B: I was little.
B: ICH1
B: klein
B: KLEIN5
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: I think, I was three years old, but my memory doesn't go that far back.
B: ICH1
B: DENKEN1B
B: alt
B: ALT8B
B: DENKEN1B
B: anfang
B: ANFANG1A*
B: DENKEN1B
B: $NUM-EINER1A:3d
B: drei
B: alt
B: ALT8B*
B: ICH1
B: WISSEN2B^
B: NICHTS1B*
B: [MG]
B: I was shy and afraid of everything and hid all the time.
B: $INDEX1
B: ICH1
B: aber
B: $PROD*
B: [MG]
B: ANGST1
B: angst
B: [MG]
B: VERSTECKEN1A*
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: I got along well with my sister.
B: $INDEX1
B: schwester
B: SCHWESTER1A
B: BEIDE2A*
B: I loved playing with dolls especially.
B: MEISTENS1A
B: meist
B: [MG]
B: ICH1
B: ETWAS-LIEBEN1
B: puppenspiel
B: PUPPE1
B: SPIELEN2
B: ICH1||$GEST-OFF^*
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: I didn't have contact with hearing people.
B: KONTAKT2A*
B: kontakt
B: HÖREND1A
B: hörend
B: NICHTS1B*
B: nichts
B: Our family lived in a village.
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: [MG]
B: FAMILIE1
B: familie
B: dorf
B: DORF3*
B: BEREICH1A*
B: We lived in a quite remote village called Mausbach.
B: mausbach
B: UNTER1B^*
B: FLUSS1^*
B: $GEST-OFF^*||DORF3*
B: $INDEX1*
B: $GEST-OFF^*
B: ALLE1B
B: alle
B: BLEIBEN1*||DORF3
B: [MG]
B: My whole family was deaf, only my mother's brother was hearing.
B: TAUB-GEHÖRLOS1A*
B: [MG]
B: $INDEX1*||DORF3
B: $ORAL^
B: aber
B: MEIN1
B: MAMA10
B: mama
B: HABEN-BESITZEN1*
B: hat
B: bruder
B: BRUDER1A
B: $INDEX1*
B: HÖREND1A
B: hörend
B: But he wasn't generous towards my parents.
B: $ORAL^
B: aber
B: GROSSZÜGIG1
B: [MG]
B: FÜR1*
B: für
B: MEIN1*
B: eltern
B: ELTERN1A*
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: AUCH1B*
B: auch
B: NICHT1
B: nicht
B: We had strong family bonds and we treated each other lovingly.
B: ZUSAMMEN1A*
B: immer
B: $ORAL^
B: super
B: familie
B: MEIN1
B: WARM1A*
B: FAMILIE1*
B: SEHR2*
B: sehr
B: warm
B: WARM1A
B: ZUSAMMEN1A*
B: I got along well with my sister.
B: ICH1*
B: schwester
B: SCHWESTER1A
B: BEIDE2A*
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: ABLAUF2^
B: [MG]
B: Someday I went to school, no, first to kindergarten.
B: schule
B: SCHULE1A*
B: EINTRETEN1A*
B: kindergarten
B: KIND2*
B: KINDERGARTEN1A*
B: erste
B: ERSTENS1A
B: ICH1*
B: EINTRETEN1A*
B: I didn't want to go to kindergarten and spend time there.
B: kindergarten
B: KIND2*
B: KINDERGARTEN1A*
B: ICH1
B: WOLLEN-NICHT1*
B: will
B: NICHT3B
B: nicht
B: DORT1
B: I cried and didn't want to go there.
B: ICH1
B: WEINEN1
B: weinen
B: WOLLEN5*
B: will
B: NICHT3B*
B: nicht
B: $INDEX1
B: But my mom told me that I had to go to kindergarten, if I wanted to go to school later.
B: MAMA10*
B: mama
B: MUSS1A*
B: muss
B: DORTHIN-GEHEN1*
B: SCHULE1A
B: schule
B: Well, I had to go through with it.
B: ICH1
B: SICH-MIT-ETWAS-ABFINDEN3A
B: [MG]
B: ICH1*
B: Then I started going to school.
B: schule
B: SCHULE1C*
B: EINTRETEN1A*
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: In class I was shy and felt inhibited all the time.
B: klasse
B: KLASSE2*
B: KLASSE9
B: ICH1
B: $PROD*
B: [MG]
B: hemmung
B: HEMMUNG1A*
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: In the beginning I was careful, but after a while I opened up.
B: ANFANG1A
B: anfang
B: SCHRITT1*
B: ICH1
B: SPÄTER10*
B: später
B: I used to go by bus.
B: bus
B: BUS2
B: HIN-UND-HER1
B: My sister took me with her.
B: schwester
B: MEIN1*
B: SCHWESTER1A*
B: MITNEHMEN1*
B: mit
B: We often had to run to catch the bus, because we forgot the time.
B: $PROD*
B: [MG]
B: aber
B: $ORAL^
B: ZEIT1
B: KNAPP1*
B: knapp
B: We always had to hurry up to catch the bus.
B: $PROD*
B: [MG]
B: SCHNELL2*
B: schnell schnell
B: SCHNELL3A*
B: schnell schnell
B: bus
B: BUS2
B: EINTRETEN1A*
B: It was a regular bus, not a special school bus.
B: omnibus
B: $ALPHA1:O*
B: OMNIBUS1*
B: $GEST^
B: KEIN6
B: kein
B: SCHULE1C*
B: schulbus
B: During that time I was seven or eight years old.
B: ICH2
B: acht
B: $NUM-EINER1B:7d
B: $NUM-EINER1B:8d
B: ALT8B*
B: alt
B: I started school late, before that there was just no offer for me.
B: SPÄTER10*
B: später
B: ANFANG1A
B: anfang
B: SCHULE1A*
B: schule
B: FRÜHER1*
B: aber früher
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: [MG]
B: KEIN9*
B: [MG]
B: I had to change schools really often. That was a hard time for me.
B: UM2B*
B: um um
B: HART1A
B: hart
B: I started to take the school bus to get to school when I was eight or nine years old.
B: PLÖTZLICH4*
B: SPÄTER7*
B: $NUM-EINER1A:8d
B: acht
B: $NUM-EINER1A:9d
B: neun
B: ALT8B*
B: alt
B: ANFANG1A
B: anfang
B: grundschule
B: ARBEITEN2^
B: SCHULE1C*
B: SCHULE1A
B: bus
B: BUS1A
B: EINTRETEN1A*
B: HIN-UND-HER1*
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: [MG]
B: ENTWICKELN1A
B: [MG]
B: My parents/ Mum would pick me up.
B: MEIN1*
B: meine
B: ELTERN10
B: el{tern}
B: MAMA10
B: mama
B: IMMER4A*
B: immer
B: abholen
B: ABHOLEN1*
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: My parents went to gatherings in Aachen in Rhineland.
B: $GEST^
B: [MG]
B: MEIN1
B: ELTERN6^*
B: meine
B: ELTERN1A
B: eltern
B: WAR1
B: waren
B: versammlung
B: KREIS1A^
B: $INDEX1*
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: rheinland
B: RHEINLAND1
B: $INDEX1*
B: aachen
B: AACHEN3
B: $INDEX1*
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: [MG]
B: Sometimes they took part in those gatherings.
B: manchmal
B: MANCHMAL2
B: $INDEX1*
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: They took me with them and there I used to sign.
B: ICH1
B: MITNEHMEN1*
B: mit
B: MITNEHMEN1*
B: mit
B: ICH2
B: GEBÄRDEN1A
B: [MG]
B: Most of the people were older than me.
B: MEISTENS1A
B: ältere
B: ALT8B*
B: ERWACHSENE2A*
B: LEUTE2*
B: leute
B: There were no children.
B: KIND2*
B: kinder
B: GRUPPE1A*
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: [MG]
B: Only at school I found a friend who visited me.
B: ICH1
B: NUR2A
B: nur
B: schule
B: SCHULE1A
B: $INDEX1*
B: freundin
B: $ALPHA^*
B: $INDEX1*
B: ICH1
B: BEIDE2A*
B: [MG]
B: ||BESUCHEN1B*
B: [MG]
B: She liked being able to sign with my parents.
B: GUT1*
B: [MG]
B: MEIN1*
B: ELTERN10
B: eltern
B: GEBÄRDEN1E
B: [MG]
B: That was nice for her, as her parents talked to each other at home and she didn't understand a word.
B: SCHÖN1A
B: schön
B: ICH1
B: ich
B: NACH-HAUSE1*
B: zu hause
B: HEIRATEN1A^
B: ehep{aar}
B: ELTERN6*
B: eltern
B: SPRECHEN2*
B: [MG]
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: It was an advantage, that communication was possible with my family.
B: ICH1
B: VORTEIL2
B: vorteil
B: KOMMUNIKATION1A*
B: DA1*
B: da
B: With my sister, too.
B: ICH1
B: schwester
B: SCHWESTER1A*
B: ALLE3*
B: Over the years it got better and better until I was 15 years old.
B: ENTWICKELN2*
B: [MG]
B: MEHR3*
B: mehr mehr mehr mehr
B: BIS1
B: bis
B: $NUM-TEEN4A:5
B: fünfzehn
B: ALT8B
B: jahre alt
B: At that time I had the feeling that everything changed.
B: GEFÜHL3
B: ICH1
B: VERÄNDERN1B*
B: [MG]
B: In professional school I met a lot of new people.
B: SCHREIBEN1A^
B: berufsschule
B: BESUCHEN2
B: besuchen
B: MEHR3
B: mehr
B: ICH1
B: $INDEX1*
B: [MG]
B: I met my boyfriend there.
B: ICH1
B: FREUND-FEST1
B: [MG]
B: KENNENLERNEN1
B: kennenlernen
B: I used to accompany him to soccer games. The longer we were a couple, the more often I went with him.
B: ICH1
B: BEGLEITEN1B*
B: [MG]
B: fußball
B: FUSSBALL2*
B: EINTRETEN1A*
B: MEHR3
B: mehr mehr mehr mehr
B: That is how I got to know him better and better.
B: ICH2
B: MEHR3*
B: KENNEN1A
B: kennen
B: MEHR3
B: mehr mehr mehr mehr
B: ENTWICKELN2
B: [MG]
B: As my boyfriend was a German international, I have been told many stories.
B: $INDEX1*
B: mann
B: EHEMANN1
B: $INDEX1*
B: war nationalspieler
B: NATIONAL3
B: SPIELEN2
B: ICH1
B: SEIN-IHR1
B: $INDEX1*
B: [MG]
B: ENTWICKELN2*
B: I got to know Deaf culture quite late.
B: KULTUR1A
B: kultur
B: PHASE1B^*
B: spät
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: [MG]
B: That was just how it was.
B: ENTWICKELN1A
B: Then I married and just lived my life.
B: ICH1
B: HEIRATEN4
B: heiraten
B: ENTWICKELN2
B: [MG]
B: Looking back I think I do have a great life.
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: kopfnicken
B: heute
B: HEUTE1*
B: ICH1
B: MEINUNG1B
B: meine
B: GUT1*
B: SCHÖN1B
B: schön
B: leben
B: LEBEN1C
B: $INDEX1
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: Deaf culture has to offer everything you can possibly imagine.
B: KULTUR1A
B: in der kultur
B: ES-GIBT3*
B: gibt gibt
B: ALLE1A*
B: alles
B: Back in my day, that was different.
B: FRÜHER1*
B: früher
B: ICH1
B: ZEIT5A*
B: zeit
B: anders
B: ANDERS2
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: My parents died very young, unfortunately.
B: MEIN1*
B: meine
B: ELTERN1A
B: eltern
B: LEIDER1
B: leider schon
B: STERBEN2*
B: FRÜH4
B: früh
B: gestorben
B: STERBEN2*
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: That's a shame.
B: schade
B: SCHADE1*
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: My sister and me, we still are very close.
B: MEIN1*
B: schwester
B: SCHWESTER1A*
B: $INDEX1*
B: ICH1
B: KONTAKT3
B: [MG]
B: WIE-IMMER1*
B: noch
B: Until today we are still in contact and on the same wavelength.
B: BIS-HEUTE2
B: bis heute
B: UNTERHALTUNG3*
B: [MG]
B: GEDANKENLESEN1^*
B: [MG]
B: We discuss and share a lot; that is nice.
B: DISKUSSION1A*
B: diskutieren
B: ICH1
B: TAUSCHEN1
B: tauschen
B: schön
B: SCHÖN1A
B: $GEST-OFF^*
B: I have many friends.
B: ICH1
B: auch
B: VIEL5
B: viel
B: freunde
B: FREUND3
B: BEREICH1A
B: Friends are very important to me.
B: FREUND3*
B: freunde
B: ICH1*
B: für mich
B: AUCH1A*
B: auch
B: wichtig
B: WICHTIG1
B: $GEST^
B: We can exchange thoughts.
B: TAUSCHEN1*
B: kann tauschen
B: $GEST-OFF^*
B: [MG]
B: I think that's great.
B: SCHÖN1A
B: schön
B: But I don't do sports.
B: ICH1
B: aber
B: SPORT1*
B: sport
B: verzichte
B: AUSSICHTSLOS3A*
B: ICH1
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: I don't do anything.
B: NICHTS1B
B: nichts
B: Just for me I do Nordic Walking, something like that.
B: NUR2A
B: nur
B: SELBST1A*
B: selbst
B: nordic walking
B: LAUFEN1^*
B: $GEST-OFF^*
B: $LIST1:2of2d
B: [MG]
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: [MG]
C: Asks at what time she turned toward the hearing world, as her parents were deaf. How did she come in contact with hearing people in North-Rhine Westphalia and Aachen?
B: Through work.
B: AUSTRETEN1^
B: [MG]
B: arbeitsplatz
B: ARBEITEN1*
B: PLATZ8A*
B: $GEST-OFF^*
B: AUSTRETEN1
B: [MG]
B: $INDEX1*
B: [MG]
B: In the beginning I wasn't very good at speaking.
B: ANFANG1A
B: anfang
B: ICH1
B: SPRECHEN2*
B: spreche
B: schlecht
B: SCHLECHT2*
B: ICH1
B: My colleagues who were older than me helped me.
B: ALT5A*
B: nur ältere
B: kollegen
B: KOLLEGE1B
B: BEREICH1A*
B: HELFEN1*
B: helfen
B: HELFEN1*
B: helfen
B: One day they told me that all of a sudden I spoke better.
B: BESCHEID1A*
B: SPRECHEN2*
B: sprechen
B: BESSER1*
B: besser
B: ICH1
B: $ORAL^
B: warum
B: SPRECHEN2*
B: sprechen
B: Before that I was living in an underworld concerning hearing people.
B: vorher
B: $INDEX1*
B: ICH2
B: unterwelt
B: UNTER1B*
B: WELT1
B: HÖREND1A*
B: hörend
B: I had to speak; it was a must.
B: MUSS1A*
B: muss
B: SPRECHEN2
B: sprechen
B: OHNE2
B: ohne
B: SPRECHEN2
B: sprechen
B: KANN1*
B: [MG]
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: [MG]
B: So, I spoke much during work.
B: ICH1
B: SPRECHEN2*
B: [MG]
B: In the past sign languages haven't been recognized as languages.
B: FRÜHER1*
B: früher
B: GEBÄRDENSPRACHE1B
B: gebärdensprache
B: ANERKENNEN1
B: [MG]
B: NEIN1A
B: [MG]
B: Today sign language is recognized everywhere.
B: HEUTE1*
B: heute
B: ANERKENNEN1*
B: [MG]
B: $GEST-OFF^*
B: [MG]
B: My speaking has gotten better and better.
B: FRÜHER1*
B: SPRECHEN2*
B: sprechen sprechen
B: ICH1
B: PERFEKT-IN-ETWAS-SEIN1
B: mehr mehr mehr
B: BESSER1*
B: besser besser
B: SPRECHEN2
B: sprechen
B: I was happy about that myself.
B: ICH1
B: aber
B: SELBST1A
B: selbst
B: AUCH1A*
B: auch
B: FROH1
B: froh
B: When going shopping, or in different areas of life, I was able to speak.
B: IN1*
B: [MG]
B: einkauf
B: ICH1
B: EINKAUFEN1
B: KANN2B
B: kann sprechen
B: SPRECHEN2
B: SPRECHEN3
B: VERSCHIEDEN1*
B: I can vary. I can either talk or sign.
B: ja
B: $ORAL^
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: WECHSELN3B
B: [MG]
B: GEBÄRDENSPRACHE1B
B: gebärdensprache
B: UND5*
B: und
B: SPRECHEN2
B: sprechen
B: ABWECHSLUNG1
B: abwechseln
B: That is nice, too.
B: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^*
B: auch
B: schön
B: SCHÖN1A
B: $GEST-OFF^*
A: Did your teachers at school talk or sign?
A: SCHULE1A
A: schule
A: LEHRER2*
A: lehrer
A: SPRECHEN2
A: [MG]
A: ODER1*
A: oder
A: GEBÄRDEN1G
A: [MG]
B: They talked.
B: SPRACHE1
B: sprache
B: They couldn't sign.
B: LEHRER2
B: lehrer
B: $GEST-NM-KOPFSCHÜTTELN1^
B: GEBÄRDEN1A*
B: But the words we learned at school were simple.
B: $GEST-OFF^*
B: aber
B: $INDEX1
B: [MG]
B: WORT3*
B: wort wort wort
B: FRÜHER1*
B: früher
B: SCHULE1A*
B: schule
B: einfach
B: EINFACH1
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: At work I came in contact with words like accessory.
B: AUSTRETEN1*
B: [MG]
B: arbeitsplatz
B: ARBEITEN1
B: PLATZ8B*
B: $INDEX1*
B: $ALPHA1:A
B: accessoire
B: I don’t know, ‘aac’. The order of the letters was a problem for me.
B: $GEST-OFF^*
B: [MG]
B: $ALPHA1:A-A-C
B: a-a-c
B: problem
B: PROBLEM1
B: $LIST1:2of2d
B: My colleagues helped me and wrote it down.
B: $INDEX1*
B: [MG]
B: kollege
B: KOLLEGE1B
B: BESCHEID1A*
B: HELFEN1*
B: helfen helfen helfen
B: SCHREIBEN1A
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: At school, I didn't learn how to write the word accessory.
B: schule
B: SCHULE1A*
B: $INDEX1*
B: accessoire
B: $ALPHA1:A
B: SCHREIBEN1A*
B: LERNEN1*
B: [MG]
B: NICHT1
B: [MG]
B: Nothing.
B: nichts
B: NICHTS1B
B: $GEST-OFF^*
C: Asks if the teacher could fingerspell, as informant A just asked a question concerning sign language.
A: They used the oral method.
A: $INDEX1*
A: nein
A: ORAL1
A: UNTERRICHTEN1*
A: She couldn't speak in the past.
A: $INDEX1
A: FRÜHER1*
A: früher
A: SPRECHEN2*
A: [MG]
A: KANN1*
A: [MG]
A: The way of teaching was oral.
A: LEHRER2
A: lehrer
A: ORAL1
A: oral
A: SPRECHEN2*
A: [MG]
A: FACH2A^*
A: UNTERRICHTEN1
A: [MG]
A: $INDEX1
A: She meant she didn't learn more words. That is what she experienced.
A: UND5
A: und
A: ABER1*
A: aber
A: WORT3*
A: worte
A: MEHR8A*
A: mehr
A: KEIN8
A: [MG]
A: erfahrung
A: ERFAHRUNG2A*
A: MIT1A*
A: $INDEX1
A: MEINUNG1B*
A: meint
A: GEHÖREN1^
A: sie
A: $INDEX1
C: Asks how informant B communicates with her sister.
B: We communicate only in sign language.
B: GEBÄRDEN1G
B: [MG]
B: voll
B: VOLL2A
B: $GEST-OFF^*
B: Every family member uses sign language.
B: MEIN1
B: FAMILIE1
B: familie
B: voll
B: VOLL2A
B: GEBÄRDEN1G
B: With our children and their two little ones we communicate in sign language, too.
B: MEIN1
B: KIND2*
B: kinder
B: $NUM-EINER1A:2d||$INDEX1*
B: zwei
B: KLEIN3*
B: [MG]
B: ICH1*
B: ZUSAMMEN1A*
B: [MG]
B: GEBÄRDEN1G
B: [MG]
B: My family communicates only in sign language.
B: MEIN1
B: meine
B: FAMILIE3*
B: fam{ilie}
B: GEBÄRDEN1G
B: voll
B: VOLL2A*
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: That's great.
B: SCHÖN1B
B: schön
B: Sometimes I shout.
B: manchmal
B: MANCHMAL1*
B: ICH1
B: laut
B: LAUT2*
B: ICH1
B: SCHREI3
B: [MG]
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: [MG]
B: That is also part of our communication.
B: GEHÖREN1*
B: gehört
B: dazu
B: DAZU1*
B: $GEST-OFF^*
A: But that happens without realizing it.
A: unbewusst
A: BEWUSST1
A: $INDEX1
A: $GEST-OFF^*
A: Deaf people can be extremely loud, but without realizing it. You‘re just not aware of it.
A: TAUB-GEHÖRLOS1A*
A: VOLL2A
A: voll
A: LAUT1C*
A: laut
A: $INDEX1
A: unbewusst
A: BEWUSST1
A: NEIN3B^*
A: $INDEX1
A: [MG]
A: LUFT3A
A: [MG]
A: It is different in the hearing world.
A: HÖREND1A*
A: hörend
A: ANDERS6*
A: anders
A: WELT1
A: welt
A: UNTERSCHIED2
A: unterschied
A: That is not the same when comparing these two worlds.
A: GLEICH8*
A: gleich
A: NEIN1A
A: [MG]
A: I notice that immediately.
A: ICH1
A: MERKEN1*
A: merk
A: SCHON1B*
A: schon
A: ALLES2*
A: Sometimes I tell them to be silent.
A: ICH1
A: BESCHEID1A*
A: [MG]
A: LEISE1
A: [MG]
A: $GEST-OFF^*
A: I am just used to do that.
A: INNEN1B*
A: [MG]
A: BESITZEN1*
A: [MG]
A: $GEST-OFF^*
A: Even if other people are not aware.
A: ALLE2A
A: [MG]
A: $GEST-OFF^*
A: [MG]
A: I tell him, but it’s not worth it. He knows that because his parents are deaf. That’s just how it is.
A: [MG]
A: ICH1
A: BESCHEID1A*
A: $INDEX1
A: WISSEN2B
A: weiß
A: SCHON3*
A: schon
A: eltern
A: GRUPPE3A^
A: ELTERN5*
A: TAUB-GEHÖRLOS1A*
A: so
A: SO1*
A: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^*
A: They say that it is normal and that all deaf people are the same in this aspect.
A: WIE-IMMER1*
A: [MG]
A: SEIN-IHR1*
A: And that is a problem, too.
A: PROBLEM1
A: problem
A: AUCH1A
A: auch
A: In the deaf club for example when it is loud or when we make a lot of noise.
A: BEISPIEL1
A: zum beispiel
A: SCHÜTTELN-HAND3^
A: clubheim
A: $GEST-OFF^
A: LAUT1C*
A: laut
A: FEIERN1B^
A: lärm
A: Even if you want to tell deaf people that they should be more silent, they don't care or they don't realize that their noise can be heard from outside.
A: $GEST^
A: [MG]
A: TAUB-GEHÖRLOS1A*
A: $INDEX1*
A: LUFT3A
A: [MG]
A: BEWUSST1
A: unbewusst
A: DRAUSSEN1
A: draußen
A: VIBRIEREN2^*
A: [MG]
A: The consequence is that hearing people complain about us.
A: ALLE2A*
A: alle
A: HÖREND1A*
A: hörend
A: BESCHWEREN-SICH2*
A: beschweren beschweren
A: The reason is that both hearing and deaf people are not aware of that and they just don't know the cultural background of each other.
A: GRUND4A*
A: grund
A: ALLE2A
A: ELTERN5*
A: eltern
A: TAUB-GEHÖRLOS1A
A: [MG]
A: ÜBERLEGEN3
A: [MG]
A: ERINNERUNG2^*
A: [MG]
A: KEIN3*
A: $GEST-OFF^*
A: That is why there are often problems.
A: DARUM1*
A: darum
A: PROBLEM1
A: problem
B: I can imagine that my children are happy when they are allowed to pump up the volume at home.
B: aber
B: ABER1*
B: MEIN1
B: KIND2*
B: kinder
B: MUSS1A*
B: muss
B: AUCH1A*
B: auch
B: FROH1
B: froh
B: HAUS1B
B: haus
B: SICH-DIE-HÄNDE-REIBEN1^
B: jaaa
B: MUSIK1
B: musik
B: laut
B: LAUT1A*
B: DREHEN7^*
B: $GEST-OFF^*
B: Until 10 pm, it is allowed to do that.
B: ERLAUBNIS6
B: erlaubt
B: BIS1
B: bis
B: zehn uhr
B: $NUM-UHR1A:10
B: $GEST-OFF^*
B: I don't even notice it.
B: $ORAL^
B: aber
B: ICH1
B: [MG]
B: KEIN9*
B: [MG]
B: When my husband comes home, he tells me that it is awfully loud in the children's rooms.
B: mann
B: MEIN1
B: EHEMANN1
B: NACH-HAUSE1*
B: nach hause
B: [MG]
B: OHR1^
B: SEHR6*
B: $INDEX1*
B: laut
B: LAUT1A*
B: $INDEX1*
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: [MG]
B: Then I can just say that I can't hear anything.
B: ICH1*
B: [MG]
A: Same with me.
B: KANN1*
B: kann nicht
A: [MG]
A: ||GLEICH8*
A: ||ICH1*
B: hören
B: HÖREN1*
A: Exactly the same.
B: $GEST-OFF^*
B: That is a problem.
A: [MG]
A: ||GLEICH8*
B: wo problem
B: PROBLEM1*
A: ||ICH1*
A: Exactly the same.
B: $GEST-OFF^
A: [MG]
A: ||GLEICH8*
A: ||ICH1*
A: My son also pumps up the volume of the music until vibration can be felt.
A: SOHN1
A: sohn
A: AUCH1A*
A: auch
A: DREHEN1A^
A: VIBRIEREN3*
A: One day our neighbor rang at our door.
A: KLINGELN-TÜR1*
A: [MG]
A: NACHBAR2B*
A: nachbar
A: I sent him to talk to my son, as I didn't hear anything.
A: [MG]
A: ||ICH1
A: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^*
A: ||$INDEX1*
A: Well, I am deaf.
A: ||ICH1
A: ||TAUB-GEHÖRLOS1A*
A: [MG]
A: He then went into my son's room and screamed at him.
A: ||$INDEX1*
A: [MG]
A: ||TÜR-AUF2
A: $GEST-NM^*
A: [MG]
A: ||TÜR-ZU2*
A: [MG]
A: Then, my son turned down the volume.
A: EINSTELLEN-SCHALTER1
A: [MG]
A: UNTEN2^*
A: [MG]
A: Usually I don't realize how loud it really is as I am deaf.
A: unbewusst
A: ||ICH1
A: ||BEWUSST1*
A: ||ICH1
A: $GEST-OFF^*
A: ||HÖREN1
A: hör
A: nichts
A: ||NICHTS1A*
A: ||ICH1
A: That is definitely right.
A: ||STIMMT1A*
A: stimmt
A: When I am near the room the music comes from, I do hear it but not if there are rooms in-between.
A: $GEST^
A: wenn
A: NAHE4
A: nah
A: $ORAL^
A: aber
A: ZIMMER1A*
A: zimmer zimmer
A: ||$INDEX1*
A: WEIT1*
A: weit
A: ICH1*
A: HÖREN1
A: ICH1
A: $GEST-OFF^*
A: One neighbor, who lives in the flat above us, came to us and was really upset, “Are you nuts to play the music this loud?”
A: VIBRIEREN3^*
A: [MG]
A: $INDEX1*
A: OBEN2
A: ICH1*
A: ||$INDEX1*
A: ||TÜR-AUF2*
A: [MG]
A: BESCHEUERT1
A: [MG]
A: VIBRIEREN3*
A: [MG]
A: “Stupid!”
A: BESCHEUERT1
A: [MG]
A: $INDEX1*
A: [MG]
A: “At this time of day!”
A: ZEIT1*
A: [MG]
A: BESCHEUERT1*
A: [MG]
A: That's just how it is.
A: ||$GEST-OFF^*
A: [MG]
B: Sometimes I can feel the vibration coming down from my children's rooms on the top floor.
B: manchmal
B: MANCHMAL2*
B: ICH1
B: kinder
B: KIND2*
B: ICH1
B: OBEN1
B: oben
B: DACH1B
B: dach
B: ICH1
B: [MG]
B: SEHR6*
B: [MG]
B: KNALL1^*
B: [MG]
B: KNALL1^*
B: bass
B: KNALL1^*
B: [MG]
B: Then I tell them that they play their music way too loud.
B: ICH1
B: [MG]
B: BESCHEID1A*
B: [MG]
B: LAUT1A
B: laut
B: But they tell me that it is not possible to hear anything from outside.
B: $GEST^
B: [MG]
B: AUSSEN2*
B: außen
B: HÖREN1
B: hören
B: NICHT3A
B: nicht
B: I'm not sure, because I just don't know whether that is right.
B: ICH1
B: [MG]
B: SEHEN-AUF2*
B: [MG]
B: OB1*
B: ob ob ob
A: As long as you can't feel the vibration on your body and the music is played from the top floor, that is absolutely right.
A: MINUS1
A: minus
A: VIBRIEREN3^
A: bässe
A: [MG]
A: BRUST6*
A: KNALL1^*
B: Is that right?
B: STIMMT1^*
B: ob
A: HOCH4A
A: hoch
B: Is that really the case?
B: $GEST-OFF^*
A: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^*
A: stimmt
A: JA2
A: STIMMT1A
B: STIMMT1^*
B: ob ob ob
B: I don't know music.
B: ICH1
B: KENNEN1A*
B: kenne
B: MUSIK1*
B: musik
B: NICHT5
B: nicht
B: $GEST-OFF^*
B: That is why I just don't know whether it's right what you say.
B: OB1*
B: ob ob
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: [MG]
A: But sometimes you just need music with a little bass.
A: $ORAL^
A: aber
A: trotzdem
A: TROTZDEM1
A: BISSCHEN2A
A: $PROD*
A: [MG]
A: MUSS1A*
A: muss
A: $GEST-NM-SCHULTERZUCKEN1^
A: aber
B: Two weeks ago I saw a sign language choir in Aachen.
B: ICH1
B: davor
B: LETZTE5^
B: $NUM-EINER1A:2d
B: WOCHE4*
B: zwei wochen
B: gewesen
B: GEWESEN2
B: $INDEX1*
B: gebärdensprachchor
B: GEBÄRDENSPRACHE1A
B: MUSIK1A^
B: IN1*
B: in
B: AACHEN3
B: aachen
B: The music was being signed.
B: MUSIK1*
B: [MG]
B: GEBÄRDEN1A*
B: [MG]
B: BESCHÄFTIGEN1^
B: [MG]
B: An interpreter was there to translate.
B: dolmetscher
B: DOLMETSCHER1
B: EINSTELLEN-ARBEIT1A*
B: $INDEX1*
B: GEBÄRDEN1A*
B: [MG]
B: I just cried.
B: ICH1
B: WEINEN2*
B: [MG]
B: I like to watch music and songs when they are translated in sign language.
B: $ORAL^
B: warum
B: ICH1
B: GERN1
B: gern
B: SINGEN3A*
B: singen
B: MIT1A
B: mit
B: GEBÄRDEN1A*
B: gebärden
B: I really had to cry while watching.
B: ICH1
B: $INDEX1
B: [MG]
B: WEINEN2*
B: [MG]
B: The interpreter did a great job, it was beautiful.
B: $INDEX1
B: DOLMETSCHER1*
B: dol{metscher}
B: $INDEX1
B: [MG]
B: GUT1*
B: [MG]
B: GEBÄRDEN1A*
B: [MG]
B: schön
B: SCHÖN1A
B: I got goose bumps.
B: ICH1
B: GÄNSEHAUT1
B: [MG]
B: $PROD*
B: [MG]
A: That is not an easy job for interpreters.
A: DOLMETSCHER1*
A: dolmet{scher}
A: nicht einfach
A: EINFACH1
A: $INDEX1*
A: Many say that they can't translate music in sign language, because it is just too difficult.
A: VIEL1A*
A: $INDEX1*
A: ICH1
A: ich
A: KANN1*
A: kann nicht
A: MUSIK1*
A: musik
A: MIT1A*
A: [MG]
A: SCHWIERIG1
A: schwierig
A: Then they just try and they slowly get better and better.
A: $LIST1:2of2d*
A: dann
A: VERSUCHEN1*
A: versuchen
A: In the past interpreters were not able to translate music.
A: FRÜHER1*
A: früher
A: KANN1*
A: kann nicht
A: ||$INDEX1*
A: By trying and practicing it slowly gets better.
A: JETZT1
A: jetzt
A: LANGSAM1*
A: langsam
A: MIT1A*
A: ÜBEN1*
A: üben
A: PROBE2
A: prob prob prob
A: MEHR3
A: [MG]
A: They have to learn how to sign music.
A: LERNEN1*
A: lernen
A: musik
A: MIT1A*
A: MUSIK1*
A: GEBÄRDEN1A*
A: It is just not the same if they only translate the voice.
A: GLEICH8*
A: [MG]
A: STIMME1*
A: stimme
A: GEFÜHL3*
A: fühlen
A: NEIN1A
A: [MG]
A: They have to understand the meaning of the song and then sign it.
A: ABER1*
A: aber
A: IN3
A: in
A: THEMA1*
A: thema
A: HINEINSTECKEN2^*
A: GENAU1*
A: genau
A: GEBÄRDEN1D
A: [MG]
A: DARF2A*
A: darf
A: If the voice is somehow different, it is not possible to translate the song.
A: WENN1
A: wenn
A: STIMME1*
A: stimme
A: ANDERS2
A: anders
A: $INDEX1*
A: nicht möglich
A: MÖGLICH1B*
A: $GEST-OFF^*
A: You somehow have to find a good balance.
A: AUSGLEICH3*
A: That is not easy.
A: ||EINFACH1*
A: nicht einfach
A: ||$INDEX1*
A: Not easy at all.
A: SEHR-VIEL1^
A: [MG]
A: $INDEX1*
A: Hats off to those who can translate songs and music.
B: I would like to copy that and sign the song myself.
A: $ORAL^
A: aber
B: LIEBER1*
B: lieber
A: HUT-AB1*
A: [MG]
B: klauen
B: KLAUEN1
A: $INDEX1*
A: [MG]
A: SCHAFFEN1B*
A: schaff
A: $INDEX1*
B: ICH1
B: selbst
B: SELBST1A
B: GEBÄRDEN1A
B: LIEBER1
B: I just really think it's amazing.
B: ICH1*
B: $INDEX1*
B: [MG]
B: But I can't hear the music at all.
B: ABER1*
B: aber
B: musik
B: ICH1
B: MUSIK1*
B: hören
B: HÖREN1
B: WAHRNEHMUNG1*
B: NICHTS1B
B: nichts
B: If someone could write it down, one could translate the text into sign language.
B: $ORAL^
B: aber
B: KANN2B
B: kann
B: SCHREIBEN1A
B: schreiben
B: [MG]
B: TEXT1A^*
B: TEXT1B*
B: text
B: [MG]
B: GEBÄRDEN1A*
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: Maybe I could do that in ten years.
B: JAHR1B*
B: zehn jahre
B: SPÄTER5*
B: später
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: $ORAL^
B: vielleicht
B: ICH1
B: mach ich
A: I will be waiting for you and your translation.
A: WARTEN2*
A: warte
A: AUF-PERSON1
A: auf
B: Maybe when we'll meet again here.
B: noch mal
B: NOCHMAL2B
B: TREFFEN1
B: HIER1
B: treffen
A: Maybe.
A: ||VIELLEICHT3*
A: vielleicht
C: Tells that his deaf parents used to tell him to be silent, as their neighbors could hear everything. That is different now, today he just acts normal.
B: My parents never told me things like that.
B: MEIN1
B: meine
B: eltern
B: ELTERN1A*
B: DAMALS1*
B: KEIN7*
B: [MG]
B: We lived in a house.
B: ICH1
B: haus
B: HAUS1B*
B: ICH1*
B: But it was a semi-detached house and we did have neighbors.
B: ABER1*
B: aber
B: NACHBAR2A
B: nachbar
B: doppelhaus
B: ZUSAMMEN6^
B: HAUS1A*
B: They used to knock on the walls real hard.
B: SCHLAGEN2^*
B: [MG]
B: typisch
B: TYPISCH1
B: $GEST-OFF^*
B: And we always noticed that our neighbors knocked on the walls.
B: $GEST^
B: [MG]
B: $GEST-OFF^*
B: typisch
B: TYPISCH1*
B: $GEST-OFF^*
B: But hearing people always think they are better than deaf people.
B: ABER1
B: aber
B: HÖREND1A
B: hörend
B: $ORAL^
B: immer
B: ÜBERTRUMPFEN1
B: [MG]
B: auf
B: AUF1B*
B: $INDEX1
B: TAUB-GEHÖRLOS1A*
B: gehörlose
B: They accused us of being too loud.
B: laut laut
B: $INDEX1*
B: LAUT1A*
B: But you have to see the other side as well. Hearing people are much louder than deaf people.
B: UM6*
B: um
B: hörend
B: HÖREND1A*
B: IHR-PLURAL1A*
A: That is right.
A: STIMMT1A*
A: {sti}mm{t} stimm{t} stimm{t}
B: LAUT1A*
B: laut
B: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^*
B: noch
B: lauter
B: LAUT1A*
B: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^*
A: Really.
A: EHRLICH1*
A: ehrl{ich}
A: My mother often told me that they should just shut up. She was fed up with them.
A: MEIN1
A: mein
A: mutter
A: MUTTER1*
A: BESCHEID1A*
A: SAGEN3*
A: sagt
A: OFT1B*
A: oft
A: AUFHÖREN2A*
A: hör auf
A: AUCH1A
A: auch
A: nase voll
A: RIECHEN3^
A: $INDEX1*
A: I saw that they were insulting me a lot because I am deaf.
A: ICH1
A: SEHEN-AUF2*
A: VIEL1B*
A: viel
A: $GEST-OFF^*
A: LEIDEN1A*
A: beleidigt
A: $INDEX1
A: HÖREN2*
A: hör
A: NICHTS1B*
A: nichts
A: But I defended myself.
A: ICH1
A: HEUTE1
A: heute
A: ICH1
A: SCHUTZ1A*
A: [MG]
A: I received large/ I received many letters and have been bullied a lot.
A: ICH1
A: GROSS3B*
A: groß
A: VIEL1A
A: viel
A: $LIST1:2of2d
A: brief
A: SCHICKEN2*||AUFZÄHLEN1C*
A: [MG]
A: MOBBING1C*
A: AUFZÄHLEN1A
A: I noticed quite a lot of things.
A: MERKEN1*
A: merk
A: schon
A: SCHON1B*
A: ICH1
A: But I defended myself and after some conversations it worked out.
A: ALLE2B
A: ICH1
A: SCHUTZ1A
A: UNTEREINANDER3*
A: KLAPPT1*
A: klapp klapp
A: My dog is a real problem for me.
A: $GEST^
A: und
A: GROSS3B
A: großes
A: PROBLEM2A*
A: problem
A: WAS1B*
A: was
A: hund
A: HUND3*
A: $INDEX1*
A: That is a problem for me.
A: PROBLEM1
A: problem
A: ICH1
A: In the evening it starts barking for example.
A: BEISPIEL1*
A: zum beispiel
A: ABEND2
A: abend
A: PLÖTZLICH4*
A: [MG]
A: ||$INDEX1*
A: BELLEN3
A: [MG]
A: For example when/ He barks because the door is shut.
A: BEISPIEL1
A: $GEST-ÜBERLEGEN3^*
A: [MG]
A: GRUND4A*
A: durch
A: ICH1
A: zu
A: TÜR-ZU1*
A: ZU9
A: TÜR-ZU1*
A: zu
A: $INDEX1*
A: BELLEN3*
A: [MG]
A: IRGENDWAS1*
A: I even received a letter because of that.
A: brief
A: BRIEF1B*
A: SCHICKEN2*
A: $PROD*
A: I was told that I had to pay 100 to 3000€.
A: WIE-VIEL5*
A: viel
A: $NUM-HUNDERTER1:1
A: hundert
A: BIS1
A: bis
A: $NUM-TAUSENDER1:3d
A: dreitausend
A: EURO1
A: euro
A: Because my dog has been barking, someone complained about me. 100-3000€.
A: BELLEN2*
A: bellen
A: wegen
A: $PMS
A: $INDEX1
A: WOHNUNG6B
A: wohnung
A: BESCHWEREN-SICH4
A: beschweren
A: $NUM-HUNDERTER1:1*
A: hundert
A: BIS1
A: bis
A: $NUM-TAUSENDER1:3d
A: dreitausend
A: I just could not believe it.
A: $PROD*
A: [MG]
A: ICH1
A: HAARE-ZU-BERGE1^*
A: I didn't see why I should pay the fee.
A: ICH1
A: [MG]
A: NEIN2A*
A: [MG]
A: I bought a muzzle for my dog.
A: ICH1
A: [MG]
A: KAUFEN1A*
A: IRGENDWAS1*
A: KAUFEN1A*
A: kaufen
A: MAULKORB1*
A: maulkorb
A: $PROD*
A: And I let the door to my bedroom open.
A: IRGENDWAS1*
A: [MG]
A: LASSEN1*
A: lass
A: TÜR-AUF4A*
A: auf
A: ||TÜR-AUF2*
A: ||SCHLAFEN1A*
A: schlaf
A: That worked and it didn't bark anymore.
A: ||BELLEN2*
A: bellt
A: nicht
A: NICHT3B*
A: ||$INDEX1
A: It needed to be comforted.
A: BRAUCHEN1*
A: braucht
A: SEITE-KÖRPER1*
A: seite
A: SCHMAL1C^
A: bett
A: $INDEX1*
A: im
A: If the dog is allowed to come into our bedroom, there is of course dog hair everywhere. But whatever.
A: ICH1
A: HUND3*
A: hund
A: KOMMEN1^
A: HAAR2*
A: haar
A: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^*
A: [MG]
A: That is always the same.
A: GEWOHNHEIT1^
A: [MG]
A: SO4*
A: [MG]
A: I have two dogs.
A: ||$NUM-EINER1A:2d
A: zwei
A: HUND3*
A: hund
A: The first one doesn't cause any trouble.
A: ein
A: $NUM-EINER1A:1d*
A: $LIST1:2of2d
A: problem
A: PROBLEM1*
A: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^*
A: The other does, as it is still young.
A: $LIST1:1of1d*
A: problem
A: PROBLEM1*
A: $INDEX1*
A: jung
A: JUNG1*
A: $INDEX1*
A: The dogs are mother and son.
A: $INDEX1*
A: MUTTER5*
A: mutter
A: sohn
A: SOHN1*
A: $INDEX1*
A: With the little one, there are many problems.
A: problem
A: PROBLEM1*
A: $INDEX1*
A: But now it doesn't bark very often.
A: ICH1
A: [MG]
A: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^*
A: [MG]
A: $GEST-OFF^
A: [MG]
A: SPRECHEN2^
A: [MG]
A: NICHT3B*
A: [MG]
A: WENIG4
A: [MG]
A: Only at night, when it has to go outside and pee. Then it is possible that it barks.
A: WENN1
A: HIER1
A: NACHT2*
A: PINKELN2*
A: FALTE-WANGE2A^
A: $GEST-OFF^
A: KANN1*
A: kann
A: But that is the only time.
A: $ORAL^
A: aber
A: SONST1
A: sonst
A: NICHT1*
A: nicht
A: Only when it has to pee, that has changed.
A: $GEST-OFF^
A: nicht mehr
A: ÄNDERN2*
A: But I could complain about other people, too.
A: beschweren
A: BESCHWEREN-SICH2*
A: $INDEX1
A: BEDÜRFNIS2^
A: absicht
A: UM6
A: um
A: If our neighbors from above tell us that we are too noisy, I have to accept that.
A: ICH1
A: BESCHEID1A*
A: OBEN1*
A: HÖREN2*
A: AUCH1A*
A: auch
A: OBEN1
A: ICH1
A: AUCH1A
A: auch
A: ICH1
A: $GEST-NM-KOPFNICKEN1^
A: A handicapped person lives in the flat beneath us.
A: UNTEN1*
A: unten
A: BEHINDERUNG1
A: behindert
A: When he is noisy, I am not able to hear that of course. But our neighbors in the flat above don't complain either and are friendly.
A: $PROD*
A: [MG]
A: ICH1
A: [MG]
A: HÖREN2*
A: [MG]
A: ICH2*
A: [MG]
A: $GEST-OFF^*
A: [MG]
A: ||OBEN1
A: ||SAGEN3
A: NICHT3B*
A: $PROD*
A: [MG]
A: The guy who lives downstairs is from Turkey.
A: ||$INDEX1*
A: türkei
A: The neighbors from upstairs moved here from Turkey five, six years ago.
A: OBEN1
A: türkei
A: ||$NUM-EINER1A:5
A: fü{nf}
A: $NUM-EINER1A:6d
A: s{echs}
A: ALLE2A*
A: türkei türkei
A: They are always complaining, but I just paid them back.
A: ICH1
A: KRITISIEREN1A
A: ICH1
A: KRITISIEREN1A*
A: [MG]
A: They should calm down.
A: BERUHIGEN3
A: [MG]
A: They don't have to attack me like that.
A: OBEN1^
A: GEWALT1^*
A: DARF-NICHT2
A: As soon as they learned I was German, they stopped complaining.
A: DEUTSCH1*
A: deutsche
A: $GEST-NM^
A: ZURÜCKZIEHEN1
A: zu
A: AUF-PERSON1*
A: NICHT-MEHR1A*
A: nicht mehr
A: Well, well, how about that!
A: [LM:ah]
A: ICH1*
A: $GEST-OFF^*
A: It's just gossip and excuses - I don't need that for sure.
A: UM-DEN-BREI-REDEN1^*
A: [MG]
A: SPRACHE1^*
A: [MG]
A: BRAUCHEN1*
A: brauch nicht
A: The real reason is, they are all scared of the dogs.
A: GRUND4A
A: grund
A: $INDEX1*
A: ZURÜCKHALTEN1B*
A: [MG]
A: hund
A: GRUND4A
A: HUND3*
A: ANGST1
A: angst
A: $INDEX1*
A: That's why we have these problems and why we are being bullied.
A: DARUM1
A: darum
A: PROBLEM1
A: problem
A: $INDEX1*
A: ERPRESSEN1
A: [MG]
A: They think about possibilities how they can get rid of us as neighbors.
A: ÜBERLEGEN4*
A: [MG]
A: WEG-ENTFERNEN1C*
A: weg weg
A: WIE-FRAGE1*
A: wie wie
A: But I don't care.
A: ICH1
A: [MG]
A: Some people are scared of the dogs, others are not.
A: BIS-JETZT1^*
A: BEISPIEL1
A: zum {beispiel}
A: ICH1*
A: $INDEX1*
A: HUND3*
A: ANGST2*
A: angst
A: VERHALTEN2*
A: EINIGE1*
A: einige
A: NICHT3A*
A: nicht
A: That is how it is in general.
A: $ORAL^
A: aber
A: ALLGEMEIN3*
A: But nevertheless I don't want/
A: trotzdem
A: TROTZDEM1*
A: ICH1
A: NICHT3B*
A: Ah, never mind.
A: $GEST-OFF^*
A: [MG]
A: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^
A: [MG]
A: I keep my distance and keep my mouth shut.
A: ICH1
A: KALT2
A: kalt
A: MUND-ZU1*
A: [MG]
A: That's that for me.
A: ENDE1A
A: ende
A: ICH2*
A: Never mind.
A: $GEST-OFF^
A: [MG]
A: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^*
A: [MG]
A: It's not easy.
A: $ORAL^
A: so
A: EINFACH1*
A: nicht so einfach