldwide mockery. Photograph: Foto24/Getty Images
David Smith in Johannesburg
Friday 20 December 2013
An interpreter accused of faking sign language at Nelson Mandela's memorial service has been admitted to a psychiatric hospital for treatment.
Thamsanqa Jantjie has claimed that he had a schizophrenic episode and saw angels descending on the Johannesburg stadium where his bizarre signing prompted consternation last week. The 34-year-old became the subject of worldwide mockery and was bombarded with interview requests.
South Africa's Star newspaper said Jantjie's wife, Siziwe, had taken her husband for a check-up on Tuesday at a psychiatric hospital, which determined that he should be admitted. "The past few days have been hard," Siziwe was quoted as saying. "We have been supportive because he might have had a breakdown."
Jantjie had an appointment for a check-up at the Sterkfontein psychiatric hospital in Krugersdorp, west of Johannesburg, on 10 December, the Star reported. But this was shifted after he was offered the job to sign at the Mandela memorial service, which was held on the same day.
On Friday Siziwe confirmed that her husband was in hospital and she did not know how long he would be there.
Jantjie has admitted to a history of mental problems and violent episodes in the past and that he had been a patient in a psychiatric institution for more than a year. He was discharged and started working after being medicated and monitored by doctors.
Sign language experts said his translations of eulogies at the globally televised service, attended by nearly 100 current and former heads of state and government, amounted to gobbledygook. The clownish performance, just feet from President Barack Obama and other speakers, raised questions over what security measures were in place.
Earlier this week the Associated Press reported that a cousin and three friends of Jantjie alleged he was part of a mob that accosted two men found with a stolen television and burned them to death by setting fire to tyres placed around their necks – a notorious vigilante tactic known as necklacing.
Jantjie never went on trial for the 2003 killings, while the other suspects did, because authorities determined he was not mentally fit to stand trial, the four told the AP. Jantjie has denied the allegations.
South African media have reported that he has also allegedly faced rape, kidnapping and theft charges. In his home province of Free State, local media have claimed Jantjie has impersonated a lawyer and traditional healer.
The South African government has admitted a mistake was made and Jantjie was not suitably qualified for the memorial service. It has started an investigation and apologised to deaf people for any offence it may have caused.
The African National Congress is investigating claims that some of its officials were directors of the company for which the signer worked.
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What happened to the fake Nelson Mandela interpreter?
One year on from the death of Nelson Mandela, Thamsanqa Jantjie, the fake sign language interpreter who appeared at the leader's memeorial service, is attempting a change of career
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/nelson-mandela/11274963/What-happened-to-the-fake-Nelson-Mandela-interpreter.html
President Barack Obama stands next to the sign language interpreter after making his speech Photo: AP
Oliver Duggan By Oliver Duggan10:46AM GMT 05 Dec 2014
In the 12 months since Nelson Mandela died aged 95, South Africa has wrestled with a turbulent year in politics that threatens to derail the former president's legacy.
But for the man who grabbed headlines around the world by appearing to fake the sign language interpretation of Mandela's memorial service, 2014 has been a chance for a change of career.
Thamsanqa Jantjie caused outrage when he stood for hours alongside global leaders making "childish hand gestures" in a bizarre attempt to sign their tributes to the late freedom campaigner.
Deaf groups responded immediately, saying he made no sense in any language 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.
Sign language experts later attempted to decipher Mr Jantjie's hand waving and he was subsequently barred from working as a sign language interpreter by Deaf South Africa.
It has since emerged that the fake signer has switched to acting, but is struggling to get work with all the negative publicity surrounding his appearance at Mandela's memorial service.
"You can just imagine how difficult it is because interpreting was my future, it was my job. I have to settle for another career ... It's difficult, but men have to do what men have to do," he reportedly told a South African radio station.
"I'm doing adverts and acting. I have to work hard for my kids. I'm not interpreting at all. The Deaf South Africa have stopped me."
In a bid to launch his new career, Jantjie has released a showreel in which he pledges to "make up to the whole world" after his performance at the memorial in December 2013.
"He didn't have any lip pattern. There was no talking through what he was listening to, to be able to back up with the signs," Rachel Hubbard, an expert in sign language from Deaf Umbrella, said of Mr Jantjie at the time.
"Usually when you're signing you're actually thinking about the translation process and the linguistic changeover. So you would either be looking straight ahead of you, or perhaps slightly down, so you're concentrating on what you have to interpret."
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Nelson Mandela memorial sign language interpreter Thamsanqa Jantjie: Most terrible day of my life
www.youtube.com/watch?v=olxo4V8W0lI
20 minutes ago WMIPSFSQuoteEditlikePost Options Post by Admin on 20 minutes ago
This incident happened at about the same time misinformation was being piped through the United Nations Headphones.... Translators were (are?) feeding mistranslated feeds to various representatives of different countries.
'Fake' interpreter at Nelson Mandela memorial
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hCdtUxnOG8
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From The Guardian; December 20, 2015
Nelson Mandela 'fake' interpreter admitted to psychiatric hospital
Thamsanqa Jantjie, who says he had schizophrenic episode at memorial, was taken for check-up then admitted
www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/20/nelson-mandela-memorial-interpreter-psychiatric-hospital
Thamsanqa Jantjie's 'fake' signing at Nelson Mandela's memorial service has made him the subject of worldwide mockery. Photograph: Foto24/Getty Images
David Smith in Johannesburg
Friday 20 December 2013
An interpreter accused of faking sign language at Nelson Mandela's memorial service has been admitted to a psychiatric hospital for treatment.
Thamsanqa Jantjie has claimed that he had a schizophrenic episode and saw angels descending on the Johannesburg stadium where his bizarre signing prompted consternation last week. The 34-year-old became the subject of worldwide mockery and was bombarded with interview requests.
South Africa's Star newspaper said Jantjie's wife, Siziwe, had taken her husband for a check-up on Tuesday at a psychiatric hospital, which determined that he should be admitted. "The past few days have been hard," Siziwe was quoted as saying. "We have been supportive because he might have had a breakdown."
Jantjie had an appointment for a check-up at the Sterkfontein psychiatric hospital in Krugersdorp, west of Johannesburg, on 10 December, the Star reported. But this was shifted after he was offered the job to sign at the Mandela memorial service, which was held on the same day.
On Friday Siziwe confirmed that her husband was in hospital and she did not know how long he would be there.
Jantjie has admitted to a history of mental problems and violent episodes in the past and that he had been a patient in a psychiatric institution for more than a year. He was discharged and started working after being medicated and monitored by doctors.
Sign language experts said his translations of eulogies at the globally televised service, attended by nearly 100 current and former heads of state and government, amounted to gobbledygook. The clownish performance, just feet from President Barack Obama and other speakers, raised questions over what security measures were in place.
Earlier this week the Associated Press reported that a cousin and three friends of Jantjie alleged he was part of a mob that accosted two men found with a stolen television and burned them to death by setting fire to tyres placed around their necks – a notorious vigilante tactic known as necklacing.
Jantjie never went on trial for the 2003 killings, while the other suspects did, because authorities determined he was not mentally fit to stand trial, the four told the AP. Jantjie has denied the allegations.
South African media have reported that he has also allegedly faced rape, kidnapping and theft charges. In his home province of Free State, local media have claimed Jantjie has impersonated a lawyer and traditional healer.
The South African government has admitted a mistake was made and Jantjie was not suitably qualified for the memorial service. It has started an investigation and apologised to deaf people for any offence it may have caused.
The African National Congress is investigating claims that some of its officials were directors of the company for which the signer worked.
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What happened to the fake Nelson Mandela interpreter?
One year on from the death of Nelson Mandela, Thamsanqa Jantjie, the fake sign language interpreter who appeared at the leader's memeorial service, is attempting a change of career
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/nelson-mandela/11274963/What-happened-to-the-fake-Nelson-Mandela-interpreter.html
President Barack Obama stands next to the sign language interpreter after making his speech Photo: AP
Oliver Duggan By Oliver Duggan10:46AM GMT 05 Dec 2014
In the 12 months since Nelson Mandela died aged 95, South Africa has wrestled with a turbulent year in politics that threatens to derail the former president's legacy.
But for the man who grabbed headlines around the world by appearing to fake the sign language interpretation of Mandela's memorial service, 2014 has been a chance for a change of career.
Thamsanqa Jantjie caused outrage when he stood for hours alongside global leaders making "childish hand gestures" in a bizarre attempt to sign their tributes to the late freedom campaigner.
Deaf groups responded immediately, saying he made no sense in any language 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.
Sign language experts later attempted to decipher Mr Jantjie's hand waving and he was subsequently barred from working as a sign language interpreter by Deaf South Africa.
It has since emerged that the fake signer has switched to acting, but is struggling to get work with all the negative publicity surrounding his appearance at Mandela's memorial service.
"You can just imagine how difficult it is because interpreting was my future, it was my job. I have to settle for another career ... It's difficult, but men have to do what men have to do," he reportedly told a South African radio station.
"I'm doing adverts and acting. I have to work hard for my kids. I'm not interpreting at all. The Deaf South Africa have stopped me."
In a bid to launch his new career, Jantjie has released a showreel in which he pledges to "make up to the whole world" after his performance at the memorial in December 2013.
"He didn't have any lip pattern. There was no talking through what he was listening to, to be able to back up with the signs," Rachel Hubbard, an expert in sign language from Deaf Umbrella, said of Mr Jantjie at the time.
"Usually when you're signing you're actually thinking about the translation process and the linguistic changeover. So you would either be looking straight ahead of you, or perhaps slightly down, so you're concentrating on what you have to interpret."
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Nelson Mandela memorial sign language interpreter Thamsanqa Jantjie: Most terrible day of my life
www.youtube.com/watch?v=olxo4V8W0lI