B: So, I have a lot of acquaintances in the state of Saxony-Anhalt.
B: ICH1
B: VERKEHR1A
B: verkehr
B: ICH1
B: bundesland
B: BUND1A
B: LAND1A
B: OSTEN1A*
B: ost
B: LAND1A
B: bundesland
B: sachsen-anhalt
B: SCHÄRPE1D^
B: FEST1A^*
B: ||$INDEX1
B: ||ICH1
B: ||KONTAKT2B
B: kontakte
B: We visit each other often for senior’s meetings.
B: ICH1
B: seniorentreffen
B: RENTE4^
B: TREFFEN2A
B: HIN-UND-HER1*
B: [MG]
B: So I know a few of them that way.
B: ICH1
B: KENNEN1A*
B: kennen
B: LEUTE2
B: A lot of deaf people go to school in Halberstadt.
B: SCHULE3*
B: schule
B: halberstadt
B: HALB1A
B: STADT2
B: ||$INDEX1
B: TAUB-GEHÖRLOS1A
B: gehörlos
B: MASSE-PERSON-AKTIV1^
B: $GEST-NM-KOPFNICKEN1^
B: Approximately six, seven or eight years ago, a few of them told me they were not at all happy with the current situation.
B: VOR2
B: $NUM-EINER1A:6d
B: $NUM-EINER1A:8d
B: BESCHEID1A*
B: $INDEX1
B: HAND-HEBEN3^*
B: einige
B: ICH1*
B: EINVERSTANDEN1*
B: einverstanden
B: $GEST^
B: was
B: I asked what had happened there.
B: I was told that multiple doctors from Hanover had come by and told people that cochlear implants were going to become indispensable in the future.
B: $INDEX1
B: HANNOVER1
B: hannover
B: DOKTOR1
B: doktor
B: MASSE-PERSON-AKTIV2^
B: REDEN1*
B: [MG]
B: ZUKUNFT1A
B: zukunft
B: BESSER1*
B: ZUKUNFT1A
B: zukunft
B: CI1*
B: ci
B: The people thought that was outrageous.
B: [MG]
B: $INDEX2*
B: MÖGLICH1*
B: Apparently it happened even before starting school, in kindergarten.
B: $INDEX1
B: SCHON1B*
B: kindergarten
B: KIND1
B: GARTEN1
B: KLEIN3*
B: klein
B: NOCH-NICHT1
B: noch nicht
B: SCHULE3
B: schule
B: ANFANG1A
B: anfangen
B: $INDEX1
B: BESCHEID1A*
B: There was quite some uncertainty and the parents wanted to discuss it amongst themselves.
B: $INDEX1
B: [MG]
B: ELTERN5*
B: eltern
B: WÜNSCHEN1A*
B: wünsch
B: DISKUSSION1A
B: One parent who was also deaf really wanted to do that.
B: $NUM-EINER1A:1
B: ein
B: TAUB-GEHÖRLOS1A
B: gehörlos
B: SELBST2
B: selbst
B: SAGEN1
B: ICH1*
B: The other parents were a little more skeptical about it.
B: $INDEX1
B: anderen
B: UNSICHER1
B: $INDEX1
B: But this person just pushed past the other parents’ doubts.
B: $INDEX1
B: $GEST-NM-KOPFSCHÜTTELN1^
B: doch
B: ||LASSEN1^*
B: The other parents said they would decide differently, but that everybody would have to know themselves how to deal with it.
B: BERUHIGEN3
B: ICH1
B: SELBST2
B: Of course people wished the child good luck.
B: ICH1
B: ich
B: HOFFEN2A
B: hoffe
B: ICH2
B: SOHN1^
B: ICH2
B: But this parent was very driven.
B: MOTIVATION1
B: [MG]
B: BERUHIGEN3*
B: $INDEX1
B: So far so good.
B: FERTIG1A
B: AUS-VORBEI1*
B: When school started, four children from that group came to Hanover and were implanted with CIs there.
B: UNTERRICHTEN1^*
B: dann
B: SCHULE3
B: schule
B: ANFANG1A
B: anfangen
B: AB1B
B: ab
B: $NUM-EINER1A:4
B: vier
B: AB1C
B: ab
B: DORTHIN-GEHEN1
B: HANNOVER1
B: hannover
B: OPERATION1B*
B: op{eration}
B: FERN1^*
B: Seven children remained, the rest got CIs.
B: ALLE2B
B: BLEIBEN2*
B: $NUM-EINER1A:7d
B: CI1*
B: [MG]
B: ENDE1^*
B: Some time passed, and then, eight years later - yes.
B: DAUERN1
B: [MG]
B: JAHR1A*
B: acht jahre
B: Eight years? No, well, I think/
B: JAHR1A*
B: acht
B: GLAUBEN2A
B: I think it must have been six years later, when suddenly a teacher said that spots had to be saved for those four children.
B: GLAUBEN2B
B: glauben
B: $NUM-EINER1A:6d
B: sechs
B: JAHR1A*
B: jahre
B: VORBEI2B*
B: vorbei
B: FERTIG1B
B: LEHRER2
B: BITTE3*
B: bitte
B: SITZEN5
B: PLATZ9*
B: platz
B: FREI1*
B: frei
B: $NUM-EINER1A:4*
B: vier
B: It was nothing.
B: $INDEX1
B: WER5
B: wer
B: Those children came back, but they slumped around looking like death warmed up.
B: $INDEX1
B: kinder
B: ZURÜCK1A
B: zurück
B: $INDEX1
B: HILFLOS1B*
B: [MG]
B: $INDEX2
B: It really leaves you speechless; while the other children were chipper, signing and using finger spelling, those kids were completely lifeless.
B: $GEST-NM^
B: $INDEX1
B: SCHLAU2
B: GEBÄRDEN1B*
B: [MG]
B: FINGERALPHABET2
B: [MG]
B: VERSCHIEDENES2^*
B: $INDEX1
B: HILFLOS2*
B: [MG]
B: WAS1A*
B: was
B: If I as a deaf person talked to them, they just looked at the ground, were ashamed and left quickly.
B: taub
B: $INDEX1
B: TAUB-GEHÖRLOS1A
B: ICH1
B: BESCHEID1A*
B: $GEST-NM^
B: SCHNAUZE2^*
B: SCHAM1
B: [MG]
B: WEGLAUFEN1A
B: That just should not happen!
B: WAS1A
B: was
B: One would have had to wait, but it was too soon for them.
B: WARTEN1A
B: abwarten
B: noch zeit
B: ZEIT7A*
B: LASSEN1
B: $INDEX1
B: FRÜH2*
B: zu früh
B: Research is progressing slowly, we don’t know a hundred percent yet.
B: SELBST1A*
B: FORSCHUNG1A*
B: forschen
B: NICHT3A
B: $NUM-HUNDERTER1:1
B: PROZENT7*
B: hundert prozent
B: SCHRITT1
B: langsam
B: Implanting children was started too soon. That was a big risk.
B: $INDEX1
B: FRÜH2*
B: zu früh
B: RISIKO17
B: [MG]
B: Such bad luck. I have experienced it myself and I think that is incredible.
B: ICH1*
B: ich pech
B: $GEST-OFF^*
B: ICH1
B: NASE1A^
B: ICH1*
B: ich
B: SEHEN1
B: LEBEN2
B: erlebnis
B: MÖGLICH1*
B: unmöglich
C: How about you?
A: Back when #Name4, well, the twins were born, we realized that both of them do not hear very well.
A: $INDEX1
A: ICH1
A: ich
A: FRÜHER1*
A: früh
A: #name4
A: ICH1
A: ZWILLING3
A: zwillinge
A: ICH2
A: GEBURT1A
A: [MG]
A: $GEST^
A: BEIDE2A
A: beide
A: HÖREN2*
A: hören
A: GUT1
A: gut
A: MITTELMÄSSIG1
A: [MG]
A: It was alright with my daughter, but #Name4 was worse.
A: TOCHTER1
A: toch{ter}
A: $INDEX1
A: ab{er} #name4
A: mehr
A: MEHR1
A: $INDEX1
A: That is why we went to the advice center in Neukölln, in the Paster-Behrens street.
A: dann
A: DANN1B
A: $INDEX1
A: $GEST-ÜBERLEGEN1^
A: beratungsstelle
A: BERATUNG1*
A: STELLE-STAND1
A: $INDEX1
A: neukölln
A: NEUKÖLLN-BERLIN1
A: $INDEX1
A: paster-behrens-straße
A: $INIT-HANDGELENK1^*
A: STRASSE1*
A: $INDEX1
A: $$EXTRA-LING-MAN^
A: There, people were recommending a CI for #Name4 again and again.
A: REIN-HINEIN2*
A: $GEST^
A: $INDEX1
A: MIT1A*
A: mit
A: CI1
A: ci
A: ICH2
A: I strongly objected.
A: $GEST-NM^
A: NEIN2A*
A: nein nein
A: But time and time again people tried to convince me.
A: $INDEX1
A: BEEINFLUSSEN1*
A: [MG]
A: $INDEX1
A: viel viel
A: WIEDERHOLUNG1A
A: wiederholen
A: BEEINFLUSSEN1
A: [MG]
A: At some point I lost my cool and said, “I said no and I want this to be the last time to hear about it! Do not suggest it again, enough is enough!”
A: ICH2
A: EMPÖRT-SEIN1*
A: SAGEN1
A: NEIN2A*
A: nein
A: ICH1
A: ich
A: WOLLEN-NICHT1
A: will nicht
A: SCHLUSS1
A: schluss
A: $INDEX1
A: BESCHEID1A*
A: ACHTUNG1A^
A: noch mal
A: SCHLUSS1
A: schluss
A: At first they were taken aback, but after that they complied.
A: $INDEX1
A: MANN1*
A: mann
A: $INDEX1
A: ZURÜCKHALTEN2
A: zurück
A: When my son was a little bit older, I asked him if he would like to have a CI.
A: DAS-IST-ALLES1
A: ICH2
A: ich
A: DIESE-ZEIT1
A: jetzt
A: ENTWICKELN2
A: ICH2
A: GROSS5A*
A: sohn
A: SOHN1
A: ICH2
A: BESCHEID1A*
A: CI1*
A: DU1*
A: Very decisively, he asked me to stop it right there and then. He did not want a CI and that was that.
A: hör auf
A: SAGEN1
A: AUFHÖREN2B*
A: ICH2
A: ich
A: MÖGEN4
A: mag
A: NICHT3B*
A: nicht
A: AUFHÖREN2B
A: hör auf
A: Of course that was a big relief for me.
A: ICH2
A: ich
A: ERLEICHTERT2
A: [MG]
A: That is why it is my opinion to better wait until the children are old enough to decide themselves whether they want a CI or not.
A: $GEST-OFF^
A: meine mei{nung}
A: FÜR1*
A: MEINUNG1B
A: BESSER1
A: besser
A: BIS1*
A: bis
A: GROSS5A
A: groß
A: SELBST2
A: selbst
A: ob
A: ENTSCHEIDEN1A
A: OB1
A: CI1
A: I rather stay out of it.
A: ICH2
A: ich
A: [MG]
A: NEUTRAL1B
A: ZURÜCKHALTEN3
A: Relating to that, it might also be interesting to note that my neighbor from across the street just had a deaf child.
A: ACHTUNG1A^
A: INTERESSE1A
A: interessant was
A: nachbar
A: NACHBAR1
A: GEGENÜBER1*
A: nachbar
A: NACHBAR1
A: GEGENÜBER1*
A: sohn
A: SEIN-IHR1
A: SOHN1
A: GEBURT1A
A: TAUB-GEHÖRLOS1A
A: GEBURT1A
A: That neighbor, well, the child’s grandmother, asked me what I thought of CIs.
A: $INDEX1
A: und
A: nachbar
A: NACHBAR1
A: $INDEX1
A: oma
A: OMA2*
A: $INDEX1
A: OMA2*
A: oma
A: FRAGE1*
A: fragen
A: $GEST^
A: CI1
A: ci
A: GUT1
A: gut
A: ODER1*
A: oder
A: NEIN2B
A: nicht
A: I told her that I personally would never want it, but that that was just my opinion.
A: ICH2
A: ich
A: SAGEN4*
A: ICH2
A: ich
A: MÖGEN4*
A: MEIN1
A: meine
A: meinung
A: MEINUNG1B
A: ICH1
A: MEIN1
A: ZURÜCKHALTEN3
A: GEHÖREN1^
A: will
A: NICHT3B*
A: nicht
A: It is God’s gift to us to be born the way we are, I do not think we should change anything about that.
A: SELBST2
A: selbst
A: GEBURT1A
A: GOTT2
A: gott
A: GESCHENK2
A: geschenk
A: GEBURT1A
A: SELBST2
A: selbst
A: DAZU1*
A: [MG]
A: SELBST1A
A: selbst
A: ICH1
A: MÖGEN4
A: But that is my opinion.
A: PERSON2B*
A: ZURÜCKHALTEN3
A: The grandmother had a similar view, but she said her son was insisting on implanting his son with a CI in any case.
A: $ORAL^
A: aber
A: $INDEX1
A: frau
A: OMA2
A: oma
A: MEINUNG1B
A: meint
A: AUCH3A
A: auch
A: SEIN-IHR1
A: aber
A: SOHN1
A: sohn
A: WOLLEN2*
A: will
A: ZWANG1
A: [MG]
A: SOHN1
A: sohn
A: MUSS1
A: muss
A: IMPLANTAT1*
A: ci
A: SOHN1
A: I stayed out of it.
A: ICH2*
A: ZURÜCKHALTEN3
A: NEUTRAL1A
A: The child ended up getting a CI anyway.
A: $INDEX1
A: TROTZDEM2A
A: ZWANG1
A: CI1
A: FERTIG1B*
A: When I look at that, I can only shake my head in disbelief.
A: heute
A: HEUTE1*
A: DA1*
A: ICH2
A: SEHEN-AUF4
A: $GEST-OH-MEIN-GOTT1^
A: $GEST-NM^
A: How present it is everywhere!
A: When I see it like that, oh god.
A: ICH2*
A: SEHEN-AUF3
A: mein gott
A: $ORAL^
A: mein gott
A: The child is in contact with the hearing world only and does not know any deaf people.
A: $INDEX1
A: HÖREND1A
A: hörend
A: welt
A: WELT1
A: $INDEX2
A: KENNEN1A
A: kennen nicht
A: TAUB-GEHÖRLOS1A
A: gehörlos
A: $GEST-OFF^
A: It has to deal with only meeting hearing people and doesn’t know anything, it does not really see.
A: SICH-MIT-ETWAS-ABFINDEN1B*
A: HÖREND1A
A: hörend
A: TREFFEN1
A: $INDEX1
A: was
A: KEINE-AHNUNG1
A: [MG]
A: SEHEN1
A: sehen
A: VOLL1
A: voll
A: KEINE-AHNUNG1
A: [MG]
A: $INDEX2
A: Usually, deaf peoples’ eyes see everything, that is typical of them.
A: TAUB-GEHÖRLOS1A
A: taub
A: SCHARF1A*
A: scharf
A: SEHEN-AUF3*
A: augen
A: TAUB-GEHÖRLOS1A
A: SO1*
A: so
A: But that child does not have that same tendency.
A: null
A: $INDEX1
A: NULL6A*
A: KIND2
A: kind
A: When I saw that happening, I felt incredibly sad for the child.
A: $INDEX1
A: wie
A: [MG]
A: SEHEN1
B: Why? Tell me, why was that necessary?
B: $INDEX2
B: warum warum
A: ARMER1
A: Ah well.
A: $GEST-OFF^
B: SAGEN1
B: sag
B: $INDEX2
B: warum
A: I also know another deaf person with a CI.
A: ANDERS4*
A: auch an{der}
A: ANDERS4*
A: auch andere
A: TAUB-GEHÖRLOS1A
A: AUCH1A
A: auch
A: CI1*
A: $INDEX1
A: Well, that person always takes off the outer part of the CI and does not wear it.
A: DOCH2*
A: doch
A: WEG-ENTFERNEN3*
A: ab ab
A: $GEST-OFF^
A: Why? If you have a CI in the first place, you should be using it, right?
A: WARUM1
A: warum
A: WARUM2A*
A: warum
A: WEG-ENTFERNEN3*
A: ab
A: MUSS1
A: CI1*
A: warum
A: $GEST-OFF^
B: It also just does not look nice.
B: $GEST-NM-KOPFSCHÜTTELN1^
A: $INDEX1*
A: That person said they have a CI because it helps them.
B: SEHEN-AUF1*
B: AB1A^
A: ICH2
B: HÜBSCH1B
B: hübsch
A: CI1*
A: HELFEN1*
A: helfen
A: I asked whether it really did help.
A: $INDEX1
A: HELFEN1
A: helfen
A: They answered that it did, but that they would not wear it all the time because it did not look pretty and they were ashamed of it.
A: $INDEX1
A: SUPER2
A: ABER1*
A: aber
A: CI1*
A: IMMER5*
A: immer immer
A: SCHAM1
A: schämen
A: $PROD*
B: That scar on the head completely disfigures a person’s face.
A: SCHAM1
A: schäm schäm
B: NARBE1A
A: $GEST-OFF^
B: GESICHT1
B: HÄSSLICH5
B: [MG]
B: GESICHT1*
A: What is there to say about that.
A: $GEST^*
B: HÄSSLICH5
B: [MG]
B: It did not look pretty.
B: HÜBSCH1B
B: hübsch
B: NICHT1*
B: nicht mehr
B: That ugly scar and the device on the head.
A: That is just unnecessary, exactly.
A: $GEST^
B: NARBE1A*
B: [MG]
A: QUATSCH1
A: quatsch
B: $PROD*
A: $INDEX1
A: $GEST^
B: $PROD*
B: And while swimming one worries that it might break, how is that supposed to work?
B: UND3*
B: und
B: ANGST1*
B: angst
B: SCHWIMMEN1
B: schwimmen
B: KUGEL2A^*
B: STOSSEN1A*
B: WIE-FRAGE1*
B: wie
B: No, it is too early.
B: ||$GEST-ABWINKEN1^*
B: SAGEN1^
B: $INDEX1
B: zu früh
B: ANFANG1A
B: FRÜH2*
B: It is better to wait with the surgeries until it‘s a sure thing.
B: BIS1*
B: bis
B: $NUM-HUNDERTER1:1
B: hundert
B: PROZENT7*
B: prozent
B: $GEST^
B: Ten percent are successful, but for the other ninety the success is not ensured.
B: $NUM-EINER1A:10
B: zehn
B: PROZENT7*
B: prozent
B: SCHAFFEN1A*
B: schaffen
B: $NUM-ZEHNER2A:9
B: neunzig
B: PROZENT7*
B: prozent
B: UNSICHER1
B: [MG]
A: In my opinion CIs are unnecessary anyway.
A: ICH2
A: MEIN1
A: mein
A: MEINUNG1A*
A: MEIN1*
A: mein
A: MEINUNG1A
A: meinung
A: CI1*
A: c-i
A: BRAUCHEN1*
A: brauch
A: NICHT1*
A: nicht
A: God created the people that way and that is it.
A: SELBST2*
A: selbst
A: GOTT2*
A: gott
A: SCHENKEN2
A: schenken
B: Children who sign are wonderful, too!
A: GEBURT1A
B: ||ALLE1A
B: [MG]
A: SELBST2*
A: selbst
B: GEBÄRDEN1C*
B: [MG]
A: FERTIG1B*
A: There’s hearing aids, and whoever wants to sign can sign, that should be enough!
B: GUT1*
B: gut
A: ES-GIBT3*
A: gibt
A: HÖRGERÄT1
A: hörgeräte
A: $GEST-OFF^
A: WIESO1*
A: wieso
A: GEBÄRDEN1A
A: gebärden
A: ES-GIBT3
A: gibt
A: gut
A: GUT1*
A: $GEST-OFF^
B: They can develop freely.
B: INNEN1B^*
B: im
B: FREI1
B: frei
B: Yes, it is hard.
B: HART1D*
B: hart
B: $GEST^
B: They think that they can speak well.
B: DENKEN1B
B: denk
B: ICH1
B: ich
B: SPRECHEN5A*
B: [MG]
B: The other children then think they are showing off by pointing out they can speak.
B: $INDEX1
B: ANGEBEN1
B: angeben
B: SPRECHEN5A*
B: [MG]
B: ANGEBEN1
B: angeben
B: Obviously, the deaf children would feel degraded if they noticed them saying that.
B: KRITISIEREN1B*
B: [MG]
B: ICH1
B: TAUB-GEHÖRLOS1A
B: DISKRIMINIERUNG1
B: [MG]
B: SPRECHEN4*
B: sprechen
B: And on the other hand side the other kids are showing off.
B: $INDEX1
B: SAGEN1
B: ANGEBEN1
B: [MG]
B: When those two sides meet, competition is inevitable.
B: GEGEN3A^
B: HEISS1
B: heiß
B: KAMPF1A*
B: heiß
B: It should rather be done later.
B: SPÄTER3*
B: später
B: BIS1^
B: CI1*
B: $INDEX1
B: It is way too early for such a big change.
B: FRÜH2*
B: zu früh
B: VERÄNDERN1A*
B: [MG]
B: Of course, doctors say that it‘s all about the patients‘ health only.
B: $INDEX1
B: ARZT1
B: arzt
B: SAGEN1
B: NEHMEN1A^
B: gesundheit
B: Yet, instead of supporting the deaf people financially, the doctors get payed big money for their operations.
B: BEZAHLEN9
B: mehr bezahl
B: FÜR1*
B: für
B: TAUB-GEHÖRLOS1A
B: gehörlos
B: BEZAHLEN9*
B: nein
B: FÜR1
B: für
B: ARZT1
B: ärzte
B: BEZAHLEN3*
B: LOHN1^*
B: OPERATION1E*
B: operation
B: Many deaf people fight against it.
B: TAUB-GEHÖRLOS1A*
B: gehörlos
B: OFT1A^*
B: ABWEHR1*
B: abwehr
A: If I were able to hear with the help of a CI, I guess that would come with some psychological problems.
A: $ORAL^
A: aber
A: SELBST1A
A: selbst
A: OPERATION1B*
A: glaube
A: IMPLANTAT1*
A: ci
A: BISSCHEN1A
A: bisschen
A: PSYCHOLOGIE1A
A: HABEN-EXISTIEREN1
A: [MG]
A: I have noticed that people with CIs often seem like they have psychological problems because of that, you just notice that something is not right.
B: I would never do that.
A: auffallen
A: ICH2
B: ICH1
B: ich
A: AUFFALLEN1A
B: $GEST-NM-KOPFSCHÜTTELN1^
A: $INDEX1
A: IMPLANTAT1
A: mit
A: $INDEX1
A: PSYCHOLOGIE1A*
B: ||$GEST-ABWINKEN1^*
A: ICH2
A: SEHEN1
A: MERKWÜRDIG3*
A: [MG]
A: ICH2
A: SEHEN-AUF3
B: I mean, when I think about the way my siblings and I grew up.
A: $GEST-NM-SCHULTERZUCKEN1^
A: Ah well.
B: ICH1*
B: ich
B: KLEIN3
B: klein
B: ICH1
B: KLEIN3*
B: VERWANDT4^
B: ??
B: AUFWACHSEN1A*
B: (After the war was lost, many people died.)
B: KRIEG1A
B: krieg
B: VERLIEREN1
B: verloren
B: VIEL1A*
B: tod
B: FALLEN1
B: gefallen
B: We grew up during that time when many people were starving. There were also drugs.
B: ICH2*
B: AUFWACHSEN1A
B: HUNGER3
B: verhungert
B: DROGE1A*
B: drogen
B: Yes, there were a lot of gay people who took drugs, but I never attacked them because of that, no way.
B: ICH1
B: $GEST^||$INDEX1
B: ICH1*
B: DROGE1A*
B: drogen
B: $INDEX1*
B: SCHWUL1*
B: schwule
B: ALLE2B
B: ICH1*
B: SCHIMPFEN1*
B: [MG]
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: I did ask them to stop.
B: ICH1
B: BITTE2
B: Many gay people died because they got AIDS.
B: VIEL1A*
B: viel
B: TOD5B*
B: tod
B: $INDEX1
B: SCHWUL1
B: schwul
B: PECH2*
B: pech
B: AIDS1*
B: aids aids
B: ALLE1B^
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: I did not do it for myself, I did it for them!
B: ICH1
B: ich
B: WARUM10A
B: warum
B: ICH1
B: ich
B: WARUM10A
B: warum
B: ICH1
B: ich
B: KRITISIEREN1B^*
B: gegen
B: ICH1
B: FÜR1
B: für
B: I was told to better not associate with those people, but I insisted on being there for them.
B: $INDEX1
B: ICH1
B: NICHTS-DAMIT-ZU-TUN-HABEN-WOLLEN2
B: [MG]
B: NEIN1B^
B: FÜR1*
B: für
A: Yes, but maybe we could set this topic aside a little.
B: I tried to educate them; I felt connected to them.
B: ICH1*
A: ander
A: ANDERS2*
B: ERZIEHUNG2A*
B: erziehen
B: ICH1
A: $GEST-ÜBERLEGEN1^
A: $INDEX1
B: VERBINDUNG1
B: [MG]
A: $GEST-ÜBERLEGEN1^
A: ZUR-SEITE-SCHIEBEN1
A: Back to your opinion on the CI, we were talking about the CI.
A: GUT1
A: gut
A: DU1*
A: aber
A: MEINUNG1A
A: meinung
A: DU1*
A: du über
A: IMPLANTAT1*
A: ci
A: gesprächsthema
A: SAGEN1^
A: THEMA1
A: CI1*
A: I thought that you kept a CI for all your life, but that is not true, it has to be changed every ten years.
A: $INDEX1
A: CI1*
A: ICH2
A: DENKEN1B
A: dachte
A: für immer
A: FÜR1
A: IMMER6*
A: NEIN1A
A: JAHR1A*
A: zehn jahr
A: WECHSELN5
A: wechsel
A: JAHR1A*
A: zehn jahr
A: WECHSELN5
A: wechsel
A: Did you know that?
A: WISSEN2A*
A: weiß weiß
B: Yes, and then there is another surgery.
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: [MG]
A: And after the surgery the old CI is thrown away.
A: OPERATION1B*
A: op{eration}
B: OPERATION1B*
A: WEG-ENTFERNEN3
A: ab
A: The CI is thrown away and people have to endure surgeries again and again.
A: noch mal
A: NOCHMAL2C
B: After surgery a huge scar remains on the head.
A: WEG-ENTFERNEN3
A: NOCHMAL2A
B: [MG]
B: OPERATION1B*
A: OPERATION1B*
A: op{eration}
A: OPERATION1B*
A: op{eration} ob
B: NARBE1A*
A: And then there is always a period of waiting and worrying whether or not the surgery will be successful.
A: UNSICHER2
A: [MG]
A: GUT1
A: ob gut
A: OPERATION1D
A: operation
B: It is like a house that has a ruined wall on the side.
A: ICH1*
A: [MG]
B: HAUS1A
B: haus
B: HERUNTERGEKOMMEN5
B: [MG]
A: No, the surgery is directly on the brain.
A: $GEST-OFF^
A: nein
B: WIE4A
A: HIRN1A
A: gehirn
A: $GEST^
A: $GEST-NM-SCHULTERZUCKEN1^*
C: Please imagine what it is going to be like in ten or twenty years. Do you think everybody is going to have a CI then?
A: There’s so much that could happen!
A: PASSIERT6
A: passieren
A: Well, it’s not for me.
A: ICH2*
A: ich nicht
A: I do not think so.
C: Do you think everybody is going to have a CI then and sign language disappears? What do you think?
A: $ORAL^
A: glaube nicht
A: No, I do not think so.
A: $ORAL^
A: glaube
A: NICHT3A*
A: nicht
B: There will always be new deaf people.
B: $INDEX1
B: DANN1A*
B: NEU1A*
B: neu
B: People will be born deaf again and again, or they lose their hearing early in life, you can find that just about everywhere.
B: BEISPIEL1
B: beispiel
B: GEBURT5
B: geburt
B: TAUB-GEHÖRLOS1A
B: taub
B: WIEDER1A^*
B: ODER6A*
B: oder
B: UNFALL-$KANDIDAT-BER11^
B: unfall
B: TAUB-GEHÖRLOS1A
B: taub
B: HABEN-WOLLEN1
B: [MG]
B: It is going to stay that way, and that is why there will always be deaf people!
B: DANN7*
B: dann
B: BLEIBEN2
B: bleib
B: TAUB-GEHÖRLOS1A*
B: GEBÄRDEN1A*
A: Of course, there are also elderly people who hear less and less over time; and neither sign language nor a CI are an option for them.
B: BLEIBEN3
B: bleib
A: KLAR1B
A: klar
A: $INDEX1
A: ALT2C
A: alt
A: VERRINGERN1B
A: HÖREN2*
A: hören immer
A: SCHLECHT2
A: schlecht schlecht schlecht
A: GEBÄRDEN1A
A: CI2
A: ES-GIBT-NICHT1
A: gibt nicht
A: I do not think so.
A: NICHT3A*
A: glaube nicht
B: About the topic of CI I would like to say that I used to have a lot of altercations with hard of hearing people back in the day.
B: thema
B: THEMA1*
B: $INDEX-MONITOR1
B: $INDEX1*
B: ci
B: CI1*
B: ICH1
B: ich
B: WISSEN2B^
B: ICH1
B: FRÜHER1*
B: früher
B: ICH2
B: ich
B: schwerhörig
B: SCHWER1B
B: HÖREN2*
B: ICH1
B: STREITEN3
B: $INDEX1
B: ICH1
B: STREITEN3
B: I tried to encourage them to try using signs and not only spoken language but I was always met with rejection.
B: SCHWEIGEN3^
B: LASSEN1
B: GEBÄRDEN1D^
B: bitte
B: nein nein nein
B: $GEST-NM-KOPFSCHÜTTELN1^
B: LASSEN1
B: Me and another friend of mine didn’t give that too much thought and continued to sign together.
B: LASSEN1*
B: $INDEX1
B: TROTZDEM3*
B: [MG]
B: GEBÄRDEN1D^*
B: As we got older he had learned signs already, but the others did not know how to help themselves.
B: SPÄTER3*
B: [MG]
B: ALT8B
B: alt
B: GEBÄRDEN1D^*
B: FERTIG1B
B: fertig
B: ||$INDEX1
B: $PROD*
B: [MG]
B: Well, I told them they had better learned sign language earlier.
A: That is when people regret it.
B: LIEBER1*
B: lieber
A: $GEST^
B: VORHER1
B: vorher
A: BEREUEN2*
A: $GEST^
B: VORBEREITUNG4
B: vorbereiten
B: They were skeptical as to whether or not it would have helped.
B: $ORAL^*
B: ob ob
B: They could not have known before that there were advantages to learning sign language.
B: NICHT-IM-VORAUS-WISSEN-OB1
B: ICH2*
B: VORTEIL1*
B: vorteil
B: DANN7*
B: GEBÄRDEN1D^*
B: People who don’t learn it are left having to write back and forth, but it does not have to be that way.
B: $GEST-NM^
B: [MG]
B: SCHRIFTLICH1A
B: GEBEN1*
B: [MG]
B: $GEST^
A: There are also more and more young adults who ruin their hearing in the club and hear less and less with age, one should not forget about that, either.
A: HEUTE1
A: auch heute
A: MEHR3*
A: mehr mehr
A: JUNG1*
A: DISCO1
A: disco disco
A: HÖREN2*
A: hören
A: GERÄUSCH1*
A: $PROD*
A: SPÄTER10
A: später
A: ALT2C
A: alt
A: VERRINGERN1B
A: HÖREN2*
A: immer
A: SCHLECHT2
A: schlecht schlecht schlecht
B: Exactly!
B: $GEST-ZUSTIMMUNG1^
A: $GEST-OFF^
A: So there will also be more people with hearing aids, maybe also more people who learn how to sign.
A: MEHR1*
A: mehr
A: HÖRGERÄT1
A: hör
A: MEHR1
A: mehr
A: GEBÄRDEN1A
A: KOMMEN1*
A: komm
A: GEBÄRDEN1A
A: No, I do not think that deaf people will disappear, I do not belief that.
A: ICH2
A: aber ich
A: GLAUBEN2B
A: glaube
A: WEG-VERSCHWINDEN1
A: [MG]
A: GLAUBEN2B
A: glaube
B: No.
A: nicht
B: $GEST-NM-KOPFSCHÜTTELN1^
A: NICHT3A
A: ICH1
B: ||LASSEN1*
A: $GEST-NM-KOPFSCHÜTTELN1^
A: I just do not think that.
A: glaube nicht
A: I also cannot imagine that health insurances will pay everything in the long run, no, I just do not belief that.
B: But/
A: $ORAL^
A: und
B: ABER1*
B: aber
A: DAUERN1*
A: auf dauer
A: krankenkasse
A: KRANK1
A: KASSE4*
A: BEZAHLEN1*
A: bezahlen bezahlen
B: $$EXTRA-LING-MAN^
A: CI1*
A: KRANK1
A: krank
A: BEZAHLEN1
A: bezahlen
A: IMMER6
A: immer immer
A: ICH1
A: ich
A: GLAUBEN2B
A: glaube
A: AUCH1A
A: auch
B: But I would like to say something about my school, since I know the situation there.
A: ICH1
A: nicht
B: $NUM-EINER1A:1
B: ein
A: $GEST-NM^
B: PUNKT2*
B: punkt
B: SCHULE3
B: schule
B: FRÜHER1*
B: ICH2
B: KENNEN1A*
B: kennen
B: I do not know what the situation is like at your school or other schools.
B: $INDEX1
B: DEIN1
B: dein schule
B: ALLE1B^
B: [MG]
B: Compared to the old days, there are fewer students in schools today.
B: FRÜHER1*
B: früher
B: VIEL1A*
B: viel
B: KLASSE8*
B: VERRINGERN1B*
B: wenig wenig
B: For example, there were 250 children at the school in Leipzig before the reunification, now there are only 50.
B: BEISPIEL1*
B: beispiel
B: LEIPZIG1B*
B: leipzig
B: FRÜHER1*
B: früher
B: FRÜHER1*
B: früher
B: MAUER3
B: mauer
B: ÜBER1
B: über
B: zweihundertfünfzig
B: $NUM-HUNDERTER1:2
B: $NUM-ZEHNER2A:5
B: KIND2*
B: kinder
B: HEUTE1
B: heute
B: VERRINGERN1B
B: $NUM-ZEHNER2A:5
B: fünfzig
A: But that is due to the fact there are fewer newborn children in general, the majority of people only have one.
A: $ORAL^
A: aber
A: KIND1*
A: kinder
A: zu wenig
A: WENIG4
A: GEBURT1A
A: $NUM-EINER1A:1
A: ein
A: KIND1
A: kind
A: WENIG7A*
A: wenig
B: No, no. And they do not want children.
A: I myself have seven children, but most people only have one or two children each.
B: $GEST-NM-KOPFSCHÜTTELN1^
A: ICH1
A: nur
A: $NUM-EINER1A:1
A: ein
A: $NUM-EINER1A:7d*
A: sieben
B: UND3*
A: KIND2
A: kinder
A: $NUM-EINER1A:1
A: ein
C: Oh wow. Respect! Hats off to you!
A: GEBURT1A
A: kind
A: $NUM-EINER1A:1
A: eins
A: $NUM-EINER1A:2
B: UND3*
B: und und
B: WAS1A
B: KIND1
B: kinder
B: will nicht
B: WOLLEN-NICHT1
A: Tee-hee. [Reaction to moderator’s comment.]
B: ABLEHNEN2
A: $GEST-NM-ZUNGE-RAUSSTRECKEN1^
B: Well, people nowadays are afraid of having a deaf child, that is what it is.
B: DU1*
B: $GEST-AUFMERKSAMKEIT1^
B: KIND1*
B: kind
B: ANGST1*
B: angst
B: GEBURT5
B: ANGST1*
B: angst
B: TAUB-GEHÖRLOS1A*
B: [MG]
B: $GEST-OFF^
A: Well, no, I also notice deaf parents having hearing children.
A: $GEST-NM-KOPFSCHÜTTELN1^
A: [MG]
A: AUCH1B
A: auch
A: GEBURT1A
A: geburt
A: SEHEN1
A: $INDEX1
A: hörend
A: HÖREND1A
A: GEBURT1A
A: $INDEX1
A: HÖREND1A
A: hört
A: $GEST^
A: My sister also has a hearing child, you never know what will happen in the next generation.
A: MEIN1
A: meine
A: SCHWESTER1A*
A: schwester
A: $NUM-EINER1A:1
A: ein
A: hörend
A: GEBURT1A
A: HÖREND1A
A: MEHR1*
A: mehr
A: GEBURT1A
A: kind
A: HÖREND1A||$INDEX1
A: hörend
A: $INDEX1*
A: aber
A: NÄCHSTE1*
A: nächste
A: GENERATION1
A: generation
A: DANN1A||$INDEX1
A: dann
A: WAS-BEDEUTET1
A: was
A: $GEST-OFF^
A: My husband’s sister for example, her first son/
A: beispiel
A: BEISPIEL1*
A: MEIN1
A: LEBENSPARTNER1
A: mann
A: SEIN-IHR1
A: [MG]
A: SCHWESTER1A
A: schwester
A: ERSTENS1A
A: erster
A: SOHN1
A: sohn
A: $INDEX1
A: Well, she and her husband are both hearing, but the son was born deaf.
A: BEIDE2A
A: beide
A: HÖREND1A
A: hörend
A: schwester
A: SEIN-IHR1
A: SCHWESTER1C*
A: HÖREND1A
A: hörend
A: LEBENSPARTNER1
A: mann
A: HÖREND1A
A: hörend
A: SOHN1
A: aber
A: GEBURT1A
A: sohn
A: TAUB-GEHÖRLOS1A
A: [MG]
A: $GEST-OFF^
A: Even among hearing people there will be the occasional deaf newborn child in future generations.
A: $NUM-ORD1:2d*
A: zweite
A: HÖREND1A
A: hörend
A: HABEN-EXISTIEREN1
A: [MG]
A: GENERATION1
A: generation
A: [MG]
A: $INDEX1*
A: AUSNAHME1A*
A: ||MAL-SO4*
A: [MG]
C: And will that child have a CI?
A: sowieso
A: SOWIESO1*
A: $GEST^
A: No, it is completely deaf.
A: $GEST-NM-KOPFSCHÜTTELN1^
A: VOLL2A
A: voll
A: TAUB-GEHÖRLOS1B
A: voll
A: VOLL2A
A: ALLE1A^
B: That is why the topic of CI is so delicate.
B: DARUM1
B: darum
B: $INDEX1
B: THEMA1*
B: thema
B: CI2*
B: UNGEFÄHR2^*
B: $$EXTRA-LING-MAN^
B: One of the most important topics.
B: hauptthema
B: $WORTTEIL-HAUPT4
B: THEMA1*
A: If it were just about the body, that is fine, but it is about the head!
A: $INDEX1
A: ARM1B^
A: körper
A: KOPF2
A: kopf
A: One is already deaf and then with that surgery there is a risk of going blind or who knows what.
A: höre
A: ICH2
A: HÖREN2
A: $GEST^
A: nicht
A: OPERATION1B
A: op
A: ICH2
A: ich
A: BLIND1A
A: [MG]
A: DAZU-IMMER-MEHR1
A: dazu dazu
A: KOPF2
A: kopf
A: I would not let anybody touch my head, it is way too important to me.
A: KOPF3
A: mein kopf
A: TAUB-GEHÖRLOS1B
A: GEFÄHRLICH1A^*
A: [MG]
B: Ah, well, there are also some deaf people who think that people with a CI look like Frankenstein.
A: KOSTBAR1
A: kostbar
B: $INDEX1*
A: KOPF2
A: kopf
A: $$EXTRA-LING-MAN^
B: frankenstein
B: NASE1A^*
B: DRUCKEN-PAPIER1^*
B: WORT2
B: wort
B: ANFÜHRUNGSZEICHEN1
B: [MG]
B: frankenstein
B: WEISS1A^*
B: STEIN10A*
B: NARBE1B*
B: [MG]
B: WIE-SIEHT-AUS1
B: sieht
B: DRUCK-PRESSEN1E^
B: ausdruck
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: I personally tell them to stop doing that.
B: ICH2*
B: LASSEN1*
B: [MG]
B: But they do not care, they make things up.
B: $INDEX1
B: ERFINDEN1
B: erfinden
B: And when I ask them about it, they just say that Frankenstein would be fitting, as the people look distorted and are patched together.
B: ICH2
B: $INDEX1
B: NASE1A^*
B: [MG]
B: $PROD*
B: [MG]
B: OPERATION1E
B: [MG]
B: frankenstein
B: WEISS1A^*
B: STEIN10A*
B: PASSEN1
B: passt
B: I tell them to stop it.
B: ICH1
B: ich
B: LASSEN1*
B: lass
B: Those deaf people are actually aware that a lot of information is made up or exaggerated.
B: TAUB-GEHÖRLOS1A*
B: gehörlose
B: WISSEN2A
B: wei{ß}
B: DAZU1*
B: [MG]
B: übertreiben
B: SAGEN1*
B: ÜBERTREIBEN1
C: That is true.
C: Now on to the next topic. What would you think if everybody in Europe used the same sign language?
B: No, no.
B: $GEST^
B: nein
B: No, for example, look, we have different dialects in Germany.
B: $INDEX1
B: BEISPIEL1
B: beispiel
B: $GEST-AUFMERKSAMKEIT1^
B: DEUTSCH4
B: deutschland
B: VERSCHIEDEN2B*
B: verschiedene
B: SPRACHE1*
B: sprache
B: We have Bavarian and Northern German. Those dialects are different.
B: BAYERN1*
B: bayrisch
B: VERSCHIEDEN2B
B: anders
B: $INDEX1*
B: norddeutsch
B: NORD1A*
B: DEUTSCH4
B: SPRACHE1*
B: sprache
B: VERSCHIEDEN2B*
B: anders
A: Well, if it were the same everywhere that would be really boring.
B: That is not the same, signing is different everywhere.
A: also
A: FÜR1*
B: WIE4A^
A: ICH2
A: FINDEN1A
A: finde
B: AUSBREITEN1B^*
B: [MG]
A: GLEICH8*
A: [MG]
B: AUSBREITEN3
B: [MG]
A: ICH2
A: BISSCHEN3
A: bisschen
A: LANGEWEILE1
A: langeweile
B: Europe? Ah well.
A: GLEICH8*
A: [MG]
A: BISSCHEN4
A: bisschen
B: EUROPA1A*
B: euro{pa}
A: langeweile
A: LANGEWEILE1
A: ICH2
B: $GEST^
B: Europe, I stay at home anyway, why should I travel?
B: EUROPA1A*
B: europa
B: ICH1
B: ZUHAUSE2
B: ICH1*
B: BLEIBEN3*
B: ICH2*
B: FAHREN1
B: fahren
B: FÜR1
B: für
B: WAS1A
B: was
B: I do not need Italian then.
B: ICH1
B: ich
B: ITALIEN2*
B: italien
B: ICH1*
B: $GEST-SPITZHAND1^*
B: [MG]
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: sonst
A: Oh well.
A: $GEST^
A: Well I think it would be boring if it were the same everywhere.
A: ICH2
A: also für
A: GLEICH8*
A: [MG]
A: BISSCHEN3
A: bisschen
A: langweilig
A: LANGEWEILE1
A: ICH1
A: I think the differences are exciting. I like learning and think new signs are fascinating.
A: ANDERS1
A: [MG]
A: INTERESSE1A
A: GEBÄRDEN1A
A: MERKWÜRDIG1
A: [MG]
A: lernen
A: LERNEN1
A: AUFNEHMEN1
A: MERKWÜRDIG1
A: plaudern
A: GEBÄRDEN1A
A: $INDEX1
A: ANDERS1
A: [MG]
A: GEHÖREN1^
A: INTERESSE1A
A: [MG]
A: $INDEX1
A: ANDERS1
A: INTERESSE1A
A: [MG]
A: I have always enjoyed learning new signs on my travels, I just really think that is great.
A: SELBST1A
A: selbst
A: BIS-JETZT3A
A: ausland
A: AUSWÄRTS1^
A: GEBÄRDEN1A
B: But not just one sign language.
A: super super super
A: SUPER1*
B: $GEST-AUFMERKSAMKEIT1^*
B: aber
B: $NUM-EINER1A:1
B: eine
B: They have to be different, that is what makes it interesting, the variation.
B: VERSCHIEDEN2B*
B: verschieden
B: WECHSELN1A
B: abwechslung
A: ICH1
B: INTERESSE1B
B: interessant
B: The monotony of one language, that is unnecessary, so boring I could asleep!
B: GLEICH1A
B: dasselbe
B: $GEST-NM^
B: [MG]
B: EINSCHLAFEN1*
B: ein{schlafen}
B: FÜR1*
B: für
B: There have to be new things in my opinion, there has to be movement.
B: UM1A^*
B: [MG]
B: MERKWÜRDIG1^*
B: [MG]
B: BEWEGUNG1B
B: bewegung
B: And Italians sign differently, that is just how it is!
B: ITALIEN2*
B: italien
B: $GEST-SPITZHAND1^*
B: ANDERS2
B: anders
B: $GEST^
A: When I went to the Olympics I understood everything there, despite all the differences.
A: BEISPIEL1
A: beispiel
A: VERGANGENHEIT1
A: olympia
A: OLYMPIA1
A: FAHREN1
A: ANDERS1*
A: $GEST^
A: ANDERS1
A: ICH1
A: VERSTEHEN1
A: verstehen
A: ALLES2*
A: alles
A: Why should everything be standardized? I do not need that.
A: SOLL1
A: warum
A: ICH1
A: soll
A: GLEICH8*
A: [MG]
A: FÜR1*
A: muss
A: NICHT5*
A: nicht
A: I understand what is being signed.
A: ICH2
A: VERSTEHEN1
A: verstehen
A: GEBÄRDEN1A
A: VERSTEHEN1
A: verstehen
A: But one sign language is really hard for me to understand, the Asian sign language.
A: $NUM-EINER1A:1d
A: erstenmal
A: $INDEX1
A: asien
A: SCHWER1B*
A: schwer
A: VERSTEHEN1
A: schwer
A: GEBÄRDEN1A
A: SCHWER1B*
A: ICH2*
A: SEHEN-AUF1
A: [MG]
A: ASIEN1
A: asien
A: I have a really hard time understanding the signs because they are so different. The signs really are completely different.
A: SCHWER1B*
A: schwer
A: [MG]
A: GEBÄRDEN1A
A: ICH2
A: SEHEN-AUF1
B: Yes, that is complete gibberish.
A: GEBÄRDEN1A
B: UNVERSTÄNDLICH-GESCHRIEBENES1
A: ANDERS1
A: GEBÄRDEN1A
A: ANDERS1
A: anders
A: ANDERS1
A: anders
A: European sign languages, such as Italian for example, I understand without any issue, but Asian sign languages are too much for me.
A: MERKWÜRDIG3*
A: EUROPA1B
A: ITALIEN1
A: italien
A: europa
A: EUROPA1B
A: SUPER2
A: ABER1*
A: aber
A: BEREICH1A^
A: asien
B: Yes, people don’t usually know these languages.
A: $INDEX1
B: KENNEN1A*
A: MERKWÜRDIG3*
A: It is all Greek to me.
A: ICH2
A: VERSTEHEN1
A: verstehe
A: NICHT3A
A: nicht
A: ETWAS-NICHT-MITBEKOMMEN1
A: [MG]
A: ICH2
A: But I do not struggle with European ones at all.
A: europa
A: EUROPA1B
A: SUPER2
C: Yes, you could have checked on page 381 of the book. That is a typical Asian number. I am just kidding.
B: There’s something I experienced, well, I was in a travel agency.
B: ICH1*
B: ich
B: LEBEN1C
B: erlebt
B: ICH1
B: reisebüro
B: REISE5
B: VIERECK1^*
B: ICH1*
B: I got in contact with radioactivity by accident because of that.
B: ICH1*
B: $INDEX1*
B: ZUSAMMENHANG2^*
B: zusammenhang
B: AKTIV1^*
B: atom
B: strahlen
B: STRAHLUNG2*
B: $INDEX1*
B: I witnessed that myself.
B: ICH1*
B: DABEI1A*
B: My company asked me to still go on the trip.
C: Go on. Oh wait, that topic is not one of the options.
B: BETRIEB1A*
B: betrieb
B: BITTE2
B: SPORT3^*
B: BITTE2*
B: DU1
B: du
B: ||DORTHIN-GEHEN1^
B: ??
A: Tsch?/
A: $ALPHA1:T
A: tsch{ernobyl}
A: Is he talking about Tschernobyl? [directed at moderator]
A: SAGEN1
A: ÜBER1
A: über
A: tschernobyl
A: $ALPHA1:T
B: Tschernobyl, yes, where the nuclear plant exploded.
A: THEMA1
A: $INDEX1
B: $ALPHA1:T
A: Tschernobyl, yes, Tschernobyl.
A: $ALPHA1:T
A: tschernobyl
B: atom
B: ATOM2
B: WERFEN1^*
B: $INDEX1
B: I was there myself.
B: ICH1*
B: ich
B: LEBEN1C*
B: erlebt
B: $INDEX1
B: There, yes.
B: $INDEX1
B: das
A: Oh, he is murmuring now [directed at moderator].
A: $GEST-OFF^
A: [MG]
A: $GEST-NM^
A: [MG]
B: They wanted me to go there but I was not okay with that at first.
B: BESCHEID1A*
B: $INDEX1
B: ICH1
B: DU1
B: $INDEX1
B: warum
B: The travel agency was losing money because a lot of people cancelled their trips.
B: reisebüro
B: REISE5*
B: SCHREIBEN1A^*
B: VERLUST1A*
B: verlust
B: absagen
B: AB2*
B: ABSAGEN1*
B: ZURÜCKZIEHEN1
B: zurück
B: ALLE3*
B: alles
B: SAUBER-MACHEN5B^*
B: There was a party resolution that the trip was to be made less expensive, as the party was covering for the travel costs.
B: parteibeschluss
B: PARTEI3A*
B: ABSCHLUSS2
B: ÜBER1
B: über
B: BETRIEB1B*
B: betrieb
B: BILLIG5*
B: billig billig
B: VERKAUFEN1
B: [MG]
B: AUF-PERSON1*
B: auf
B: KOSTEN1*
B: kosten
B: partei
B: $INDEX4*
B: KOSTEN1*
B: I was at work when a company unionist addressed the topic again.
B: ICH1
B: ARBEITEN3
B: TITEL-ÜBERSCHRIFT1^*
B: ??
B: betriebsgewerkschaftsleitung
B: BETRIEB1A*
B: GEWERKSCHAFT2
B: LEITEN1B
B: So, I was working when I was asked whether I wanted to join the trip.
B: BEWEGUNG1A^*
B: HERKOMMEN1
B: komm
B: DU1
B: du
B: REISE5
B: reise
B: I was moderately excited about it at first.
B: ||ICH2*
B: ||$GEST-OFF^*
B: [MG]
B: I was told that I should go, but I said I did not have money.
B: DU1
B: du
B: DORTHIN-GEHEN1
B: muss
B: ICH1
B: ich
B: GELD1A
B: geld
B: Apparently that didn’t matter; it said there that there would be a grant of 200 [German Mark].
B: ||DARF1^
B: ZEIGEN-AUF1
B: DU1*
B: $NUM-EINER1A:2
B: zweihundert
B: ICH1
B: BEZAHLEN3*
B: bezahlen
B: I objected saying I did not want to travel alone.
B: ICH1
B: ich
B: ALLEIN1A*
B: alleine
B: But they said I should just come, there were supposedly other deaf people, too.
B: DU1
B: du
B: HERKOMMEN1
B: komm
B: TAUB-GEHÖRLOS1A*
B: taub
B: HERKOMMEN1
B: komm
B: Finally I agreed and with me there were four people in total who went.
B: ICH1
B: ZUSAMMEN3A*
B: $NUM-EINER1A:4
B: vier
B: DABEI1A*
B: It was cheap; so we took a long train all the way to Russia.
B: BILLIG5*
B: billig
B: ICH1
B: ZUG3
B: zug
B: WAGEN1
B: ICH2
B: ZUG2B
B: [MG]
B: FAHREN1*
B: RUSSLAND1*
B: russland
B: But we were told that it was strictly prohibited to come into contact with the Russian people.
B: ABER1
B: aber
B: BITTE2
B: bitte
B: MIT1A
B: mit
B: RUSSLAND6*
B: russischer
B: BEVÖLKERUNG2
B: volk
B: KONTAKT2A
B: kontakt
B: VERBOTEN1*
B: verboten
B: I did not plan on sticking to that rule though, we already had agreed on getting around it by signing.
B: ICH1*
B: SCHON1A*
B: schon
B: VORBEREITUNG4
B: vorbereiten
B: ETWAS-PLANEN-UND-UMSETZEN1
B: [MG]
B: GEBÄRDEN1A*
B: [MG]
B: VERSTECKEN1A
B: [MG]
B: $GEST^
B: When we got off the train in Moscow we immediately caught some hearing peoples’ eye.
B: ICH1
B: ich
B: FAHREN1^
B: mos{kau}
B: SPRINGEN2^
B: aussteigen aussteigen
B: $PROD*
B: HÖREND1A*
B: hörend
B: $PROD*
B: AUFPASSEN1B*
B: I saw somebody and we warmly greeted each other.
B: ICH1
B: WINKEN1
B: [MG]
B: BEGRÜSSEN3*
B: [MG]
B: Immediately, somebody noticed and tried to separate us Germans from the Russians.
B: $INDEX2
B: STOPP1^*
B: halt bleib steh
B: ||$INDEX1
B: deutsch
B: $INDEX1
B: du bist nicht
B: ||$INDEX1
B: deutsch
B: I did not care, talked to them while signing and would not let them bother me.
B: ||ICH2
B: ||LASSEN1
B: GEBÄRDEN1C*
B: UNTERHALTUNG3*
B: [MG]
B: $GEST-NM-KOPFSCHÜTTELN1^
B: They did not know how to deal with that, because they could not check what I was saying. That is why I was accompanied to a different location.
B: WIE-FRAGE-VERGLEICH1*
B: KONTROLLE1
B: kontrolle
B: $INDEX1*
B: FOLGEN1B^
B: [MG]
B: (I wanted to take the bus, they told me where I had to go.)
B: BUS2
B: bus
B: REDEN2*
B: ICH1
B: BESCHEID1A*
B: $INDEX1*
B: $GEST-NM-KOPFNICKEN1^
B: (They told me where exactly I had to go, I wanted to keep moving then.)
B: $GEST-NM-SPRECHEN1^
B: DORTHIN-GEHEN1*
B: ||ICH1
B: ich
B: ||$INDEX1
B: weiter
B: (I was allowed to keep driving with the bus, but they were not entirely happy about it.)
B: $INDEX1
B: LOSGEHEN2^
B: darf
B: ||$INDEX1
B: KANN1
B: $GEST-NM-SPRECHEN1^
B: So I took the bus, but it was prohibited to just get off it within Moscow.
B: $GEST-NM-KOPFNICKEN1^
B: KANN1
B: FAHREN1
B: HIER1
B: hier
B: MOSKAU-$KANDIDAT-BER20^
B: moskau
B: AUSSTEIGEN1A*
B: aussteigen
B: VERBOTEN1*
B: verboten
B: No way we could walk around by ourselves.
B: $INDEX1
B: ICH1*
B: ALLEIN7
B: alleine
B: SPAZIEREN2A
B: SPAZIEREN1
B: [MG]
B: MÖGLICH1*
B: The food was completely normal.
B: ESSEN2
B: essen
B: RESTAURANT1*
B: NORMAL1*
B: normal
B: It really tasted completely normal, however it is unclear whether I took in some radiation through the food.
B: NORMAL1*
B: normal
B: ESSEN2
B: STIMMT1^
B: STRAHLUNG1*
B: strahlung ob ob
B: FRAGEZEICHEN2*
B: The incident did not occur right there though, just in the area.
B: HIER1
B: $INDEX1
B: NAHE1B*
B: nahe
B: $INDEX1
B: BEREICH1A*
B: NAHE1B*
B: South of Moscow, around 300km beeline, about 300km.
B: $INDEX1*
B: moskau
B: $INDEX1*
B: KILOMETER1*
B: kilometer
B: $INDEX1
B: $NUM-HUNDERTER1:3d
B: dreihundert
B: $INDEX1*
B: $NUM-EINER1A:3d
B: dreihundert
B: $INDEX1*
B: $GEST^*
B: We then also went to Leningrad, which was called Saint Petersburg before.
B: SEHEN1*
B: ICH1*
B: NACH-ORT1*
B: nach
B: leningrad
B: $NAME-LENIN1*
B: LENINGRAD1*
B: petersburg
B: SANKT-PETERSBURG1
B: BERG2^
B: FRÜHER1*
B: früher
B: JETZT1
B: jetzt
B: LENINGRAD1*
B: le{nin}grad
B: The air was good.
B: LUFT2*
B: [MG]
B: Ever since I returned from there I have not had any health issues.
B: ZURÜCK1A*
B: zurück
B: KÖRPER1
B: WIE-IMMER1*
B: wie immer
B: I have to say, I have not experienced any obvious harm due to the radioactivity.
B: JETZT1
B: jetzt
B: ICH1
B: ich
B: ÖFFNEN3^*
B: offen
B: ATOM1
B: atom
B: ICH1
B: NICHT1
B: gar nicht
A: Lucky you.
A: GLÜCK2*
A: glück
B: Yes, nothing.
B: $GEST^
A: Yes, one has to continue to keep an eye on it.
A: $GEST-VORSICHTIG1^
B: The topic of nuclear energy in other countries is a tender subject.
B: atom
A: vorsicht
B: ATOM1*
A: VORSICHTIG1
B: $GEST-AUFMERKSAMKEIT1^*
A: $GEST-VORSICHTIG1^
B: $INDEX1
B: ATOM1
B: $INDEX-MONITOR1
B: das
B: ausland
B: AUSLAND3*
B: $INDEX1
B: $GEST-VORSICHTIG1^
B: [MG]
B: There was another incident in Japan just recently, as well.
B: SCHLITZAUGE1^*
B: japan
B: KOMMEN1^*
B: [MG]
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: In Japan.
B: $INDEX1*
B: japan
B: How is that going to develop in the future? No one knows.
B: $GEST^
B: wie
B: ZUKUNFT1A*
B: zukunft
B: $GEST-VORSICHTIG1^
C: Right, on to the next topic. Could you imagine sending deaf children to school with only hearing people and interpreters? As an integration or inclusion student. You have seven children. If you think about it, would you send them to a deaf school? Would you have a bad feeling about a regular school? What would you like?
A: Yes, I would like that for #Name3.
A: ICH2*
A: WÜNSCHEN1A*
A: wünschen
A: #name3
A: wünschen
A: WÜNSCHEN1A*
A: ICH2
A: JA2
A: ja
A: #name3
B: Yes, that would be a good fit.
A: I would like to send him to a regular school.
A: $ORAL^
A: wünsch
B: passen
B: LESEN-BUCH2^*
A: HÖREND1A*
A: hörende
A: STELLEN1
A: schule
B: GUT1
B: sehr gut
B: LESEN-BUCH2^*
B: passen
B: GUT1
B: sehr gut
A: The deaf school, well, no, that would not be good.
A: gehörlosenschule
A: TAUB-GEHÖRLOS1A
A: UNTERRICHTEN1*
A: ICH2
A: $GEST-NM-KOPFSCHÜTTELN1^
B: I would like to say something about that.
B: $GEST-AUFMERKSAMKEIT1^*
A: There are always classes there which a lot of the weaker students are in. #Name3 would stay on the same low level of development as the others.
B: $INDEX1
A: $INDEX1
B: ERZÄHLEN3A*
B: erzählen
A: WEIL1
A: weil
B: So on the first, yes/
A: KLASSE8*
A: klasse
B: $LIST1:1of1d
A: $PROD*
A: [MG]
B: $INDEX1
B: $GEST^
A: $INDEX1
A: #name3
A: MIT2*
A: mit
A: MASS-VERTIKAL-KLEINER2^*
A: All the others always have to wait for them, that is not right.
A: $INDEX1
A: [MG]
A: SICH-MIT-ETWAS-ABFINDEN3B
A: $GEST-OFF^
A: SCHLECHT1*
B: Yes, about the first/
B: $INDEX1
A: And I cannot send him to a school for the hard of hearing, everybody only speaks there.
B: $LIST1:1of1d
B: ersten
A: schwerhö{rigen}schule
A: SCHWER1B
A: HÖREN2
A: WERFEN1^
A: AUCH1A
A: auch
A: NICHT3A*
A: nicht
A: SPRECHEN1A^*
A: [MG]
A: $GEST-OFF^*
A: People there believe that one does not need sign language interpreters.
A: $INDEX1
A: brauch
A: GEBÄRDEN1A
A: kein
A: dolmetsch
A: EINSTELLEN-ARBEIT1B*
A: $GEST-OFF^*
A: He needs to go to a school with hearing children, that is where you get interpreters, nowhere else.
B: Wait, on that/
A: ICH2*
A: also
A: MUSS1
A: muss
A: ICH2*
B: ||$GEST-AUFMERKSAMKEIT1^
A: HÖREN2
A: hörend
A: WERFEN1^
A: schule
A: damit
A: DAMIT1*
B: ||$INDEX1
A: $INDEX1
A: DOLMETSCHER3A
A: dolmetscher
A: BEKOMMEN2*
A: bekommen
B: Wait a second, on the first/
B: ||$GEST-AUFMERKSAMKEIT1^
A: I would like for him to have good career advancement opportunities in the future. If school demanded too little from him, that would be sad.
A: $ORAL^
A: aber
B: ||$INDEX1
A: ICH2
A: ich
B: $LIST1:1of1d*
A: WÜNSCHEN1A
A: wünsche
A: #name3
A: $INDEX1
A: RICHTUNG1^
A: schade
A: SCHADE1
B: $LIST1:1of1d
A: $INDEX1
B: ||$INDEX1
A: SCHADE1*
A: schade
B: $LIST1:1of1d
A: unterfordert
A: UNTER1B*
A: FORDERN1
A: ICH2
A: finde
A: schade
A: SCHADE1
A: $GEST-OFF^
B: Right, right! And about the first/
B: STIMMT1A*
B: richtig
A: That would be a shame, quite sad!
A: SCHADE1*
A: schade
A: $ORAL^
A: find schade
B: $LIST1:1of1d
C: What do you think are the advantages and disadvantages of a child going to an inclusive school?
A: Of course it is exhausting having to concentrate on the one interpreter all the time.
A: $GEST-OFF^
A: ja
A: DOLMETSCHER3A*
A: DURCH1A
A: durch
A: DOLMETSCHER3A
A: dolm{etscher}
A: SEHEN-AUF1
A: [MG]
A: $INDEX1
A: FÜR1
A: für
A: SCHWER1B*
A: schwer
C: Well, if the teacher were to sign you would also have to concentrate on that for a long time.
A: It would be better if a deaf teacher were signing.
A: TAUB-GEHÖRLOS1A
A: GEBÄRDEN1A
A: The teacher would probably be signing a little bit more slowly, but if what the teacher is saying is being interpreted, everything moves incredibly fast.
A: LEHRER2
A: lehrer
A: BISSCHEN1B*
A: bisschen
A: LANGSAM1
A: langsam
A: GEBÄRDEN1A
A: [MG]
A: HÖREND1A
A: hörend
A: SPRECHEN1A^
A: AUF-PERSON1*
A: auf
A: dolmetscher
A: GEBÄRDEN1A*
A: $INDEX1
A: SCHNELL3A
A: zu schnell
A: During my job training it was exactly the same, everything was really fast.
A: SELBST1A
A: gewesen selbst
A: ausbildung
A: BILDUNG1*
A: $INDEX1
A: SEHR7
A: [MG]
A: SCHNELL3A
A: schnell
A: The teacher spoke extremely fast and the hearing students were better able to take notes or relax for a bit.
A: HÖREND1A*
A: hörend
A: SPRECHEN5A*
A: SCHNELL1B*
A: HÖREND1A
A: SCHREIBEN1A
A: $GEST-NM^
A: SCHREIBEN1A
A: But I had to be alert the whole time and always ask questions, because I could not keep up with taking notes.
A: ICH2
A: ich
A: MOMENT2
A: moment
A: ICH2
A: SCHREIBEN1A*
A: SEHEN-AUF2*
A: MOMENT2*
A: moment
A: ICH2||$INDEX1
A: MOMENT2
A: moment
A: $INDEX1
A: The others started to be annoyed by me, because I kept interrupting the classes again and again.
A: HÖREND1A
A: KLAPPT1*
A: klappt nicht
A: BESCHEID1A
A: $INDEX1
A: NERVEN1B
A: schon nervt
A: ICH2
A: But how on earth was I supposed to manage that, I could only look at either my notes or the interpreter and had to switch forth and back between the two all the time.
A: $GEST-OFF^
A: aber
A: schafft nicht
A: ICH2
A: SCHAFFEN-NICHT1
A: ICH1*
A: SCHREIBEN1A*
A: $PROD*
A: It was incredibly exhausting!
A: $INDEX1*
A: ANSTRENGEND2*
A: anstrengend
A: The interpreter always had to wait to sign for me, while I was still taking notes.
A: DOLMETSCHER3A
A: dolmetscher
A: $INDEX1*
A: WARTEN2*
A: warten
A: ICH2
A: moment
A: MOMENT2
A: ICH2
A: SCHREIBEN1A
A: At the same time the teacher continued to speak and the interpreter of course could not remember everything.
A: $GEST-OFF^
A: ETWAS-NICHT-MITBEKOMMEN1
A: [MG]
A: schon
A: $INDEX1
A: $PROD*
A: SCHON1B
A: $GEST-OFF^
A: That’s obviously a problem.
A: PROBLEM2B*
A: problem
A: AUCH1A
A: auch
A: It’s a disadvantage.
A: nachteil
A: NACHTEIL1
A: $INDEX1
A: In my opinion at least.
A: MEIN1
A: meine
A: MEINUNG1A*
A: meinung
B: Back when I was still little I went to school with hearing children.
B: ICH2
B: FRÜHER1*
B: früher
B: WAR1
B: war
B: ZEIT7C*
B: zeit
B: ICH1
B: ich
B: KLEIN3
B: klein
B: SCHULE3
B: schule
B: ICH2
B: DABEI1B^*
B: mit
B: HÖREND1A
B: hörend
B: DABEI1B*
B: I was ill. I had tuberculosis, so I went to the Allgäu for a therapeutic stay for four months.
B: ICH1
B: ich
B: KRANK1
B: krank
B: TUBERKULOSE-$KANDIDAT-BER14^
B: tuber{ku}los
B: KUR1*
B: kur
B: MONAT1*
B: vier monate
B: $INDEX1
B: allgäu
B: BERG1A
B: BLEIBEN2*
B: At school (a nun brought me to class.)
B: SCHULE3
B: schule
B: KRANKENSCHWESTER-$KANDIDAT-BER25^
B: schwester
B: STELLEN-VON-NACH1A^*
B: [MG]
B: Everybody was sitting there and writing, and I copied from one or the other class mate.
B: ALLE1A*
B: alle
B: ICH2
B: SCHREIBEN1A
B: UM2A^*
B: ab
B: ICH2
B: SCHREIBEN1B
B: $INDEX1
B: $GEST-NM^
B: Comparing it to education at my normal school, I realized that a lot of things were easier at my own school.
B: MERKWÜRDIG1
B: [MG]
B: MEIN1
B: SCHULE3
B: schule
B: MEIN1
B: meine
B: EIGEN1A*
B: eigene
B: SCHULE3
B: schule
B: EINFACH1
B: einfach
B: SCHREIBEN1B^*
B: I saw it but I did not worry about it, since everything went well.
B: ICH2
B: $INDEX1
B: SORGEN-SICH1A
B: sorgen
B: GUT1*
B: gut
B: I wanted to keep on being taught together with the hearing children.
B: ICH2
B: WOLLEN2
B: will
B: ZUKUNFT1A
B: zukunft
B: ZUSAMMEN1A*
B: But the teacher was against it, saying it was against the rules. There was nothing that could have been done about that.
B: LEHRER2
B: lehrer
B: NEIN1B*
B: ne
B: NEGATIV1^*
B: vorschriften
B: WÜNSCHEN1A*
B: $INDEX1*
B: $GEST^
A: Actually Berlin, being the capital city, should also have a boarding school such as the school in Essen.
A: SELBST1A
A: selbst
A: wünsch was
A: ICH2
A: WÜNSCHEN1B
A: HIER1
A: BERLIN1A*
A: berlin
A: hauptstadt
A: $WORTTEIL-HAUPT1C
A: STADT2*
A: $GEST-OFF^
A: MUSS1
A: muss
A: $GEST-OFF^
A: HAUS1A
A: ein
A: INTERNAT1B*
A: internat
A: WIE4A*
A: wie
A: ESSEN2
A: essen
A: $INDEX1
A: schule
A: SCHULE3
A: $INDEX1
A: Why do I have to send my children to boarding school there, so many things go wrong there.
A: WARUM2A*
A: warum
A: muss
A: MUSS1
A: ICH1
A: meine kinder
A: KIND1
A: ICH2
A: ABSETZEN1*
A: schief schief
A: DORT1*
A: SCHIEF1*
A: $GEST-OFF^
A: Everything is getting out of hand there, there’s drinking and weed smoking!
A: ICH2
A: DORT1*
A: SCHIEF1
A: schief
A: SAUFEN1
A: RAUCHEN1A
A: $GEST-OFF^
A: There is a lack of control.
A: GELD1A^
A: ??
A: $GEST-OFF^
A: kontrolle
A: ICH2
A: KONTROLLE1
A: DORT1*
A: WO1A
A: wo
A: If that happened here in Berlin I would be able to keep an eye on everything and prevent things from happening.
A: HIER1
A: berlin
A: KONTROLLE1*
A: kontrolle
A: ICH1
A: ich
A: SCHUTZ2D^*
A: [MG]
A: If I heard about anything like that, I could quickly confront my children about it.
A: ICH2
A: HÖREN1
A: SCHNELL1A
A: schnell
A: $GEST-KOMM-HER-HER-DAMIT1B^*
A: was was was
A: But there, in Essen, everything just goes wrong.
A: $ORAL^
A: aber
A: DORT1*
A: essen
A: so schief
A: SCHIEF1
A: $GEST-OFF^*
A: That is crap.
A: SCHEISSE1A
A: scheiße
A: Berlin is big, it is the capital city, there has to be an institution like that.
A: BERLIN1A*
A: berlin
A: GROSS3B
A: groß
A: STADT2
A: haupt
A: MUSS1*
A: muss
A: haben
A: HABEN-BESITZEN1
A: $GEST^
A: HAUS1A
A: $GEST-OFF^
A: The school for the deaf and the school for the hard of hearing would just have to be merged, and teachers with knowledge of sign language to be hired.
B: But one is in the east and the other in the west. One is in the east.
B: WIE-FRAGE1*
B: wie
A: WIE-FRAGE-VERGLEICH1*
A: wie
A: MUSS1
A: muss
B: OSTEN1A
B: osten
B: WESTEN1A
B: westen
A: FINDEN1D^*
B: $GEST-AUFMERKSAMKEIT1^*
A: $INDEX1
A: wie
A: schwerhörig
A: SCHWERHÖRIG1*
A: HÖREN2*
B: OSTEN1A
B: osten
A: ??
A: $INIT-HANDGELENK1^*
A: $GEST^
A: TAUB-GEHÖRLOS1A*
A: ZUSAMMENFASSUNG1
A: zusammen
B: Additionally/
A: LEHRER2||GEBÄRDEN1A
A: lehrer
B: $GEST-AUFMERKSAMKEIT1^
A: TAUB-GEHÖRLOS1A
B: $INDEX1
A: STELLEN1*
A: Done!
A: fertig
A: FERTIG1B
A: $GEST-OFF^
A: I should not have to send my children to a school with hearing kids. That is unnecessary.
A: MUSS1*
A: muss nicht
A: ICH1
A: ich
A: HÖREND1A*
A: hörend
A: WERFEN1^
A: sch{ule}
A: MUSS1*
A: wir haben
A: HABEN-BESITZEN1
A: $GEST^
A: NICHT5*
A: nichts
A: nötig
A: BRAUCHEN1^*
A: $GEST-OFF^
B: No, no, deaf/
B: $GEST-AUFMERKSAMKEIT1^
A: At the school for the hard of hearing they exclusively teach in spoken language.
B: $GEST-AUFMERKSAMKEIT1^*
A: schwerhörigen
A: SCHWERHÖRIG1*
A: HÖREN2*
A: $INDEX1
A: schule
A: SPRECHEN5A*
A: [MG]
B: $GEST-AUFMERKSAMKEIT1^
A: My son tried to go there for a short time, we wanted to see whether it would work out.
B: TAUB-GEHÖRLOS1A*
B: taub
A: sohn
A: MEIN1*
B: $GEST-AUFMERKSAMKEIT1^
A: SOHN1
A: DORT1*
A: PROBE3A*
B: $GEST-AUFMERKSAMKEIT1^*
A: MEIN1
A: mein
A: MOMENT2
A: moment
A: MEIN1
A: mein
A: SOHN1
A: sohn
B: $$EXTRA-LING-MAN^
A: probe
A: PROBE3A*
A: DORT1*
A: He said he was unable to understand anything, literally anything. I cannot comprehend it. Ah, whatever.
A: SAGEN1
A: ETWAS-NICHT-MITBEKOMMEN1
A: [MG]
A: VOLL1^
A: ETWAS-NICHT-MITBEKOMMEN1
A: [MG]
B: Yes, on that topic, but/
B: $INDEX1
A: $INDEX1
A: verstehe
A: ICH2*
A: VERSTEHEN1
A: nicht
A: NICHT3A
A: $GEST-OFF^*
A: ICH2
B: $INDEX1
B: Signs were prohibited in the school for the hard of hearing.
B: schwerhörig
B: SCHWERHÖRIG1*
B: $INDEX1
B: GEBÄRDEN1B*
B: verboten
B: VERBOTEN1
B: $INDEX1
B: That makes me angry.
B: EXPLOSION2^
B: [MG]
A: They are not allowed to do that!
B: ICH1
A: NEIN1A
A: darf nicht
A: It has been a legal requirement for a while now that teachers there are obliged to sign in class!
A: VOR-KURZEM2*
A: neu
A: GESETZ1A*
A: gesetz
A: MUSS1*
A: muss
A: LEHRER2*
A: lehrer
A: MUSS1*
A: muss
B: But they still do not sign, they reject it entirely.
A: GEBÄRDEN1A
B: GEBÄRDEN1B*
A: UNTERRICHTEN1*
A: im
B: ||$INDEX2
A: KANN1
A: könnte
A: Those teachers should be kicked out!
A: $INDEX1
B: ABLEHNEN2
B: ab
A: ENTLASSEN3
B: They stand firm.
A: No, that is new.
B: HART1A*
B: hart hart
A: $ORAL^
A: neu
A: As of late there is a legal requirement that they have to sign, that’s new.
A: neu
A: VOR-KURZEM2*
A: NEU1B*
B: Do you know who is protesting against that? My/
A: GESETZ1A*
B: PROTEST1
A: MUSS1*
A: muss
B: DURCH2A
B: durch
A: NEU1B*
A: neu
B: PROTEST1*
A: neu
A: NEU1B*
B: $GEST-AUFMERKSAMKEIT1^*
A: VOR-KURZEM2*
B: DURCH2A
B: durch
B: PROTEST1*
C: Yes, since 2007.
B: WER5
B: wer
B: MEIN1
B: $INDEX1
B: ICH2
A: Yes, but obviously they have not understood it yet.
A: $ORAL^
A: aber
A: NOCH-NICHT2*
A: noch nicht
A: begriffen
A: BEGREIFEN1*
A: $INDEX2
B: But I protest against it/
B: ||$GEST-AUFMERKSAMKEIT1^
B: PROTEST1
B: ICH1*
A: The principal there, the principal.
C: It is only on paper.
A: schuldirektor
A: SCHULE3*
A: LEITEN1B*
B: #Name1, my daughter’s half-sister.
A: $INDEX2
C: Whatever.
B: ||$GEST-AUFMERKSAMKEIT1^
A: schuldirektor
A: SCHULE3*
A: LEITEN1B*
B: PROTEST1*
A: $INDEX2
B: NAME2*
B: ??
B: $INDEX1
B: ??
B: $INDEX1
B: MEIN1*
B: TOCHTER1*
B: tochter
B: halbschwester
B: HALB6*
B: SCHWESTER1A*
B: $INDEX1
B: He is protesting against it, together with interpreters.
B: $INDEX1
B: DOLMETSCHER1*
B: dolmetscher
B: VERGANGENHEIT1^*
B: EIGEN1A^*
B: PROTEST1*
B: Thomas Zander is in the group as well.
B: $NAME-THOMAS-ZANDER1
B: zander
B: PROTEST1*
B: We protest until they back off.
B: SCHWEIGEN3^*
B: $INDEX1*
B: ZURÜCKZIEHEN1
B: zurück
B: I’m also participating.
A: That is mean.
A: $GEST-NM-SCHULTERZUCKEN1^
A: gemein
B: ICH2*
B: DABEI1A
B: dabei
A: Honestly, I seriously could do without regular schools.
B: Everybody together!
A: EHRLICH2
A: ehrlich
A: ICH1*
A: ich
B: ZUSAMMEN1A*
A: EHRLICH2
A: ehrlich
A: ICH2
A: BRAUCHEN1*
A: brauch
A: HÖREND1A
A: hörend
A: WERFEN1
A: schule
A: $GEST^
A: brauch nicht
A: In principle, deaf schools are good.
A: gehörlosenschule
A: TAUB-GEHÖRLOS1A
A: $INDEX1
A: gehörlosenschule
A: TAUB-GEHÖRLOS1A
A: $INDEX1
A: gut
A: GUT1
A: $GEST-OFF^
A: But there are too many foreign children in the classes, that is problematic.
A: $GEST-OFF^*
A: aber
A: VIEL1A*
A: zu viele
A: ausländer
A: AUSLAND2*
A: MASSE-PERSON-AKTIV2*
A: $GEST-OFF^
A: [MG]
A: Of course they have to be supported more during the lessons.
A: KLAR1A
A: klar
A: UNTERRICHTEN1
A: unterricht
A: MEHR1*
A: mehr
A: FÖRDERN1A
A: [MG]
A: If a German student, one that is already intelligent, is there, they wouldn’t be challenged enough.
A: ABER1
A: aber
A: deutsch
A: DEUTSCH1
A: DAZU1*
A: $NUM-EINER1A:1
A: ein
A: DAZU1
A: dazu
A: schon
A: SCHON1B*
A: PERSON1^
A: INTELLIGENT2A
A: [MG]
A: DA1
A: da
A: $GEST-OFF^
A: [MG]
A: unterfordert
A: UNTER1B
A: FORDERN1
A: $GEST-OFF^
A: They switch off and only get up to nonsense.
A: IGNORIEREN1*
A: [MG]
A: $PROD*
A: And then the situation goes completely off the rails.
A: ALLES2*
A: alles
A: SCHIEF1
A: schief
A: FALSCH1
A: falsch
A: SCHIEF1
A: alles schief
A: The children ignore the lesson completely, that is bullshit.
A: IGNORIEREN1*
A: [MG]
A: SCHEISSE1B*
A: scheiße
A: $GEST^
B: Bilingual classes are very important.
B: BILINGUAL1
B: bilingual
B: SEHR2
B: sehr
B: WICHTIG1*
B: wichtig
B: I went to my school’s 200 year anniversary.
B: ICH1*
B: ich
B: ICH2*
B: einmal
B: EINMAL1B
B: ICH1
B: DAMALS1
B: damal
B: $NUM-HUNDERTER1:2
B: zweihundert
B: JAHR1A
B: jahre
B: JUBILÄUM1
B: jubiläum
B: $INDEX1
B: SCHULE3
B: schule
B: I thought it was really nice, I did not have it as good back in the day.
B: $INDEX1
B: SCHÖN3
B: schön
B: ICH1
B: ich
B: NICHT1*
B: nicht
B: I was filmed, too, in a show that was called ‘Im Bilde’ [lit: In the picture, fig: to be in the know; discontinued TV show].
B: ICH1
B: ich
B: FILM1
B: film
B: AUFNAHME-FILM1*
B: auf{nahme}
B: FRÜHER1
B: früher
B: BILD3*
B: bilde
B: I told them that it was not like that back in my time, that I had only had basic education.
B: $INDEX1
B: NICHT1*
B: [MG]
B: ICH1
B: EINFACH1
B: einfach
B: TAFEL1B*
B: tafel
B: I said, “It is really great here, the school is an example for others, that is wonderful.”
B: $INDEX1
B: schon
B: GUT1
B: SCHON1A*
B: VORAUS1B*
B: voraus
B: SCHÖN3
B: schön
B: I also said, that I would like for all schools to take on that system in the future.
B: $INDEX2
B: SCHÖN3*
B: schön
B: ZUKUNFT1A*
B: zukunft
B: ICH2
B: WÜNSCHEN2A*
B: wünsche
B: ALLES2*
B: alles
B: GUT2
B: gut
B: Suddenly I was angrily spoken to from the side.
B: ||BESCHEID1A*
B: [MG]
B: ÄRGERN-SICH3^*
B: [MG]
B: I calmly countered their opinion, but this person was very upset and really did not want to understand my point.
B: ||STOPP1^*
B: $INDEX1
B: ÄRGERN-SICH4^*
B: [MG]
B: BEGREIFEN1
B: begreifen
B: I kept trying and said it should be supported in the future.
B: ICH1
B: ich
B: VERSUCHEN1*
B: ZUKUNFT1A*
B: zukunft
B: FÖRDERN1A*
B: födern
B: This person kept getting agitated and stuck to their opinion vehemently.
B: $INDEX1
B: [MG]
B: ICH1
B: WEG-ENTFERNEN1B*
B: ICH1
B: I thought they were in the wrong and kept the discussion going.
B: ICH1*
B: ich
B: DENKEN1B
B: dachte
B: FALSCH1*
B: falsch
B: ICH1
B: DISKUSSION1A*
B: diskussion
B: I was still in favor of this teaching method.
B: ICH1
B: DAZWISCHEN-GEHEN1A^
B: ICH2
B: ich
B: FÜR1
B: dafür
A: But on the other hand, if my son were taught in an inclusive setting, it would also have an effect on hearing children.
A: aber andersei{ts}
A: ABER1*
A: SEITE-KÖRPER1*
A: ICH2*
A: wenn
A: SOHN1
A: sohn
A: HÖREND1A
A: hörend
A: INKLUSIV2
A: schule
A: ICH2
A: VORSTELLUNG1A
A: vorstellen
A: hörend
A: HÖREND1A
A: INKLUSIV2
A: HÖREND1A
A: hörend
A: SO1*
A: so
A: HÖREND1A
A: hörend
A: BEEINFLUSSEN1
A: [MG]
A: AUCH3A
A: auch
A: MIT2
A: mit
A: I suppose it would also be interesting for hearing kids to learn something about deaf people.
A: HÖREND1A
A: hörend [MG]
A: TAUB-GEHÖRLOS1A
A: gehörlos
A: INTERESSE1A
A: BEEINFLUSSEN1
A: [MG]
A: Many hearing people do not know anything about deaf people.
A: AUCH1A
A: auch
A: WIE-FRAGE-VERGLEICH1*
A: BEEINFLUSSEN1
A: ALLE1A*
A: alle
A: HÖREND1A
A: hörend
A: VIEL1A*
A: viel
A: KEINE-AHNUNG1
A: [MG]
A: TAUB-GEHÖRLOS1A
A: gehörlos
A: KEINE-AHNUNG1
A: [MG]
A: But when suddenly there is one in your own class, you learn more about it.
A: $INDEX1
A: DAZU1
A: wenn
A: BEEINFLUSSEN1
A: [MG]
A: AUCH3A*
A: auch
A: AUSWIRKUNG1^
A: I would love for that knowledge to spread far and wide, yes.
A: DAZU1^
A: komm
A: LANGSAM1*
A: langsam
A: AUSBREITEN2
A: [MG]
A: auch schön
A: SCHÖN1A
A: $GEST-OFF^*
B: That is true!
B: STIMMT1A*
B: stimmt
B: I personally think the topic of school is incredibly important.
B: thema
B: THEMA1*
B: $INDEX1
B: WICHTIG1*
B: wichtig
B: PERSON1^*
B: persö{nlich}
B: SCHULE3
B: schule
B: WICHTIG1*
B: wichtig
A: But here in Berlin it is not really working out with school.
B: Well that thing with the CIs is just done too soon.
A: berlin
A: BERLIN1A*
A: HIER1
B: CI2*
B: ci
A: SCHULE3*
A: schule
A: $GEST-NM-KOPFSCHÜTTELN1^
A: [MG]
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: [MG]
A: $GEST-NM^
B: FRÜH2*
B: zu früh
B: And the problems I was talking about earlier, well.
B: $INDEX1
B: KRISE1
B: [MG]
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: [MG]
B: About nuclear energy, yes.
C: Ah well.
B: RUND8^*
B: WERFEN1^*
B: atom
B: ||$GEST^
B: [MG]
B: Now, I once met a Japanese person.
B: ||$GEST^
B: ICH1
B: EINMAL1B
B: einmal
B: ERLEBNIS2
B: erlebt
B: $NUM-EINER1A:1
B: ein
B: JAPAN1
B: japan
B: You sign it like that, ‘Japan’.
B: $INDEX1
B: GEBÄRDEN1C*
B: JAPAN1*
B: I was at the world congress in Vienna.
B: ICH1
B: weltkongress
B: WELT1
B: KONGRESS1B*
B: wien
B: WIEN1*
B: ICH1
B: $INDEX1
B: I drove there and took a look around.
B: ICH1
B: FAHREN1*
B: BESICHTIGEN1*
B: $INDEX1
B: ICH1
B: BEREICH1A^*
B: [MG]
B: The Japanese people were very friendly and their signing was very different from everybody else’s.
B: japan
B: JAPAN1
B: BEREICH1A^*
B: GEBÄRDEN1C*
B: ANDERS1
B: anders
B: GEBÄRDEN1C*
B: I got to know an older gentleman there who was walking around with his walking stick.
B: MANN10*
B: mann
B: GEHSTOCK1*
B: SCHÜTTELN-HAND1A^
B: Somebody told me that he was quite old.
B: ||BESCHEID1A*
B: ||$INDEX1
B: ||ALT2A*
B: alt
B: ||MANN10*
B: When I asked him, he confirmed it and said he was more than 74 years of age, yes.
B: ||MANN10*
B: BESCHEID1A*
B: ÜBER1
B: über
B: $NUM-EINER1B:4
B: vier
B: vierundsiebzig
B: $NUM-EINER1B:4
B: $NUM-ZEHNER2A:7d
B: ALT2B*
B: I was also told he apparently had survived the nuclear bomb on Hiroshima.
B: BESCHEID1A*
B: $INDEX1
B: ÜBERLEBEN1
B: überleben
B: ATOM1*
B: hiroshima
B: WERFEN1^
B: [MG]
B: ÜBERLEBEN1
B: überleben
B: My goodness! But he told me it was true.
B: $GEST-NM^
B: $GEST-NM-KOPFNICKEN1^
B: When I asked him about it, he showed me his shoulder, which was deformed.
B: $GEST^
B: ECHT1*||$INDEX1
B: echt
B: BESCHEID1A*
B: BESCHEID1A
B: $PROD*
B: It was from a baby that had merged with his shoulder.
B: BABY1
B: baby
B: KIND1*
B: kind
B: $PROD*
B: [MG]
B: Because of the bomb it had merged with his shoulder, and he has been carrying it around with him until today.
B: $PROD*
B: [MG]
B: BIS-HEUTE2
B: bis heute noch
B: On his shoulder, that is.
B: $PROD*
B: I got goosebumps, it was unbelievable.
B: ICH2
B: GÄNSEHAUT1
B: [MG]
B: SCHLAUER-WERDEN1^
B: He recently passed away.
B: VOR-KURZEM1
B: TOD4
B: tot
C: He really had a baby melt into his shoulder? Jesus Christ! I am getting goosebumps!
B: He is very well-known.
B: BEKANNT1A
B: bekannt
B: Yes, it just melted into his shoulder. Just merged with it!
B: SCHAFFEN1B^
B: [MG]
B: $PROD*
B: [MG]
B: $PROD*
B: [MG]
B: When he told me about it, I was very moved by it.
B: GEBÄRDEN1B
B: ICH1*
B: $GEST-HAND-AUF-BRUST1^
B: [MG]
B: $GEST-NM-KOPFNICKEN1^
B: A theater group traveled there, as well.
B: $GEST^
B: und
B: $INDEX1
B: theatergruppe
B: THEATER6
B: GRUPPE2A*
B: FAHREN1
B: ||$INDEX1
B: They were invited to Japan.
B: JAPAN1
B: japan
B: EINLADEN1A
B: einladen
B: I was not there myself.
B: ICH1*
B: The others who wanted to go went there together, as it was quite expensive.
B: $INDEX1
B: TEUER2*
B: FRAGE1*
B: frage
B: ZUSAMMEN6
B: RICHTUNG1^
B: They traveled there.
B: REISE3*
B: reisen
B: The emperor’s daughter was present as well.
B: UNTER1B^*
B: daunter
B: KAISER1A*
B: kaisers
B: TOCHTER1
B: tochter
B: DABEI1A
B: dabei
B: One could see her during the theater play, she was giving applause.
B: SEHEN1
B: DABEI1A
B: mit dabei
B: THEATER6
B: theater
B: APPLAUS2
B: The hotel that everybody stayed at was not very far away from the ground zero area which was hit by the nuclear bomb.
B: UND3*
B: und
B: HOTEL9*
B: hotel
B: VON-BIS1*
B: $INDEX1
B: hotel
B: HOTEL9*
B: $PROD*
B: atom
B: $INDEX1
B: ATOM1
B: NAHE1B*
B: nah
B: $INDEX1
B: SCHLAFEN1A
B: HOTEL9*
B: hotel
B: So, it was in Hiroshima, really close to where the bomb was dropped.
B: ATOM1
B: $ALPHA1:H
B: hiroshima
B: ATOM1
B: atom
B: NAHE1A*
B: nähe
B: $INDEX1
B: That is how it was told to me.
B: ERLEBNIS2*
B: erlebt
B: BESCHEID1A*
B: As I said, I was not there myself.
B: ICH1
B: DABEI1A*
B: dabei
B: They were lucky to be able to see all of that.
B: GLÜCK2
B: glück
B: Back then, I initiated all that and organized the trip.
B: ICH1
B: ENGAGIEREN-SICH2
B: [MG]
B: ICH1
B: organisieren
B: ORGANISIEREN1
B: ICH1
B: The man that I talked about earlier, with the shoulder deformation.
B: ICH1
B: $INDEX1
B: $PROD*
B: $INDEX1
B: He fully and proudly accepted that part of his body and did not care what others thought.
B: $GEST-NM-KOPFNICKEN1^
B: $INDEX2
B: MUT2*
B: mut
B: $GEST-NM-SCHULTERZUCKEN1^
B: He was not ashamed of it.
B: SCHAM4*
B: [MG]
B: His shoulder forever reminded him of his daughter, to him she continued to live on in his body.
B: SCHULTER2*
B: ERINNERUNG3B
B: ICH1
B: MEIN1
B: mein
B: TOCHTER1
B: tochter
B: LEBEN1A*
B: leben
B: NOCH4B
B: noch
B: INNEN1A
B: in im
B: HABEN-BESITZEN1*
B: im
B: KÖRPER1*
B: körper
A: Wow, that is heavy!
A: $ORAL^
A: ja
B: That touched me deeply!
B: $GEST-NM^
B: [MG]
A: ANSTRENGEND5*
A: [MG]
B: TUT-MIR-LEID3
A: Oh well.
A: $GEST^
B: I like learning new things.
B: GENUG1^*
B: sehr
A: If I had to see that on myself, it would irritate me.
A: $GEST^
B: VIEL1A
B: viel
B: NEU5*
B: neues
B: NEHMEN2^*
A: EIGEN1A^*
A: ??
B: I am old, but I have gained a lot of experience.
A: SEHEN-AUF1*
A: sehen
B: ICH1
B: ich
B: ALT5A*
B: alt
A: $GEST-NM^
A: [MG]
B: auch
B: AUCH1A
B: ICH1
B: SEHEN-AUF1||ALT6*
B: ICH1
B: VIEL1A*
B: INHALT3
C: Were there any hairs left on the shoulder?
B: No, no, it just looks like a bump in the tissue on his shoulder.
B: $GEST-NM-KOPFSCHÜTTELN1^
B: $PROD*
B: FLECK1A^*
B: fleck
B: $PROD*
B: [MG]
B: $PROD*
B: beule
B: It grew together and hardened, you only see a couple of bumps.
B: $PROD*
B: ??
B: $PROD*
B: It feels kind of hard; it turned stiff.
B: SCHULTER2*
B: HART1A*
B: hart
B: BISSCHEN4
B: biss{chen}
B: $PROD*
B: Through the radiation of the explosion the baby’s body melted into the shoulder and all that remained were those bumps.
B: $PROD*
B: schnell
B: $PROD*
B: [MG]
B: $PROD*
C: Imagine if you had seven babies melted into your body. Oh wow, I am sorry!
B: No, no, he held his baby in his arm and when the explosion came the little body promptly merged with his shoulder.
B: $INDEX1
B: er
B: $PROD*
B: [MG]
B: It happened early in the morning on their way to school, that is when the bomb exploded.
B: $INDEX1
B: FRÜH2*
B: früh
B: EXPLOSION2*
B: $INDEX1
A: Oh come on. [reacting to moderator’s comment]
B: SCHULE3*
B: schule
A: $GEST-OFF^
B: EXPLOSION2
B: [MG]
B: I have experienced a lot of incredible things.
B: VIEL5*
B: ICH1
B: SCHON1A
B: MERKWÜRDIG1
B: I’m getting goosebumps!
B: ICH1
B: ich
B: SCHON1A*
B: schon
B: $INDEX1
B: gänsehaut
B: GANS1
B: HAUT2*
C: I just have too big of an imagination!
B: Yes, that might have been too many news for you.
B: $GEST^
B: DU1*
B: NEU1A*
B: neu
B: She did not talk about that many new things, but I did.
B: DU1*
B: NEU1A
B: neu
B: ICH1
B: ich
C: Yes, that story about the baby that melted into his shoulder. That was a great one.
B: VIEL1A
B: viel
B: DU1*
B: ICH1
B: I should probably try and take a step back.
B: $INDEX1
B: BREMSE2
B: bremse
B: $INDEX1
B: When people see this later on, they will throw their hands up in horror and say, this #Name2 is impossible.
B: $INDEX1
B: SAMMELN3^*
B: AUSBREITEN1A^*
C: We are almost done, anyway. Ah, you are definitely allowed to say that. Berlin is just a little bit crazy and has lots of debts - but we are sexy.
B: SEHR7
B: [MG]
B: #name2
B: MÖGLICH1*
B: unmöglich
B: All right.
B: ||LASSEN1*
B: [MG]
B: ||ICH1
B: Many people tell me that I am still quite great for my 80 years of age, but well.
B: ALLE1A
B: BESCHEID1A*
B: $NUM-ZEHNER2A:8d*
B: ach{t}zig
B: ALT5A
B: alt
B: WIE-FRAGE-VERGLEICH1*
B: ICH1
B: $GEST-NM-SCHULTERZUCKEN1^
C: Now we will move on to the next topic. Maybe you could discuss this shortly, I think we have about two minutes left. What do you think about the smoking ban? Are you in favor or against it?
B: I am a non-smoker.
B: ICH1
B: nichtraucher
B: NICHT1*
B: RAUCHEN1A*
B: ICH1
C: Are you against it? If you are sitting in a restaurant eating and somebody next to you starts smoking, are you okay with that or are you against it?
B: I have never smoked in my entire life!
B: ICH1
B: AUFWACHSEN1A
B: NICHT3A
B: nicht
B: EINMAL1B
B: ein{mal}
B: RAUCHEN1A*
B: rauchen
B: ICH1
B: Oh, well.
B: $GEST-NM-KOPFSCHÜTTELN1^
B: [MG]
B: Yes, that would annoy me.
B: STÖRUNG1A*
B: stören
C: Right. How about you? Okay.
B: $GEST-NM-KOPFNICKEN1^
A: Yes, that would really bother me.
A: $ORAL^
A: ja
A: VOLL2A
A: voll
A: STÖRUNG1A*
A: stören
B: The Vietnamese sell hash on the black market, that is poisonous.
C: Good.
A: $GEST-NM-KOPFSCHÜTTELN1^
B: UND3*
B: und
B: $LIST1:2of2d*
B: zweite
B: VIETNAM4*
B: vietnam
B: VERKAUFEN1
B: verkauf
B: SCHWARZ3
B: schwa{rz}
B: VERKAUFEN1
B: ZIGARETTE1
B: hasch
B: GIFT8*
B: gift
B: $GEST-OFF^
A: I cannot stand cigarettes either. The smell alone makes me want to puke.
A: ZIGARETTE1
A: zigarette
A: MERKWÜRDIG3*
A: [MG]
A: GERUCH3
A: geruch
B: Yes, horrible. But they do not care, they ignore everything, it does not matter to them.
B: $GEST-NM^
A: KOTZEN1
A: zum kotzen
B: GLEICHGÜLTIG1
B: [MG]
A: Sometimes there are people who smoke very cautiously and try not blowing the smoke everywhere.
B: ZUNEHMEN1^*
B: [MG]
A: MANCHMAL1
A: manchmal
B: GLEICHGÜLTIG1*
A: LEUTE2
A: leute
A: RAUCHEN1A
A: SAUBER1
A: sauber
A: $PROD*
A: But others give off clouds of smoke completely inconsiderately. And if I get hit by a wave of smoke like that, well, that’s just disgusting.
A: ES-GIBT3*
A: gibt leute
A: $PROD*
A: [MG]
A: $PROD*
A: [MG]
A: GERUCH3*
A: [MG]
C: And I am a clean, considerate smoker? More or less, right? Oh jeez.
B: There are old cigarette stubs scattered on the floor everywhere!
B: WERFEN1^*
A: Well, I can sit with you. [reaction to moderator’s question]
A: ZUSAMMEN3A*
A: zusammen
A: SITZEN1A
A: sitzen
B: In Germany there are many cigarette butts lying on the ground.
B: $GEST-AUFMERKSAMKEIT1^
B: ICH1
B: LASSEN2C^*
B: Oh right, in China you get punished for throwing a cigarette bud on the ground! What about here?
B: $INDEX1
B: JAPAN1*
B: CHINA2
B: china
B: STRASSE1
B: str{aße}
B: $INDEX1
B: STRAFE1B
B: strafe
B: $INDEX1
B: FINDEN1A
B: ZIGARETTE1*
B: STRAFE1B
B: strafe
B: $INDEX1
B: LASSEN2C^*
B: [MG]
B: $PROD*
B: $GEST-OFF^
C: Right, on to the next one.
A: Maybe they do it in secret.
A: VIEL1A
A: viel
A: heimlich heimlich
A: HEIMLICH1A*
A: $GEST-OFF^