B: Whether I was a rascal?
B: ICH1
B: ich
B: STUHLGANG1A^*
B: lausbub
B: Yes.
B: GUT1^*
B: ja
B: I used to be just like that.
B: ICH1
B: FRÜHER1*
B: früher
B: SELBST1A
B: selbst
B: $GEST-NM-KOPFNICKEN1^*
B: stimmt
B: It showed when I was in school.
B: DIESE1B*
B: [MG]
B: SELBST1A
B: ICH1
B: SCHULE1D*
B: schu{le}
B: ICH1
B: When I was born, people were glad because they assumed that I could hear.
B: MUTTER1*
B: meine mutter
B: GEBURT1B
B: [MG]
B: $PROD*
B: [MG]
B: HÖREND1A*
B: hörend
B: gut
B: GUT1
B: $PROD*
B: But thirteen months later people began worrying, because I wouldn’t react to my parents calling me.
B: $GEST-NM^
B: $NUM-TEEN2A:3d
B: dreizehn
B: MONAT1
B: monate
B: SPÄTER10*
B: später
B: HÖREND1A^*
B: JA1A^*
B: $ORAL^
B: hallo
B: MAMA1A*
B: mama
B: ICH1*
B: $PROD*
B: [MG]
B: My mother was wondering what was going on.
B: MUTTER1*
B: mutter
B: WUNDERN1*
B: She took me to a doctor for a medical check-up.
B: $PROD*
B: [MG]
B: VORSORGE1*
B: vorsor{ge}
B: ARZT1*
B: arzt
B: MUTTER1*
B: mutter
B: $PROD*
B: a{rzt}
B: BESCHEID1A*
B: ARZT1*
B: She told the doctor that I couldn’t hear.
B: $GEST^
B: SAGEN1*
B: $INDEX2
B: $INDEX1
B: ICH1
B: mein
B: sohn
B: SOHN1
B: $INDEX1
B: OHR1^*
B: hö{ren}
B: NICHT6*
B: The doctor made a noise with something made of metal to see whether I would respond, but I just kept staring into space.
B: arzt
B: $GEST^
B: HAMMER1*
B: VIERECK1^*
B: wie
B: metall
B: METALL1*
B: $PROD*
B: HAMMER1*
B: [MG]
B: ICH1
B: $GEST-NM^
B: He tried to scare me several times, but I didn’t react.
B: ARZT1*
B: arzt
B: HAMMER1*
B: WUNDERN1*
B: HAMMER1*
B: WUNDERN1
B: When I was two or three years old, my parents just didn’t know what to do with me.
B: MUTTER2*
B: JETZT1
B: jetzt
B: KOMMEN1
B: kommt
B: $NUM-ORD1:2d*
B: DANACH1A^
B: kommt
B: $NUM-EINER1A:2d
B: zwei jahre alt
B: $NUM-EINER1A:3d
B: drei
B: ALT3
B: jahr alt
B: WIE-FRAGE-VERGLEICH1*
B: wie
B: wohin
B: WOHIN1*
B: $INDEX2
B: $PROD*
B: WIE3A*
B: wie
B: My mother was really helpless and didn’t know what to do, how to/
B: hilflos
B: HELFEN1*
B: $WORTTEIL-LOS1
B: MUTTER1*
B: mu{tter}
B: ANFÜHRUNGSZEICHEN1*
B: hilflos
B: HELFEN1*
B: $WORTTEIL-LOS2*
B: HILFLOS3*
B: [MG]
A: Your parents are hearing?
B: WIE-FRAGE-VERGLEICH1*
B: wie
A: $GEST-AUFMERKSAMKEIT1^
A: DEIN1*
A: deine
A: ELTERN1B*
A: eltern
A: HÖREND1A
A: hörend
A: DU1*
B: Yes, everyone in my family is hearing.
B: ICH1
B: meine
B: FAMILIE1*
B: familie
B: HÖREND1A*
B: hörend
B: ALLE1A*
B: alle
B: I’m the only deaf person.
B: ICH2
B: ich
B: ALLEIN1A^*
B: einzig
B: TAUB-GEHÖRLOS1A
B: ICH2
B: $GEST^
B: My mother didn’t know what to do.
B: ICH1
B: und
B: $GEST^
B: WIE-FRAGE-VERGLEICH1*
B: wie wie wie
B: My uncles are all hearing, so I was the only deaf person.
B: ICH1*
B: mein
B: ONKEL1A*
B: onkel
B: ALLE2B*||$INDEX1
B: alle
B: HÖREND1A*
B: hörend
B: ALLE1A*
B: WUNDERN1*
B: ein
B: $NUM-EINER1A:1d
B: PERSON1
B: TAUB-GEHÖRLOS1A*
B: My mother’s sister felt a lot of pity for me.
B: ABER1*
B: aber
B: ICH1*
B: meine
B: MUTTER1*
B: mu{tter}
B: schwester
B: SCHWESTER1A
B: $INDEX1
B: mitleid
B: LEIDEN1A^
B: AUF-PERSON1*
B: My aunt had compassion for me, a deaf person.
B: tante
B: TANTE9*
B: ANFÜHRUNGSZEICHEN1*
B: tante
B: TANTE9*
B: $INDEX1
B: LEIDEN1A^*
B: mitlei{d}
B: AUF-PERSON1*
B: auf
B: [MG]
B: $GEST^
B: TAUB-GEHÖRLOS1A*
B: $GEST^
B: $INDEX1
B: [MG]
B: The doctor tried to give my mother some advice.
B: $GEST^
B: $INDEX1
B: arzt
B: ARZT1*
B: BASTELN1B^*
B: MUSS1
B: muss
B: VERSUCHEN2*
B: versuch mal
B: I needed physical activity, and I didn’t get that at home.
B: ICH1
B: [MG]
B: brauch
B: BRAUCHEN1
B: ICH1*
B: BEWEGUNG1A*
B: $PROD*
B: zu hause
B: My mother noticed that I was always on my own, so she decided to send me to a kindergarten for hearing children.
B: MUTTER1*
B: mutter
B: $INDEX1
B: [MG]
B: EINSAM1A*
B: LIEBER1*
B: lieber
B: WERFEN1^*
B: kinderga{rten}
B: KIND2*
B: ABSETZEN1*
B: HÖREND1A*
B: hörend
B: WERFEN1^*
B: kindergarten
B: DENKEN1B
B: [MG]
B: HÖREND1A*
B: hörend
B: WERFEN1^
B: kindergarten
B: I was a very bouncy child, short, sturdy, and very active.
B: ICH1
B: $PROD*
B: [MG]
B: BEWEGUNG1B
B: [MG]
B: KLEIN3
B: klein
B: STARK2B*
B: stark
B: BEWEGUNG1A^
B: leb{haft}
B: STARK2B
B: [MG]
B: ICH1
B: ich
B: KLEIN3
B: klein
B: BEWEGUNG1A^*
B: [MG]
B: $GEST^
B: LAUFEN-HERUM1
B: [MG]
B: But still, I was very isolated among all the other children.
B: EINSAM1A*
B: einsam
B: NUR2B
B: nur
B: ISOLATION1A*
B: isolation
B: hörend
B: HÖREND1A*
B: BEREICH1A^*
B: EINSAM1A
B: eins{am}
B: When it was time to eat, I always cut the line, and the others looked at me weirdly.
B: BALD3*
B: bald
B: pause
B: ZUSAMMEN1A*
B: PAUSE1*
B: ESSEN2*
B: essen
B: DRÄNGELN1
B: [MG]
B: HÖREND1A*
B: hörend
B: SEHEN-AUF2*
B: My voice also made weird sounds that confused the others.
B: ICH1*
B: BEWEGUNG1A*
B: [MG]
B: STIMME1
B: stimme
B: $PROD*
B: [MG]
B: When the others stared at me while I was eating, I fell completely silent.
B: ICH1
B: STILL2
B: ICH1
B: DISKUSSION1B
B: ||LÖFFEL1A^*
B: My mother was worried about that.
B: MUTTER1*
B: mu{tter}
B: SORGEN-SICH1A*
B: [MG]
B: She talked to a nurse, who said that my current situation wasn’t good for me, and that she should rather take me somewhere else.
B: MUTTER1*
B: mutter
B: DANN1A
B: dann
B: krankenschwester
B: KRANKENSCHWESTER1*
B: $INDEX1
B: SCHAUEN1*
B: $GEST^
B: [MG]
B: mutter
B: MUTTER1*
B: BESCHEID1A*
B: MUSS1
B: muss
B: ANDERS2
B: andere
B: UMZIEHEN2
B: schule
B: woanders
B: ||WOANDERS2*
B: ANDERS2*
B: VIELLEICHT3*
B: vielleicht
B: $INDEX1
B: BESSER1
B: besser
B: So, my mother told me to come over to her.
B: MUTTER1*
B: mutter
B: SICH-MIT-ETWAS-ABFINDEN3A*
B: $PROD*
B: KOMMEN-AUFFORDERN1*
B: komm
B: ICH2*
B: $GEST^
B: ICH2*
B: $PROD*
B: She said, that there would be fewer children at the new place, and it would just be smaller in general.
B: ANDERS2*
B: a{nders}
B: HIER1*
B: hier
B: BEREICH1D^
B: zu viel
B: VIEL1A*
B: BEREICH1D^
B: NEIN2A*
B: KLEIN6
B: klein
B: $INDEX1
B: KLEIN6
B: klein
B: ||KOMMEN-AUFFORDERN1*
B: komm
B: But again, there were only hearing children there, so I was isolated again.
B: ICH1
B: UMZIEHEN2^*
B: AUCH1A
B: auch
B: DASSELBE2A*
B: {das}selbe
B: hörende
B: HÖREND1A*
B: IN3
B: UMZIEHEN2^
B: ICH1*
B: auch
B: ISOLATION1A
B: isoliert
B: My mother kept thinking about what to do with me, she was helpless.
B: MUTTER1*
B: mutter
B: SORGEN-SICH1A*
B: WIE-FRAGE-VERGLEICH1*
B: wie
B: MUTTER1*
B: ANFÜHRUNGSZEICHEN1*
B: [MG]
B: hilflos
B: HELFEN1*
B: $WORTTEIL-LOS1
B: She didn’t know anything about deafness.
B: $INDEX2
B: KENNEN1A
B: kenn
B: NICHT6*
B: BILD4
B: bild
B: TAUB-GEHÖRLOS1B*
B: KENNEN1A*
B: kenn
B: NICHT1*
B: nicht
B: $INDEX1
B: She was desperately thinking about what to do.
B: $GEST-ÜBERLEGEN3^*
B: mutter
B: WIE-FRAGE-VERGLEICH1*
B: wie
B: So she took me to the doctor once more to ask what to do.
B: NOCHMAL2A
B: noch ma{l}
B: ARZT1*
B: arzt
B: $PROD*
B: arzt
B: BESCHEID1A*
B: ARZT1*
B: They did a lot of research, until they found the school for the deaf-mute in Munich, in the Fuerstenrieder Strasse [street name].
B: $GEST-ÜBERLEGEN2^*
B: überlegt
B: ARZT1*
B: arzt
B: FORSCHUNG1B*
B: $PROD*
B: FINDEN1D*
B: [MG]
B: taubstummenschule
B: TAUBSTUMM1*
B: TITEL-ÜBERSCHRIFT1^*
B: IN1
B: in
B: münchen
B: MÜNCHEN1A*
B: TITEL-ÜBERSCHRIFT1^*
B: fürsten{rieder}straße
B: FÜR1^
B: STRASSE1
B: STRASSE2*
B: TITEL-ÜBERSCHRIFT1^*
B: My mother was really thrilled when she heard about the school for the deaf-mute.
B: MUTTER5
B: mutter
B: taubstumm{enschule}
B: TAUBSTUMM1*
B: TITEL-ÜBERSCHRIFT1^*
B: Deaf-mute is what people still said back then.
B: FRÜHER1*
B: früher
B: ZUGEBEN2
B: zugeben
B: $INDEX1
B: $GEST-OFF^*
B: TITEL-ÜBERSCHRIFT1^*
B: My mother wanted to take me there right away and told me that there would be other deaf children at this school.
B: ICH2*
B: $INDEX1
B: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^*||$PROD*
B: ICH2*
B: $GEST-AUFMERKSAMKEIT1^*
B: $PROD*
B: [MG]
B: ICH1*
B: KOMMEN-AUFFORDERN1*||$PROD*
B: $INDEX1*
B: SCHULE1E*
B: schu{le}
B: LESEN1B*
B: KIND2*
B: kinder
B: $INDEX1
B: MAL-SEHEN1*
B: ||KOMMEN-AUFFORDERN1*
B: I said okay and let her take me there.
B: ICH1
B: $PROD*
B: ICH1
B: SICH-MIT-ETWAS-ABFINDEN3A
B: [MG]
B: $PROD*
B: When I got there, I was really astonished.
B: ICH1
B: I had never seen people sign, and so I was amazed to watch these children.
B: FÜR1*
B: für
B: GEBÄRDEN1A*
B: NOCH-NICHT2*
B: noch nicht
B: ICH2*
B: $GEST-NM^
B: One of the children came over and signed something to me. It confused me.
B: $PROD*
B: GEBÄRDEN1G*
B: My mother indicated that the other children also couldn’t hear, that they were just like me.
B: BESCHEID1A*
B: mama
B: MAMA7*
B: $GEST-AUFMERKSAMKEIT1^
B: MAMA1A*
B: mama
B: BESCHEID1A*
B: $INDEX1
B: HÖREND1A^*
B: NICHT3A*
B: $INDEX1*
B: GLEICH1A
B: $INDEX1*
B: I asked whether they really were like me, and she said yes.
B: ICH1
B: ich
B: GLEICH1A
B: gleich
B: BEIDE1*
B: KOPF-NICKEN1*
B: ja
B: Then, one of the educators came and asked me to come with him.
B: ERZIEHUNG2B
B: erzieh{er}
B: KOMMEN-AUFFORDERN1*
B: komm komm
B: I looked at the educator wonderingly, and then trudged after him.
B: ICH1*
B: WUNDERN1*
B: [MG]
B: FUSS3^*
B: WIE3A*
B: wie
B: FUSS3^*
B: My mother told me that she would be back in three hours.
B: MUTTER1*
B: mutter
B: GUT1*
B: ICH1
B: ich
B: $NUM-EINER1A:3d
B: drei
B: stu{nden}
B: ZEIT3^*
B: ICH1
B: KOMMEN1
B: komm
B: Then she wanted to check how it went.
B: WIE3B
B: will
B: TEST1
B: test
B: BEREICH1A^*
B: MUTTER1*
B: m{utter}
B: Right away, the other children came to me, said hello and started signing to me.
B: BESCHEID1A*
B: $PROD*
B: HALLO1*
B: hallo
B: KENNEN1A^*
B: I just didn’t know how to react, because I couldn’t sign.
B: ICH1*
B: ich
B: FEHLEN1A^
B: GEBÄRDEN1A*
B: KANN1*
B: $INDEX1
B: I watched them all, my eyes wandering over them, and after some time I mustered the courage to also start signing.
B: ICH1
B: AUGE1*
B: aug
B: $PROD*
B: [MG]
B: ERBLICKEN1^*
B: [MG]
B: WIE-FRAGE-VERGLEICH1*
B: wie
B: $INDEX1*
B: [MG]
B: GEBÄRDEN1A
B: [MG]
B: I really felt something grow in me, because I felt so good.
B: KÖRPER1^*
B: GEFÜHL3
B: fühl
B: PRODUZIEREN2^*
B: BEISPIEL1*
B: beispiel
B: WIE3B*
B: wie
B: BLÜHEN1B*
B: ??
B: WOHL1
B: wohl
B: When meeting hearing children, I was a bit more guarded in the beginning.
B: KONTAKT2B
B: kontakt
B: KOMMEN1*
B: komm
B: SCHRITT1^*
B: $GEST^
B: But then the other children asked me to come with them, and soon after, I ran after them like an eager puppy.
B: $PROD*
B: KOMMEN-AUFFORDERN1*
B: komm her
B: RENNEN2
B: [MG]
B: KOMMEN-AUFFORDERN1*
B: [MG]
B: RENNEN2
B: [MG]
B: ICH1
B: AUCH1A*
B: FOLGEN1B
B: WIE3B*
B: HUND2*
B: hu{nd}
B: $PROD*
B: [MG]
B: PERFEKT-IN-ETWAS-SEIN1
B: [MG]
B: Three hours later my mother returned.
B: MUTTER2*
B: mutter
B: $INDEX1
B: STUNDE2B*
B: drei stu{nden}
B: SPÄTER10*
B: später
B: MUTTER1*||KOMMEN3
B: mutter
B: First she only looked through the window and was surprised to see me so perky, playing with everyone.
B: MUTTER1*
B: mutter
B: SEHEN-AUF1*
B: sch{au}
B: FENSTER6*
B: fen{ster}
B: SEHEN-AUF1*
B: $GEST-NM^
B: MEIN1*
B: mein
B: SOHN1*
B: sohn
B: lebhaft
B: BEWEGUNG1B^*
B: BEREICH1A^*
B: [MG]
B: RENNEN1*
B: $PROD*
B: She was astonished.
B: MUTTER1*
B: mutter
B: $INDEX1
B: [MG]
B: Then it all became clear to her.
B: KLAR1D
B: klar
B: ABMACHEN1
B: She came over to me and asked whether I wanted to go home, but I really wanted to stay.
B: ICH1*
B: BEWEGUNG1B*
B: MAMA11*
B: mama
B: ||KOMMEN3*
B: MAMA11*
B: mama
B: FERTIG4
B: WEG-FORT1^
B: heim
B: ICH2
B: NEIN2A
B: ICH1
B: BLEIBEN2*
B: bleib bleib
B: She was surprised that I didn’t want to go, but I insisted on staying.
B: MUTTER1*
B: mutter
B: BLEIBEN2*
B: bleib
B: ICH1
B: BLEIBEN2*
B: bleib bleib
B: ICH2
B: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^*
B: [MG]
B: My mother felt for me because she understood that, unlike all the deaf children, she couldn’t sign with me.
B: MUTTER1*
B: mutter
B: $GEST-NM^
B: UNTERHALTUNG2C*
B: unterhalt
B: KONTAKT2A
B: kontakt
B: wie
B: WIE-FRAGE-VERGLEICH1*
B: AUF-PERSON1
B: ARMER1
B: arm
B: She was a bit insecure, but then she made a decision.
B: MUTTER1*
B: mutter
B: UNSICHER1
B: [MG]
B: $GEST-NM-KOPFNICKEN1^
B: [MG]
B: She quickly filled out the application for admission and organised everything.
B: DANN1A
B: dann
B: GEBEN3A^*
B: mutter
B: aufnahme
B: AUFNEHMEN1
B: UNTERSCHREIBEN1B
B: $PROD*
B: [MG]
B: FERTIG1B
B: From then onwards, I went to that kindergarten for two years.
B: DANN7
B: KINDERGARTEN1A*
B: kinder{garten}
B: LOS-START2*
B: los
B: JAHR1A*
B: zwei jah{re}
B: From the age of four until I was six I played and romped around there.
B: ICH2*
B: $NUM-EINER1A:4
B: vier
B: BIS1*
B: bis
B: $NUM-EINER1B:6d
B: sechs
B: ICH2*
B: [MG]
B: RENNEN1*
B: DISKUSSION1B*
B: BEWEGUNG1B
B: My mother could see that it had been a good decision.
B: MUTTER1*
B: mutter
B: STIMMT1A
B: stimmt
B: I went home every two weeks, so, twice a month.
B: ICH2*
B: WOCHE1A
B: woche
B: MAL3*
B: zweimal
B: HEIM6*
B: heim heim
B: [MG]
B: BEIDE2A*
B: HIN-UND-HER1*
B: $LIST1:2of2d
B: MONAT1
B: monat
B: MAL3*
B: zweimal
B: HEIM6*
B: [MG]
B: On Sundays, I was always watching the clock, and my mother had to tell me that I had to wait a little more until I could leave.
B: ICH1
B: MAMA11*
B: mama
B: FORT2*
B: fort
B: ICH1*
B: SONNTAG2
B: sonntag
B: UHR1*
B: $GEST-AUFMERKSAMKEIT1^*
B: mama
B: UHR1
B: [MG]
B: ||JETZT1
B: $PROD*||$INDEX1
B: WEG-ENTFERNEN1C
B: But I wanted to leave early.
B: [MG]
B: $GEST-NM-KOPFSCHÜTTELN1^
B: $PROD*
B: Because of that, my mother thought I wanted to get rid of her.
B: MUTTER1*
B: mutter
A: You were really keen on getting back.
B: FRÜH3B*
B: früher
A: NUR2A
B: WIE3B*
B: wie
A: ZEIT6
A: zeit
B: LOS-SEIN1
B: los
B: $INDEX1
A: NUR2A*
A: SPANNUNG3*
A: ZURÜCK1A*
A: zurück
A: DU1*
B: Sure! My mother would just tell me the time we would eat, and then I would just continue to sit there waiting.
B: ICH1
B: $INDEX1
B: MAMA7*
B: mama
B: BESCHEID1A*
B: [MG]
B: ESSEN2*
B: [MG]
B: FERTIG1A*
B: DANN6*
B: ICH1*
B: SITZEN1A*
B: [MG]
B: At some point she bought me a toy car with which I then played.
B: $INDEX1
B: MAMA1B*
B: mama
B: KAUFEN1A
B: kauf
B: ICH2*
B: für
B: AUTO1*
B: auto
B: GEBEN1*
B: I played around with it, but I was always alone and had no one to talk to.
B: ICH2*
B: $PROD*
B: [MG]
B: ||$GEST-OFF^
B: [MG]
B: ||BESCHEID1A*
B: [MG]
B: ||GEWESEN1^
B: ALLEIN4*
B: nur allein
B: $PROD*
B: [MG]
B: I didn’t like that at all.
B: ICH2*
B: DOOF1B*
B: doof
B: EGAL3*
B: ega{l}
B: MUTTER1*
B: mutter
B: schnell
B: ICH1*
B: WEG-FORT1
B: My mother knew what was going on. She took me back there and waved me goodbye.
B: MUTTER1*
B: mutter
B: AUTO-FAHREN2*
B: WISSEN2A*
B: weiß
B: AUTO-FAHREN2*
B: LASSEN1
B: TSCHÜSS2A*
B: I was happy to be back with my friends and went on to play with them.
B: ICH2
B: ich
B: WOHL1
B: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^*
B: [MG]
B: $GEST^
B: [MG]
B: KOMMEN-AUFFORDERN1*
B: FEIERN1A^*
B: [MG]
B: LAUFEN-HERUM1*
B: abenteuer
B: UMGEHEN2^*
B: [MG]
B: I was in kindergarten until I was six years old, and then at age seven I got into school.
B: BIS1
B: bis
B: $NUM-EINER1D:6d*
B: KINDERGARTEN1A*
B: kindergarten
B: DANN1A
B: dann
B: WIE-FRAGE-VERGLEICH1*
B: wie
B: DANN1A
B: dann
B: $NUM-ORD1:7d
B: sieben
B: WIE-FRAGE-VERGLEICH1*
B: wie
B: schu{le}
B: ICH1*
B: SCHULE1A
B: It was right next to the kindergarten.
B: NEGATIV1^*
B: $INDEX2*
B: GEGENÜBER1*
B: That was an advantage for the children in the kindergarten on Fuerstenrieder Strasse, that their kindergarten and the school were right next to one another.
B: aber
B: ABER1*
B: ICH1
B: kindergarten
B: KIND2*
B: ICH2*
B: KINDERGARTEN1A*
B: fürstenrieder straße
B: WISSEN2B^
B: $ALPHA1:F*
B: ERFOLG2^*
B: ADRESSE1^*
B: vorteil
B: VORTEIL1*
B: $INDEX1*
B: KINDERGARTEN1A*
B: kindergarten
B: UND2A*
B: und
B: gehör{losen}schu{le}
B: TAUB-GEHÖRLOS1A
B: $PROD
B: ZUSAMMEN4
B: zusamm
B: The Realschule [type of German secondary school] wasn’t there.
B: EBEN-ZEIT1^*
B: früher
B: realschule
B: REALSCHULE1*
B: NEIN2B*
B: TRENNEN1C*
B: The school was right next door, so we kindergarteners were able to copy a bit from the signing students.
B: $INDEX1*
B: ICH1*
B: ERBLICKEN2
B: schule
B: SCHULE1D*
B: $INDEX1
B: TAUB-GEHÖRLOS1A
B: GEBÄRDEN1G*
B: ICH1
B: KANN2B*
B: kann
B: BISSCHEN4*
B: bisschen bisschen
B: GEBÄRDEN1G*
B: KANN1
B: kann
B: Then I entered first grade.
B: ICH1*
B: DANN2B
B: $NUM-ORD1:1d
B: erste
B: KLASSE2*
B: klasse
B: EINTRETEN1A
B: On my first day of school, I proudly walked next to my mom, carrying my backpack on my back.
B: $GEST-NM-KOPFNICKEN1^
B: ja
B: JA1A*
B: $NUM-ORD1:1d*
B: erste
B: KLASSE2*
B: klasse
B: SCHULE1D*
B: schule
B: RUCKSACK1
B: rucksack
B: $PROD*
B: [MG]
B: mama
B: MAMA1A*
B: BESCHEID1A*
B: TRAGEN1*
B: [MG]
B: MUTTER1*
B: mutter
B: It was an extraordinary situation for my mother as well, seeing so many deaf people there.
B: mutter
B: MUTTER1*
B: RANZEN1*
B: stimmt
B: STIMMT1A*
B: TAUB-GEHÖRLOS1A*
B: STIMMT1A*
B: stimmt
B: TAUB-GEHÖRLOS1A*
B: PRODUZIEREN2^*
B: [MG]
B: TAUB-GEHÖRLOS1A*
B: BEREICH1A^
B: [MG]
B: The teacher explained everything about the classes for the deaf students, that we would be split into groups A and B.
B: DANN2A*
B: gruppe
B: TAUB-GEHÖRLOS1A*
B: GRUPPE1A*
B: LEHRER2*
B: lehrer
B: SAGEN1*
B: sag
B: LEHRER1*
B: lehrer
B: [MG] lehrer
B: ERKLÄREN1*
B: $INDEX1
B: TAUB-GEHÖRLOS1A*
B: SO1A*
B: so
B: GRUPPE1A*
B: gruppe gruppe
B: $ALPHA1:A*
B: a
B: $ALPHA1:B*
B: b
B: $ALPHA1:A*
B: a
B: $ALPHA1:B*
B: b
B: The children who were hard of hearing and still could hear a bit better were in A.
B: $ALPHA1:A*
B: a
B: WERFEN1^*
B: SCHWERHÖRIG1*
B: gut
B: HÖREN2*
B: GUT1
B: UND2A*
B: und
B: TAUB-GEHÖRLOS1A*
B: The deaf children were in B; they were split up.
B: UNTERSCHIED2^*
B: aber
B: TAUB-GEHÖRLOS1A
B: taub
B: $ALPHA1:B
B: b
B: STELLEN1
B: TRENNEN2
B: Both classes used the oral method, but they were separated into 1a and 1b nonetheless.
B: ORAL1*
B: oral
B: WIE-FRAGE-VERGLEICH1*
B: wie
B: WORT1^*
B: VERBAND2A^
B: TRENNEN2
B: [MG]
B: MUSS1
B: muss
B: $ALPHA1:A*
B: a
B: $NUM-EINER1A:1
B: eins
B: UND5
B: und
B: $ALPHA1:B*
B: b
B: I was in group A, but there was also group B.
B: ICH2*
B: ich
B: $ALPHA1:A
B: a
B: $INDEX1
B: $ALPHA1:B
B: b
B: $INDEX1
B: LASSEN1^*
B: ICH2*
B: ANDERS1*
B: I thought school was really interesting, and I also liked doing homework.
B: ICH2*
B: lehrer
B: LEHRER2*
B: UNTERRICHTEN1^*
B: DAZU-IMMER-MEHR1^*
B: [MG]
B: INTERESSE1A
B: in{teres}s
B: SCHULE8
B: schule
B: ICH1
B: HAUSAUFGABE1*
B: hausaufgabe
B: But unfortunately I am colour-blind.
B: LEIDER1*
B: leider
B: EIN1A
B: ein
B: farb{en}blind
B: ICH1
B: FARBE1A*
B: BLIND1B*
B: ICH1*
B: During one incident, the teacher told us to draw something in the colours of a tree, so, in green and brown.
B: ICH1*
B: LEHRER2
B: lehrer
B: UNTERRICHTEN1^*
B: $$EXTRA-LING-MAN^
B: LEHRER2^*
B: $INDEX1
B: MEHR1*
B: mehr
B: $INDEX1||$PROD*
B: farbe
B: $INDEX1
B: MUSS1A^*
B: ICH1*
B: $INDEX1
B: $INDEX2
B: farbe
B: wie
B: $INDEX1
B: WIE3A
B: BRAUCHEN1^*
B: baum
B: MUSS1
B: GRÜN9A*
B: grün
B: UND2A
B: und
B: BRAUN11*
B: braun
B: BRAUCHEN2^*
B: MUSS1*
B: When I did it, I mixed up the colours, and the teacher told me that it was all wrong.
B: ICH1
B: ich
B: VERÄNDERN1B
B: verändern
B: MALEN2*
A: That’s interesting.
B: lehrer
B: LEHRER2*
A: ||INTERESSE1B*
B: $INDEX2*
B: SAGEN1*
B: sa{gen}
B: NEIN2B*
B: nein
A: ||$$EXTRA-LING-MAN^
B: I insisted that I did it right and that I had used the exact same colours as he had told us to use.
B: ICH2*
B: doch
B: $INDEX1*
B: GLEICH1A*
B: $INDEX1
B: ICH1
B: GLEICH1A*
B: gleich
B: But the teacher said it was wrong.
B: nein
B: SAGEN1*
B: NEIN2A*
B: I continued colouring and used the wrong colours.
B: ICH1*
B: ich
B: MALEN2*
B: FALSCH1
B: falsch
B: That made the teacher really angry.
B: LEHRER2*
B: lehrer
B: WÜTEND2*
B: The teacher took me by the hand and made me come with him.
B: LEHRER2*
B: FEST1A^
B: [MG]mist
B: komm her
B: ||KOMMEN-AUFFORDERN1
B: ||KOMMEN1*
B: ICH1
B: ich
B: $PROD*
B: [MG]
B: ICH1*
B: At the window, he showed me the tree outside, which was black. I had used dark brown in my painting.
B: scheibe
B: ERBLICKEN2^*
B: VIERECK1^*
B: ICH1*
B: farbe
B: FARBE1A*
B: $INDEX1*
B: SCHWARZ2*||ZEIGEN-PAPIER1^
B: schwarz
B: ABER1*
B: {a}ber
B: ICH2*
B: BRAUN4*
B: braun
B: dunkel
B: DUNKEL2*
B: $INDEX1*
B: I said that it was black.
B: ICH1
B: SCHWARZ2*
B: $INDEX1
B: MUSS1A^
B: ICH1
B: $INDEX1
B: schwarz
B: SCHWARZ2*
B: $INDEX1
B: The teacher said no again, and as punishment I was hit with a stick.
B: NEIN2A
B: nein
B: ICH1*
B: $INDEX1
B: ja
B: $PROD*
B: [MG]
B: STOCK1*
B: stock
B: $PROD*
B: [MG]
B: I endured the slaps.
B: SICH-MIT-ETWAS-ABFINDEN3A
B: SCHLAGEN1*
B: Although I was in pain, I still insisted that I was right.
B: $PROD*
B: [LM:au]
B: ICH1*
B: ich
B: farb
B: STIMMT1A*
B: FARBE1A*
B: $INDEX1
B: SAGEN1*
B: ICH2*
B: FARBE1A*
B: farb
B: The teacher didn’t believe me and hit me with the stick again and again.
B: LEHRER2*
B: lehrer
B: GLAUBEN2A
B: glaub
B: NICHT3A*
B: HART1D*
B: hart
B: ICH1*
B: $PROD*
B: stock
B: $INDEX1||HAND1A*
B: SCHLAGEN1^*||$NUM-EINER1A:2d*
B: stock
B: SICH-MIT-ETWAS-ABFINDEN3A*
B: Later, the teacher sent me to an eye specialist.
B: ABLAUF1^*
B: DU1*
B: [MG]zum
B: augenarzt
B: AUGE1*
B: ARZT1*
B: ||SCHICKEN1*
B: My mother went there with me, and we finally found out that I was slightly colour-blind.
B: MUTTER1*
B: mu{tter}
B: MIT1A*
B: mit
B: BEGLEITEN1A*
B: ARZT1*
B: $PROD*
B: SAGEN1*
B: JA1A
B: ja
B: farbenblind
B: BLIND1B*
B: DU1*
B: LEICHT1*
B: leicht
B: It’s hard for me to tell a dark brown and black apart.
B: $INDEX1
B: dunkel
B: DUNKEL2*||ZEIGEN-PAPIER1^*
B: $INDEX1*
B: BRAUN4*
B: braun
B: UND2A*
B: und
B: schwarz
B: SCHWARZ2*
B: ZEIGEN-PAPIER1^*
B: UNTERSCHIED1A*
B: unterschied
B: UM2C^*
B: Light blue and purple are also difficult to tell apart.
B: ABER1*
B: aber
B: HELL1*
B: hellblau
B: HELL1*
B: ||LILA1*
B: BLAU3*
B: UND2A
B: und
B: lila
B: LILA1*
B: BLAU3*
B: UNTERSCHIED1A*
B: [MG]
B: ICH2
B: ich
B: $GEST-OFF^*
B: But I can distinguish strong reds from greens or other flashy colours.
B: $INDEX1*
B: FARBE1A*
B: farbe
B: WIE3B*
B: wie
B: STARK1A*
B: stark
B: ROT1B*||$NUM-EINER1A:1d
B: rot
B: GRÜN9A*||$NUM-EINER1A:2d
B: grün
B: AUFZÄHLEN1C^*
B: auf{fällig}
B: $GEST^
B: AUFFALLEN1B*
B: TITEL-ÜBERSCHRIFT1^*
B: [MG]
B: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^*
B: MUSS1A^*
B: Then, the teacher felt bad for me and apologised for hitting me so much.
B: SCHLAGEN1^*
B: LEHRER2*
B: lehrer
B: SCHLECHT1*
B: schlecht
B: WISSEN2B^
B: gewiss
B: [MG]
B: ENTSCHULDIGUNG1
B: SCHLAGEN1^*
B: It really did hurt my bum.
B: ICH1*
B: [LM:au]
B: PO1
B: am
B: But my trousers saved me.
B: RETTUNG1*
B: retten
B: Many children at school knew that and laughed because they had seen two sticks break on my lederhosen already.
B: viele
B: TAUB-GEHÖRLOS1A
B: KÖRPER1^
B: SCHULE1D*
B: schule
B: VIEL1A*
B: vie{le}
B: LACHEN2*
B: la{chen}
B: WAS1A
B: was
B: SCHLAGEN1^*
B: [MG]
B: lederhose
B: ICH1*
B: HOSE-KURZ1
B: STOCK3*
B: stock
B: SCHON1A*
B: schon
B: $NUM-EINER1A:2
B: zwei
B: KAPUTT1*
B: [MG]
B: They protected me well, so I could only laugh at the sticks breaking, I could bear that.
B: ICH1*
B: ich
B: MATERIAL2A^*
B: [MG]
B: LEHRER2*
B: lehrer
B: SCHLAGEN1^*
B: [MG]
B: ICH1*
B: [MG]
B: I then entered second grade and everything stayed the same.
B: LAUFEN-HERUM1*
B: $NUM-ORD1:2d
B: zwei
B: DANN1A*
B: dann
B: SCHRITT1^
B: Over time, my mother also came to accept that I had to find my own path as a deaf person.
B: MUTTER1*
B: mutter
B: BESCHEID1A*
B: [MG]
B: MUSS1A^
B: [MG]
B: SAGEN1*
B: GEFÜHL2A
B: fühl
B: MEIN1*
B: mein
B: SOHN1*
B: sohn
B: STIMMT1^*
B: [MG]
B: TAUB-GEHÖRLOS1B*
B: WEG2A*
B: [MG]
B: In school, my speaking was developed by the teacher and through exercises with headphones.
B: $INDEX1
B: aber
B: SPRACHE1*
B: sprache
B: AUFBAUEN2*
B: DURCH2A*
B: durch
B: LEHRER2*
B: lehrer
B: SAGEN1^*
B: [MG]
B: UND2A*
B: und
B: AUCH1A*
B: auch
B: KOPFHÖRER2*
B: From fourth grade onwards, everyone had to do speech exercises and practise articulation with the help of headphones.
B: AB2
B: ab
B: $NUM-ORD1:4
B: vierte klasse
B: $PROD*
B: aussprachübung übung übung
B: ICH2*
B: SPRACHE1*
B: ÜBEN1*
B: I could sign well, but I still had to practise speaking.
B: ICH1*
B: GEBÄRDEN1G*
B: KANN1*
B: kann aber
B: ORAL1
B: [MG]
B: It went on like that, until it was time for Realschule.
B: ES-LÄUFT1*
B: läuft läuft
B: BIS1*
B: bis
B: ZU9
B: zum
B: ANFANG1A^*
B: REIHE1^*||$NUM-EINER1A:2d
B: leistung
B: DANN7*
B: dann
B: realschule
B: REALSCHULE1*
B: DORTHIN-GEHEN1*
B: I wanted to go to Realschule, but unfortunately I had to drop out because my right hand was in a cast.
B: WOLLEN5*
B: wollte
B: realschule
B: REALSCHULE1*
B: DORTHIN-GEHEN1*
B: LEIDER1*
B: leider
B: abgebrochen
B: AB2*
B: ABBRUCH1*
B: DURCH2A*
B: durch
B: $PROD*
B: gips
B: I was a goalkeeper and had broken my right thumb.
B: torwart
B: TORWART1A
B: FALL1A^*
B: $PROD*
B: [MG]
B: The teacher told me that I couldn’t write with my left hand, so I dropped out.
B: LEHRER2*
B: lehrer
B: BESCHEID1A*
B: HAND2^*||$INDEX1
B: LINKS1
B: arm
B: ||SCHREIBEN1B*
B: abgebrochen
B: KANN1*
B: ABBRUCH1*
B: AUS-VORBEI1*
B: Too bad I dropped out.
B: [MG]
B: ICH2*
B: $GEST-OFF^*
B: SCHADE1*
B: schade
B: ABBRUCH1*
B: abgebrochen
B: $GEST-OFF^*
B: [MG]
B: But I’m not sure whether I would have been able to successfully finish Realschule anyway, or what I would have gotten on my tests.
B: aber ich
B: $GEST^
B: ICH1*
B: WAR1
B: war
B: ERFOLG2
B: erfolg
B: REALSCHULE1*
B: realschule
B: [MG]
B: ICH2*
B: FRAGEZEICHEN1*
B: TEST1
B: test
B: WIE-FRAGE-VERGLEICH1*
B: wie
B: ICH1*
B: WISSEN2B*
B: weiß
B: $GEST-OFF^*
B: nicht
B: I didn‘t pass the first test, and during the second one I just quit.
B: $NUM-ORD1:1d*
B: erste
B: SCHAFFEN1C*
B: schaff nicht
B: $NUM-ORD1:3d
B: zweite
B: ABBRUCH2*
B: ab{ge}broch
B: AB1A*||SO1^*
B: I stayed in school until tenth grade and did get my diploma.
B: ICH2*
B: [MG]
B: ABLAUF1^*
B: [MG]
B: FERTIG1A
B: ABWEICHUNG3^*
B: [MG]
B: DANN6*
B: BIS1
B: bis
B: zehnte klasse
B: $NUM-ORD1:10*
B: FERTIG1B
B: SCHAFFEN1A*
B: geschafft
B: ABSCHLUSS1*
B: abschluss
B: MATERIAL1A^
B: qualifika{tion}
B: BEKOMMEN1*
B: [MG]
B: geschafft
B: FERTIG1B
B: SCHAFFEN1C*
B: In grade nine and ten the teachers always asked what jobs we would like to have later.
B: ICH1
B: ich
B: DAZU1^*
B: lehrer
B: $NUM-ORD1:9*
B: neunte
B: $NUM-ORD1:10*
B: zehnte
B: ICH2
B: lehrer lehrer
B: BESCHEID1A*
B: LEHRER2*
B: WÜNSCHEN1A*
B: wunsch
B: $INDEX2
B: BERUF1B*
B: beruf
B: VIELFALT1*
B: I wanted to be a masseur.
B: ICH1*
B: ich
B: WOLLEN5
B: will
B: ALS1*
B: als
B: masseur
B: MASSAGE1
B: ICH1
B: Even back then, in my teen years, that’s all I’ve ever wanted to become.
B: FRÜHER1*
A: Ah, so you already wanted that back then.
A: schon damals wunsch
A: SCHON1A*
B: JUNG2*
B: jung
A: WÜNSCHEN1B
B: ICH1*
B: $NUM-TEEN2A:6d*
B: sechzig
B: WOLLEN1B
B: will
B: masseur
B: MASSAGE1*
B: NUR1*
B: MASSAGE1*
B: masseur
B: ICH2*
B: MASSAGE1*
B: NEIN3B^*
B: The teacher beckoned me over and told me that it’s usually women who are masseuses, so he wasn’t okay with my career wish.
B: LEHRER2*
B: lehrer
B: $PROD*
B: [MG]
B: ||$GEST-AUFMERKSAMKEIT1^*
B: ||$GEST-KOMM-HER-HER-DAMIT1A^*
B: ||ICH1
B: ||WAS2*
B: was
B: DU1*
B: du
B: MASSAGE1*
B: masseur
B: DU1
B: du
B: VIEL1A*
B: viele
B: FRAU1A*
B: frauen
B: SEHEN1^*
B: NEIN1A*
B: [MG]
B: I was disappointed.
B: $GEST-NM^
B: ICH1*
B: [MG]
B: ENTTÄUSCHT5
B: [MG]
B: ICH1*
B: I really, really wanted it, but was told it wouldn’t work!
B: ICH1*
B: ich
B: wunsch
B: WÜNSCHEN1A*
B: ICH2*
B: SO1A*
B: ICH2*
B: ich
B: wunsch
B: WÜNSCHEN1A*
B: SO1A*
B: NEIN1A*
B: nein
B: I asked him what he thought would be a good profession for me.
B: ICH2*
B: [MG]
B: $GEST-AUFMERKSAMKEIT1^*
B: ICH2*
B: ICH1*
B: LEHRER2*
B: BESCHEID1A*
B: [MG]
B: ICH2*
B: was
B: SOLL1*
B: soll
B: geben
B: ES-GIBT3*
B: GEBEN1*
B: BERUF1B*
B: beruf
B: LEHRER2*
B: lehrer
B: $$EXTRA-LING-MAN^
B: [MG]
B: He said: ”You speak very well and you also still hear a bit.
B: LEHRER2*
B: lehrer
B: du
B: $GEST-AUFMERKSAMKEIT1^*
B: DU1
B: SPRECHEN4*
B: sprichst
B: SEHR-GUT1A*
B: sehr gut
B: HÖREN2*
B: hör
B: BISSCHEN3
B: b{isschen}
B: GUT1
B: gut
B: You should become a machinist.”
B: DU1
B: SEHR-GUT1A
B: sehr gut
B: maschin{en}schlosser
B: MASCHINE4*
B: PFLEGE2^*
B: DORTHIN-GEHEN1^*
B: I said that metal work really wasn’t any fun for me.
B: ICH1*
B: $GEST-NM^
B: ICH1
B: ich
B: BESCHEID1A*
B: ICH1*
B: SPASS1
B: spaß
B: metall
B: METALL1*
B: ICH1*
B: NEIN1A*
B: And I was supposed to do my job training in that area, even though I wanted to become a masseur?
B: ICH1
B: ich
B: MUSS1*
B: ICH1*
B: MUSS1
B: muss
B: DRUCK-AUF-PERSON1^*
B: SICH-MIT-ETWAS-ABFINDEN1A*
B: BESUCHEN1^*
B: ICH1*
B: ich
B: DENKEN1B*
B: MASSAGE1*
B: masseur
B: will
B: WOLLEN8*
B: I wasn’t supposed to.
B: HIER1
B: NICHT4
B: nicht
B: I gave in and started the job training.
B: [MG]
B: ICH2*
B: $GEST-NM^
B: SICH-MIT-ETWAS-ABFINDEN3A
B: EINTRETEN1A^*
B: DANN1A*
B: dann
B: ausbildung
B: BILDUNG1*
B: EINTRETEN1A^*
B: I also talked to my mother about changing the programme.
B: MUTTER4*
B: mutter
B: BESCHEID1A*
B: MUTTER4*
B: mutter
B: DU1*
B: massageschule
B: MASSAGE1*
B: NICHT3B*
B: WECHSELN1A
B: um
B: LEHRER2*
B: lehrer
B: SAGEN1*
B: sag
B: NEIN1A
B: nein
B: But she didn’t like the idea either, because as a masseur I would have problems communicating with hearing people.
B: MUTTER4*
B: mutter
B: $GEST-ÜBERLEGEN3^*
B: [MG]
B: $ORAL^
B: aber
B: DU1*
B: STIMMT1A*
B: MUTTER1*
B: STIMMT1A*
B: stimmt
B: HÖREND1A*
B: hörende
B: HANDLUNG2^*
B: kommu{nikation}
B: PERSON1
B: problem
B: HANDLUNG2^*
B: kommu{nikation}
B: problem
B: PROBLEM1*
B: $INDEX2
B: I told her that’s nonsense, and that of course I could communicate with hearing people.
B: ICH1*
B: ich
B: SPRECHEN4*
B: sprechen
B: KANN1*
B: kann
B: KOMMUNIKATION1C*
B: kommun{izieren}
B: KANN1*
B: kann
B: ICH1*
B: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^*
B: $GEST-UNGLAUBLICH1^*
B: But my mother insisted, and so I had to learn to work with metal.
B: MUTTER1*
B: mutter
B: $GEST^
B: [MG]
B: $GEST-OFF^*
B: METALL1*
B: metall
B: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^
B: SICH-MIT-ETWAS-ABFINDEN1A
B: [MG]
B: Reluctantly, I did my job training at a company called #Name1 in Lohhof.
B: ausbildung bil{dung}
B: ICH1*
B: BILDUNG1
B: lohhof
B: $INDEX1
B: $ALPHA1:L
B: $ALPHA1:H*
B: #name1
B: ??
B: I did metal work and grinding.
B: [MG]
B: ICH1*
B: $INDEX1
B: METALL1
B: metall
B: [MG]
B: $PROD*
B: But all the time I felt that it wasn’t for me.
B: ICH1*
B: GEFÜHL3
B: $GEST^
B: GEFÜHL3
B: $GEST^
B: [MG]
B: ICH1*
B: NICHT5*
B: will nicht
A: You didn’t want it.
B: ICH1*
A: WOLLEN7*
A: NICHT5*
A: DU1*
B: $GEST-OFF^*
B: GEFÜHL3
B: My mother was always asking whether it was going well.
B: MUTTER4*
B: mutter
B: BESCHEID1A*
B: bescheid
B: $INDEX1
B: GUT1*
B: Every time I went home, she asked whether it was going well.
B: ICH1*
B: DANN1A*
B: dann
B: heim
B: ENDE1^*
B: HEIM6*
B: MUTTER1*
B: mutter
B: GUT1*
B: gut
B: I had trouble answering.
B: ICH1*
B: [MG]
B: $GEST-ICH-WEISS-NICHT1^
B: [MG]
B: My mother could tell from my face that I really disliked working with metal, but I had to accept it.
B: MUTTER1*
B: mutter
B: SEHEN-AUF2*
B: SCHON1A*
B: schon
B: MIMIK1*
B: mimik
B: SEHEN1*
B: sehen
B: MUTTER4*
B: mutter
B: nicht gern
B: ICH1*
B: GERN1
B: BERUF1A*
B: beruf
B: METALL1
B: metall
B: ICH2*
B: ich
B: MUSS1
B: muss
B: KAUFEN1A*
B: kauf
B: NEHMEN1A
B: nehmen
B: I had to get through the training.
B: ICH1*
B: ABLAUF1^*
B: BIS1
B: bis
B: BILDUNG1*
B: aus{bildung}
B: The vocational school also raised some difficulties.
B: $ORAL^
B: aber
B: ICH1
B: berufsschule
B: BERUF2*
B: SCHULE1A*
B: WIE-FRAGE-VERGLEICH1*
B: wie
B: ICH1
B: HANDLUNG2^*
B: I came to know that there was a vocational school for deaf people in Johanneskirchen, no, it was on Haydnstrasse [street in Munich].
B: ICH1*
B: $INDEX2
B: MERKEN1^
B: ICH2
B: berufsschule
B: TAUB-GEHÖRLOS1A*
B: BERUF2*
B: $INDEX1
B: FRÜHER1*
B: früher
B: $ALPHA1:J
B: johann{eskirchen}
B: $INDEX1
B: [LM:ähm]
B: NEIN1B
B: ne{in}
B: haydnstraße
B: $ALPHA1:H*
B: STRASSE1*
B: $INDEX1
B: Over there, I spoke to a teacher called #Name2.
B: ICH1
B: FRAGE1*
B: ICH1
B: FRAGE1*
B: BESCHEID1A
B: LEHRER2*
B: lehrer
B: BESCHEID1A
B: ICH1
B: ich
B: LEHRER2*
B: HALTEN-BLATT1A*
B: ??
B: $GEST-OFF^*
B: BEGRÜSSEN3
B: He asked me which job I was training for. I answered that I was training to be a machinist.
B: $INDEX2
B: BERUF1A*
B: beruf
B: $GEST-OFF^*
B: ICH1
B: BERUF1A*
B: beruf
B: MUSS1*
B: maschinenschlosser
B: MASCHINE3*
B: PFLEGE2^*
B: He responded that they didn’t offer that training there.
B: SAGEN1*
B: sag
B: $INDEX1
B: SAGEN4*
B: sag
B: BERUF2*
B: beruf
B: HIER1*
B: hier
B: ES-GIBT3
B: gibt
B: NICHT1
B: nicht
B: They only trained precision mechanists and locksmiths.
B: NUR2A
B: nur
B: feinmecha{niker}
B: FEIN4*
B: ROLLEN1A^*
B: UND2A*
B: und
B: schlosser
B: SCHLOSSER1*
B: FERTIG1A*||$NUM-EINER1A:2d
B: I didn’t know which of the two areas to choose.
B: ach so
B: ICH2*
B: $GEST-OFF^*
B: ICH2*
B: WIE-FRAGE-VERGLEICH1*
B: wie
B: SOLL1*
B: soll
B: ICH2*
B: $INDEX1*
B: ENTSCHEIDEN1A*
B: The teacher recommended me to choose precision mechanics, although it required doing lots of difficult calculations.
B: ICH2*
B: ich
B: $INDEX1*
B: LEHRER2*
B: lehrer
B: ICH2*
B: SAGEN1
B: sagt
B: BESSER1
B: besser
B: feinme{chaniker}
B: FEIN4*
B: $INDEX1
B: ARBEITEN1*
B: arbeit
B: SCHWER8*
B: schwer
B: RECHNEN1*
B: rechnen
B: LERNEN1*
B: But as a machinist, you also have to do lots of welding, precision work, coarse work and so on.
B: ICH2
B: aber ich
B: MASCHINE4*
B: maschine{nschlosser}
B: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^
B: noch
B: $PROD*||$NUM-EINER1A:1d
B: schweißen
B: FEIN4*||$NUM-EINER1A:2d
B: fein
B: GROB1*
B: grob
B: ALLES1C
B: alles
B: KOMPRIMIEREN1A^*
B: TRAGEN1^*
B: With precision mechanics, that’s a separate area.
B: $INDEX1
B: TRENNEN1A*
B: So I decided to do my job training to become a precision mechanist.
B: ICH1
B: $GEST^
B: ICH1
B: aber
B: MUSS1B^
B: [MG]
B: HINEINSTECKEN3^*
B: feinmechaniker
B: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^*
B: FEIN4*
B: feinmech{aniker}
B: ARBEITEN2
B: [MG]
B: $GEST^
B: I had to go to vocational school once a week.
B: SCHULE8
B: schule
B: WOCHE1A*
B: woche
B: einmal
B: $NUM-EINER1A:1
B: MAL3*
B: $PROD*
B: So I spend most of my time at work with my hearing colleagues.
B: ICH1
B: ich
B: $INDEX1
B: MEHR1*
B: mehr
B: HÖREND1A*
B: hörende
B: $INDEX2
B: ARBEITEN1*
B: arb{eiten} arb{eiten} arb{eiten}
B: Then, I would also go to vocational school.
B: BIS1^
B: FLEXIBEL4^*
B: LEHRE1
B: lehre
B: The teacher said that I annoyed him.
B: LEHRER2
B: lehrer
B: SAGEN1*
B: sagt
B: LÄSTIG1*
B: [MG]
B: ICH1*
B: He always said that I was too lazy to read the books about metal.
B: DU1*
B: du bist
B: METALL1
B: metall
B: BEISPIEL1^
B: faul
B: LESEN1C*
B: lesen
B: I said that it was no wonder I didn’t read them, because what I actually wanted to be was a masseur.
B: ICH2
B: ich
B: SAGEN4*
B: sag
B: KLAR1B*
B: klar
B: ICH1
B: ich
B: HINEINSTECKEN2^*
B: ICH1*
B: ich
B: MUSS1A^*
B: masseur
B: MASSAGE1*
B: GEHÖREN1^*
B: ICH1
B: GEGEN2^
B: AUFWÄRTS1^*
B: NOCH-NICHT2*
B: noch nicht
B: But because I wasn’t allowed to, I had to work with metal instead.
B: ICH2*
B: GEGEN2^*
B: [MG]
B: ICH2*
B: MUSS1
B: muss
B: METALL1*
B: metall
B: $INDEX2||NEHMEN1A*
B: [MG]
B: $INDEX1||$GEST-OFF^*
B: When I cheated too much, the teacher would resort to just always saying yes.
B: VIEL1A*
B: viel
B: BETRÜGEN1
B: mogel mogel
B: SAGEN1*
B: ICH1*
B: JA1A*
B: [MG]
B: Now, that went on until I sat my exam.
B: prüfung
B: SCHREIBEN1A*
B: PRÜFUNG3*
B: SCHREIBEN1A*
B: Suddenly, the teacher stood right behind me and watched me writing.
B: BETRUNKEN1^*
B: LEHRER2*
B: lehrer
B: HINTEN5
B: hinten
B: SCHREIBEN1A*
B: $PROD*
B: LEHRER2*
B: le{hrer}
B: $PROD*
B: [MG]
B: I got a 6 on that exam [the lowest score in the German grading system, comparable to an E or F].
B: sechs
B: $NUM-EINER1D:6d
B: $NUM-EINER1A*
B: ICH1
B: Metal just wasn’t for me.
B: ICH1*
B: ich
B: METALL1*
B: metall
B: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^
B: [MG]
B: ICH2*
B: $GEST-OFF^*
B: It went on like that.
B: ICH1
B: ABLAUF1A*
B: It just didn’t feel right working with metal.
B: ICH1*
B: $GEST-OFF^*
B: ICH1*
B: ich
B: GEFÜHL3
B: ICH2*
B: KANN1*
B: kann nicht
B: METALL1*
B: metall
B: KANN1*
B: kann nicht
B: I had passed my practical training. I also passed the exam about metal.
B: DANN7*
B: dann
B: METALL1*
B: m{etall}
B: PRAKTIKUM1
B: praktikum
B: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^*
B: BESTEHEN1
B: bestanden
B: SCHREIBEN1A^*
B: PRÜFUNG3*
B: METALL1*
B: metall
B: AUCH3B*
B: auch
B: bestanden
B: BESTEHEN1
B: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^
B: TYPISCH1^*
B: When the job training was finished, I still wasn’t content working with metal.
B: DANN6
B: aber dann
B: ABLAUF1A*
B: läuft läuft läuft läuft
B: [MG]
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: ICH1*
B: SCHIEBEN10^*
B: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^*
B: ICH2*
B: ARBEITEN1
B: arbeit arbeit
B: METALL1*
B: metall metall metall metall
B: [MG]
B: ICH2*
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: ABLAUF1A
B: That just continued until I met my then-girlfriend #Name2 from Bochum.
B: BIS1
B: bis
B: MEIN1
B: FREUND-FEST1
B: bochum
B: WERFEN1^*
B: $INDEX2
B: #name2
B: So I moved to Bochum.
B: ICH1*
B: ||UMZIEHEN2*
B: bochum
B: SCHICKEN4B^*
B: WERFEN1^*
B: bochum
B: $INDEX1
B: $$EXTRA-LING-MAN^
B: WERFEN1^*
B: FERTIG1A
B: HALTEN-BLATT1A^
B: Her grandfather on her father’s side also played water polo, just like me.
B: $INDEX1
B: bo{chum}
B: FRAGE1^*
B: su{sanne}
B: SEIN-IHR1*
B: LEBENSPARTNER1
B: vater
B: VATER1*
B: $INDEX1
B: OPA5*
B: opa
B: KENNEN1A*
B: kenn
B: wasserball
B: WERFEN2^*
B: BEIDE2A*
B: He was in the club blue-white Bochum. They played in the national league.
B: $INDEX1
B: bundesliga
B: BUND3A*
B: $INDEX1
B: opa
B: OPA2A
B: $INDEX1*
B: ERFOLG1^*
B: wasserball
B: blau-weiß bochum
B: BLAU3
B: WEISS1A*
B: VERBAND1A^*
B: $INDEX1
B: It was one of the best clubs in all of Germany.
B: BESTE1*
B: beste
B: SPORT4B*
B: sport
B: BEREICH1A*
B: von deutschland
B: When I realised that, I immediately signed up to become a member as well.
B: $GEST-NM^
B: okay
B: ICH1*
B: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^
B: ICH1*
B: EINTRETEN1B*
B: As a result, I got a job as a welder.
B: arbeit arbeit bekom{men}
B: ARBEITEN2
B: BEKOMMEN3*
B: SCHWEISSEN1*
B: schweißer schweißer [MG]
B: I couldn’t tolerate the smell of welding.
B: ICH1*
B: ich
B: SCHWEISSEN1*
B: schwei{ßen}
B: $PROD*
B: NICHT5
B: nicht
B: AUSHALTEN1B*
B: vertragen
B: ICH1*
B: $GEST-OFF^*
B: Work wasn’t any fun.
B: ICH1
B: SPASS1*
B: spaß
B: KEIN6*
B: GLEICH1A^*
B: The foreman said that out of all his welders, I was the best. I knew all the different types of welding and was very talented.
B: SAGEN1
B: MEISTER1*
B: meis{ter}
B: SAGEN1
B: BESTE1
B: beste
B: ALLE1A
B: von allen
B: SCHWEISSEN1*
B: schweiß{ern}
B: auch
B: $LIST1:1of1
B: $LIST1:2of2d
B: ETWAS-SEHR-GUT-BEHERRSCHEN2*
B: KANN1*
B: kann
B: SEHR6
B: [MG]
B: SCHWEISSEN1*
B: But I didn’t want to keep on doing it.
B: KANN1*
B: kann
B: ICH1*
B: aber ich
B: ABLAUF1A
B: läuft läuft
B: ICH1*
B: KEINE-LUST1*
B: ICH1*
B: ich will
B: I told my girlfriend that I wanted to do retraining to learn another profession.
B: ICH1*
B: MEIN1
B: FREUND-FEST1
B: BESCHEID1A*
B: WOLLEN5
B: will
B: UM1A
B: um
B: ANDERS2
B: ander
B: BERUF1A*
B: beruf
B: ECHT1*
B: echt
B: She was sceptical whether me becoming a masseur would work out well.
B: FREUND-FEST1
B: freundin
B: $GEST-NM^
B: [MG]
B: $GEST-ÜBERLEGEN2^
B: [MG]
B: masseur
B: MASSAGE1*
B: DU1
B: I told her that I desperately wanted to become a masseur and a ”medizinischer Bademeister” [official German name of a profession that is in some ways similar to a hydrotherapist].
B: WOLLEN7
B: will
B: MASSAGE1*
B: masseur
B: UND2A
B: und
B: EXPERIMENT1^*
B: medizinisch
B: bademeister
B: BADEN1A*
B: MEISTER1
B: will
B: WOLLEN7
B: ZIEL4
B: $INDEX1
B: I decided to stop being a welder.
B: $GEST-ÜBERLEGEN2^
B: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^*
B: [MG]
B: SELBST1A*
B: selbst
B: SCHWEISSEN1*
B: FERTIG1A*
B: My girlfriend’s grandfather invited me to visit his sports club for hearing people, and I really liked it.
B: opa
B: OPA5*
B: ICH2
B: HÖREND1A*
B: hörend
B: VEREIN2A*
B: verein
B: DORT1
B: TRAINING1
B: training
B: GUT1*
B: gut
B: ICH2*
B: EINTRETEN1B
B: FERTIG1A
B: OKAY1A*
B: okay
B: So when I came home I told my girlfriend that I did not want to be a welder anymore.
B: AUF-PERSON1
B: ICH2*
B: ich
B: DAZU1^*
B: $GEST-NM-KOPFSCHÜTTELN1^
B: nicht
B: I went to the job centre in Bochum.
B: arbeitsamt
B: ICH1
B: BESUCHEN1^
B: $INDEX1*
B: GEWALT3^*
B: bochum
B: BESUCHEN1A*
B: arbeitsamt
B: I went there and told the employee that I wanted to do retraining.
B: $$EXTRA-LING-MAN^
B: BESCHEID1A*
B: arbeitsamt ob
B: ICH2*
B: $GEST^
B: ICH2
B: ich
B: WOLLEN5
B: möchte
B: umschulung
B: UM2A
B: SCHULE1A*
B: The reason I gave was that I wasn’t able to tolerate the smell of metal that I would be surrounded by during welding and all the other tasks.
B: GRUND4B
B: grund
B: ICH2*
B: ich
B: AKTIV1^*
B: nicht
B: VERTRAGEN1*
B: vertragen
B: LUFT1^*
B: geruch
B: METALL1
B: metall
B: SCHWEISSEN1*
B: schweiß
B: AUFZÄHLEN1A*
B: [MG]
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: I filled out all the necessary forms and asked whether it was all alright.
B: SCHREIBEN1A^
B: arbeits{amt}
B: TASTATUR1^*
B: [MG]
B: SCHREIBEN1A
B: [MG]
B: TEXT1B^*
B: BESCHEID1A*
B: OKAY1A*
B: okay
B: $GEST-NM-KOPFNICKEN1^
B: I also noted that I can speak well and can still hear a bit.
B: $INDEX1
B: SPRACHE1*
B: sprache
B: GUT1
B: gut
B: HÖREND1A*
B: hören
B: GUT1
B: gut
B: The documents were signed.
B: SCHREIBEN1F*
B: UNTERSCHREIBEN1A
B: FERTIG1A*
B: Then I went home.
B: ab
B: ICH2*
B: NACH-HAUSE1
B: It took a while.
B: DREHEN2B^*
B: später
B: Three or maybe four weeks later I received a letter.
B: $NUM-EINER1A:3d
B: drei
B: WOCHE1A*
B: wochen
B: WOCHE1A*
B: drei wochen
B: WOCHE1A*
B: vier wochen
B: SCHICKEN4A*
B: schreiben
B: It was a rejection, which was based on the problems I have with my knees.
B: HALTEN-BLATT1A
B: [MG]
B: ABLEHNEN2
B: abgelehnt
B: $INDEX1*
B: WEGEN1*
B: wegen
B: knieproblem
B: KNIE1B*
B: PROBLEM1
B: $INDEX1
B: It really puzzled me.
B: ICH1
B: Yes, long time ago I did have surgery on my knees because of an injury sustained while doing sports, but I wondered why I would be rejected because of that.
B: ERINNERUNG3B
B: FRÜHER2
B: früher
B: operation
B: OPERATION1D
B: KNIE1B*
B: SPORT4B*
B: sport
B: LASSEN1^*
B: viel
B: KNIE1B*
B: operation
B: GEWESEN1*
B: gew{esen}
B: WISSEN2A
B: weiß
B: ICH1*
B: $INDEX1
B: I refused to accept that and went to the job centre right away.
B: [MG]
B: ICH1
B: ICH1*
B: EXPLOSION1^
B: [MG]
B: ICH1
B: ENDE1^*
B: arbeitsamt
B: I presented the person at the job centre with my sports club’s membership certificate to show that my knees did not prevent me from doing sports and that we even played for the national division.
B: $INDEX1
B: arbeitsamt
B: $GEST-AUFMERKSAMKEIT1^*
B: [MG]
B: ABLEHNEN2
B: $GEST-AUFMERKSAMKEIT1^
B: $INDEX1
B: $GEST-AUFMERKSAMKEIT1^
B: verein
B: VEREIN2A
B: ICH1
B: GEBEN-FESTHALTEN1A
B: BLÄTTERN2*
B: verein
B: HÖREND1A*
B: hörend
B: BUND1A
B: bundesliga
B: OBEN3A^
B: aufstieg
B: ICH2
B: $GEST-OFF^*
B: KNIE1B*
B: The employee realised that I had to be right.
B: $INDEX1
B: STIMMT1B
B: stimmt stimmt stimmt
B: My knees were healthy; I was able to stand, walk, everything.
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: KNIE1B*
B: knie
B: GESUND6A*
B: gesund
B: $INDEX2*
B: WO1A*
B: wo
B: STEHEN1*
B: stehen
B: KANN1*
B: möglich
B: ALLES2*
B: alles
B: KANN1*
B: möglich
B: The employee thought about it for a bit and then made a phone call.
B: $GEST-ÜBERLEGEN2^
B: arbeitsamt
B: $GEST^
B: überlegt
B: GEHÖREN1^*
B: gut
B: AUFNEHMEN-TELEFON1
B: DREHEN2B^*
B: [MG]
B: AUFNEHMEN-TELEFON1*
B: I knew right away where he’d call, in Hamm.
B: ICH1
B: WISSEN2B
B: weiß
B: BEREICH1A
B: wo
B: hamm
B: STIMMT1^
B: HAMM2*
B: $INDEX1
B: AUFNEHMEN-TELEFON1
B: That’s where the centre for retraining is; it’s a huge facility for very many different jobs.
B: aber
B: $INDEX1
B: HAUS1A^*
B: ORT1B^
B: zentrum
B: FÜR1*
B: für
B: umschulung
B: UMSCHULUNG1
B: SCHULE1A*
B: zentrum
B: ORT1B^
B: GRUPPE3A^*
B: $INDEX1
B: BERUF1A*
B: beru{f}
B: UM2A
B: [MG]
B: $INDEX1
B: für
B: allgemein
B: ALLGEMEIN1B
B: DABEI1A^*
B: HÖREND1A*
B: für hörend
B: When the phone call was done, the employee told me that I would be sent to Hamm for two weeks.
B: ICH2*
B: TELEFON1
B: ||$GEST-AUFMERKSAMKEIT1^
B: ICH1*
B: BESCHEID1A*
B: $INDEX1
B: das
B: $NUM-TEEN2A:4
B: vierzehn
B: TAG1A*
B: tag
B: SCHICKEN1
B: schick
B: NACH-ORT1*
B: nach
B: STIMMT1^
B: hamm
B: They would test whether I would be able to pull it off.
B: TEST1
B: testen
B: OB1*
B: ob
B: DU1*
B: du
B: SCHAFFEN1C*
B: schaffen
B: I knew that they were referring to my ability to communicate.
B: SCHAFFEN1C*
B: schaffen
B: WISSEN2B
B: KOMMUNIKATION1A
B: ICH2
B: [LM:ah]
B: I was surprised that those fourteen days at the facility were supposed to start the following Friday already.
B: vierzehn
B: $INDEX1*
B: $NUM-TEEN2A:4
B: sch{nell}
B: $GEST-NM^
B: SCHNELL3A*
B: FREITAG1A
B: freitag
B: NÄCHSTE1
B: nächste woche
B: SCHON1A
B: schon
B: I told my girlfriend that I wasn’t even prepared to be sent away all of a sudden.
B: MEIN1
B: LEBENSPARTNER1
B: BESCHEID1A*
B: NICHT3A*
B: nicht
B: plan
B: PLAN2*
B: BEIDE1*
B: ICH1*
B: NÄCHSTE1
B: nächste
B: SCHICKEN1
B: schick
B: ICH1
B: She said that if I really wanted to get this job and achieve my aim, I’d have to bear it.
B: SAGEN1
B: sag
B: EGAL3
B: egal
B: mass{eur}
B: MUSS1*
B: MASSAGE1*
B: EGAL3*
B: MUSS1*
B: muss
B: ZIEL4
B: ziel
B: EGAL3*
B: So I went there, and time went by.
B: ICH1*
B: LANG-ZEIT1A*
B: ABLAUF1A
B: FERTIG1A
B: fertig
B: ICH1*
B: WERFEN1^*
B: My mother was really sceptical upon hearing that I was going to do retraining to become a masseur.
B: ICH2
B: mein
B: MUTTER5*
B: mutter
B: $INDEX1
B: mein{e} mutter
B: SITZEN-GEGENÜBER1
B: MEIN1*
B: mein
B: SOHN1*
B: sohn
B: masseurmeister
B: MASSAGE1*
B: MEISTER1*
B: She wanted to persuade me not to do it by saying again that communication would be very difficult.
B: MUTTER5*
B: mutter
B: MUTTER5*
B: mutter
B: AUF-PERSON1
B: nein
B: NEIN1A*
B: NEIN1B*
B: DU1
B: du
B: HÖREND1A*
B: hörend
B: KOMMUNIKATION1A*
B: komm{unikation}
B: But I brushed her off saying that I really wanted this.
B: ICH2*
B: ICH1*
B: ich
B: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^*
B: ICH1*
B: ich
B: will
B: WOLLEN5*
B: ICH1*
B: Work should also be fun, and working with metal just wasn’t doing it for me.
B: UND2A
B: und
B: SPASS1*
B: spaß
B: WEG2A*
B: ICH2*
B: $INDEX1
B: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^*
B: My mother couldn’t picture me doing it, but I didn’t really care.
B: MUTTER5*
B: mutter
B: $GEST^
B: [MG]
B: ICH2
B: [MG]
B: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^*
B: And then the two weeks started.
B: ICH2*
B: $ORAL^
B: dann
B: los
B: LOS-START2*
B: SITZEN1A^
B: ICH1*
B: $NUM-TEEN2A:4
B: vierzehn
B: TAG1A*
B: tag
B: There were only hearing people in Hamm, I was the only deaf person in my group.
B: ICH1
B: EINTRETEN1B
B: hörende
B: HÖREND1A*
B: BEREICH1A*
B: TAUB-GEHÖRLOS1A
B: $NUM-EINER1A:1
B: WIE3B
B: wie
B: einzeln
B: EINZIG1*
B: $NUM-EINER1A:1
B: TAUB-GEHÖRLOS1A
B: There were others, but they were in other areas.
B: hörend
B: HÖREND1A*
B: BEREICH1A*
B: ICH2*
B: $GEST^
B: [MG]
B: $ORAL^
B: aber
B: ANDERS2*
B: andere
B: abteilung
B: ABTEILUNG2A*
B: ORT1A^*
B: But I was the only deaf masseur.
B: masseur
B: ICH1
B: MASSAGE1*
B: MEIN1
B: GRUPPE1A*
B: hörend
B: HÖREND1A*
B: BEREICH1A*
B: ICH1
B: $NUM-EINER1A:1
B: TAUB-GEHÖRLOS1A
B: Communication was difficult.
B: ICH1*
B: ich
B: KOMMUNIKATION1C
B: DISKUSSION1B^*
B: It was easy to learn massage techniques by watching closely, but communication was difficult.
B: ICH1*
B: [MG]
B: mit
B: MATERIAL2A^*
B: $INDEX1
B: massage
B: MASSAGE1*
B: ICH2*
B: SEHEN-AUF5^*
B: EINFACH2*
B: $INDEX1
B: MASSAGE1*
B: HANDLUNG1^
B: ZUSCHAUEN3*
B: MASSAGE1*
B: DISKUSSION1B
B: [MG]
B: VERSCHIEDENES1^
B: HARMLOS1^*
B: We had tests and exams all the time.
B: PRÜFUNG3*
B: prüfung
B: TEST1*
B: test
B: SCHREIBEN1A
B: PRÜFUNG3*
B: prüfung
B: TEST1*
B: test
B: SCHREIBEN1A*
B: ICH2*
B: NUTZEN1^*
B: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^*
B: [MG]
B: One time, someone asked me about a test the following day, but I didn’t know anything about it.
B: UND2A*
B: und
B: TEST1*
B: test
B: aber melden
B: ABER1*
B: BESCHEID2*
B: MORGEN1B
B: mor{gen}
B: ICH2
B: WISSEN2B
B: weiß
B: Because I was deaf, I didn’t get the info.
B: TAUB-GEHÖRLOS1A
B: info{rmation}
B: INFORMATION3*
B: WEG-VERLIEREN1^
B: The person I talked to said that taking the exam wouldn’t be a problem, because I was the only deaf guy there.
B: ICH2*
B: BESCHEID1A
B: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^*
B: nein
B: $INDEX1
B: schreib
B: SCHREIBEN1A*
B: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^
B: weiß
B: ICH1*
B: WISSEN2B*
B: KONZENTRIEREN1
B: TAUB-GEHÖRLOS1B
B: $INDEX1*
B: $NUM-EINER1A:1d
B: einzig
B: EINZIG1
B: The person also thought that I needed this headphone-like machine to wear around my neck to be able to follow in class.
B: SAGEN1*
B: sag
B: MUSS1*
B: muss
B: HIER1*
B: SCHULE1C*
B: schu{le}
B: BEISPIEL1*
B: beispiel
B: spezial haben
B: INTENSIV5*
B: INDUKTIONSSCHLEIFE2
B: KOPFHÖRER1*
B: I said it wasn‘t necessary, because I can read lips.
B: ICH2
B: $GEST^
B: [MG]
B: ICH1*
B: ich
B: MUND1B*
B: mund
B: ABLESEN1*
B: ablesen
B: But the other person insisted I had to use this device, and in the end I accepted it.
B: $GEST-NM-KOPFSCHÜTTELN1^
B: nein
B: muss
B: INDUKTIONSSCHLEIFE2*
B: MUSS1
B: ICH1
B: kaufen
B: KAUFEN1A
B: AKZEPTIEREN1*
B: JA1A
B: ja ja
B: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^*
B: On the last day of these two weeks we were called up in alphabetical order to be told how each of our tests went.
B: ABLAUF1A*
B: FERTIG1A
B: DANN1A*
B: $NUM-EINER1A:3d*
B: LETZTE1B
B: letzt
B: BIS-HEUTE1B^*
B: MORGEN1B
B: morgen
B: ICH2*
B: ich
B: MUSS1
B: muss
B: WISSEN2B
B: $ALPHA1:A-B-C
B: a b c
B: ruf
B: RUFEN1A*
B: AUFFORDERUNG1
B: $INDEX1
B: NICHT5*
B: nicht
B: SCHAFFEN1C
B: geschafft
B: AB1A^*
B: [MG]
B: BEGREIFEN1^
B: But surprisingly, I was up first, even though my name starts with #X. So, I said that those whose names started with an A were supposed to go first.
B: ICH2
B: #x
B: ZUERST1A
B: zue{rst}
B: STELLEN-VON-NACH1A^*
B: ICH2
B: BESCHEID1A*
B: NEIN1A
B: a
B: $INDEX1
B: ||$INDEX1
B: But they demanded that I had to go first.
B: $GEST-NM-KOPFSCHÜTTELN1^
B: ne
B: du
B: DU1*
B: KOMMEN1
B: ICH1
B: ich
B: ZUERST1A
B: zuerst
B: And when the door opened, I was shocked!
B: ICH1
B: REIN-HINEIN2
B: TÜR-AUF4A
B: schock
B: SCHOCK2B
B: ICH1*
B: Sitting there were the job centre’s employee, someone from the health department, the school principal, a teacher and a PE teacher.
B: PERSON1
B: arbeitsamt
B: ARBEITEN1
B: PERSON1||$NUM-EINER1A:1d
B: $LIST1:2of2d*
B: gesundheitsamt
B: GESUND6B*
B: KANN1^*
B: PERSON1*
B: $LIST1:3of3d
B: LEHRER2*
B: lehrer
B: chef
B: CHEF1B*
B: HIER1*
B: SCHULE1C*
B: schule
B: gehörlos{en}schule
B: TAUB-GEHÖRLOS1B*
B: $INDEX2*
B: $LIST1:4of4d
B: lehrer
B: LEHRER2*
B: STELLEN-VON-NACH1A^*
B: $LIST1:5of5
B: und
B: HAUPT1A^
B: noch ein
B: sportlehrer
B: SPORT4B*
B: LEHRER2*
B: $INDEX1
B: überrascht
B: SAGEN1*
B: ÜBERRASCHUNG2*
B: I wondered why there were so many people involved in my appointment.
B: ICH2*
B: ALLE2A^*
B: [MG]
B: ICH1*
B: KOMMEN1
B: kommen
B: UND2A*
B: und
B: WAS1B*
B: was
B: VIELFALT1
B: [MG]
B: ICH1*
B: WUNDERN1
B: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^*
B: The teacher asked me something and there was an interpreter present for me for the first time.
B: ICH1*
B: LEHRER2*
B: leh{rer}
B: FRAGE1*
B: WAS1B*
B: dolmetscher
B: DOLMETSCHER1*
B: AUCH1A*
B: DOLMETSCHER1
B: dolmetscher
B: DAZU1
B: STELLEN1*
B: NEU1A
B: neu
B: I knew the interpreter already.
B: ICH1*
B: KENNEN1A*
B: kennen
B: dolmetscher
B: DOLMETSCHER1*
B: AUF-PERSON1
B: PERSON1
B: INTERESSE1A
B: $INDEX1
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: The first person to ask me a question was the job centre employee.
B: $INDEX1*
B: $INDEX1
B: DANN1A*
B: dann
B: $INDEX1
B: FRAGE1*
B: frage
B: ARBEITEN2*
B: arbeitsamt
B: FRAGE1*
B: frage
B: ICH2*
B: The job centre person shook my hand and congratulated me on my great success.
B: arbeitsamt
B: $INDEX2*
B: AUFFORDERUNG1*
B: SCHÜTTELN-HAND1A^
B: GROSS3A*
B: großer
B: erfolg
B: ERFOLG2*
B: SO1A*
B: I was allowed to start the job training.
B: AB1C^*
B: weiter
B: ausbildung
B: BILDUNG1*
B: HIER1*
B: ICH1
B: SEHEN-AUF2
B: I got goose bumps when they told me.
B: SCHON1A*
B: schon
B: GÄNSEHAUT1*
B: ICH2*
B: JA1A
B: I couldn’t believe it. Throughout the two weeks I had kept wondering whether I would be able to do it.
B: ICH2*
B: $INDEX1
B: SCHULE1A*
B: weiß
B: VOR2^*
B: WISSEN2B*
B: DISKUSSION1A^
B: $INDEX4
B: wie
B: EBEN-ZEIT1*
B: vierzehn
B: BIS-JETZT3B*
B: $NUM-TEEN2A:4
B: ICH1*
B: ob
B: SCHAFFEN1C*
B: ich schaff
B: ICH1*
B: WISSEN2B
B: weiß
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: I had made it.
B: ICH1*
B: $INDEX1
B: SCHAFFEN1C*
B: schaff
B: The person from the health department also congratulated me and asked about my hearing status.
B: gesundheit{samt}
B: GESUND6A*
B: $GEST-NM-KOPFNICKEN1^
B: SCHÜTTELN-HAND1A^
B: DU1
B: du
B: HÖREND1A*
B: hörend
B: I said that I have a bit of residual hearing and that it helps me to communicate, as long as people address me directly.
B: ICH1
B: aber
B: bisschen
B: BISSCHEN2A
B: ICH1
B: gesundheitsamt
B: GESUND6A*
B: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^
B: ICH1*
B: $INIT-GERADE1^*
B: rest
B: HÖREND1A*
B: hören
B: ICH1
B: KOMMUNIKATION1A*
B: kommunikation
B: KANN1
B: kann
B: MUSS1*
B: muss
B: persönlich
B: PERSON1
B: BESCHEID1A*
B: MUSS1
B: muss
B: We talked for a bit and I could demonstrate that I’m able to speak.
B: SAGEN1*
B: UNTERHALTUNG3*
B: DU1
B: du
B: KANN1
B: kann
B: SPRECHEN5A*
B: sprechen
B: ICH2
B: STIMMT1A*
B: stimmt
B: UNTERHALTUNG3
B: [MG]
B: It was no problem.
B: OKAY1A*
B: okay
B: PROBLEM2A
B: kein problem
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: Then it was the principal’s turn.
B: DANN1A*
B: SCHLÄGER1B^
B: schuldirektor
B: SCHULE1C*
B: MEISTER1^
B: He winked at me and congratulated me on making it.
B: $GEST^
B: GUT3*
B: geschafft
B: SCHAFFEN1C*
B: $INDEX2
B: He said I had to stay and shouldn’t give up.
B: $INDEX1
B: MUSS1
B: muss
B: BLEIBEN4
B: bleiben
B: NICHT3A
B: nicht
B: AUFGEBEN1
B: aufgeben
B: BLEIBEN4*
B: bleiben
B: ICH1*
B: muss
B: HIER1
B: bleiben
B: Then the teacher talked to me.
B: LEHRER2*
B: $GEST^
B: In the end only the interpreter remained, so I had made it.
B: DANN1A*
B: dann
B: DOLMETSCHER2*
B: dolme{tscher}
B: THANK-YOU-ASL1^*
B: SCHAFFEN1C*
B: schaff
B: $GEST-NM-KOPFNICKEN1^
B: GREIFEN1B^*
B: ICH2*
B: [MG]
B: KÖRPER1^
B: I had thought the training would start in a year.
B: ICH1
B: ich
B: GLAUBEN2B
B: glaube
B: $NUM-JAHR-NACH-JETZT1:1d
B: ein jahr
B: But then I learned that it would start in two weeks already.
B: NEIN1A*
B: nein
B: $NUM-WOCHE-NACH-JETZT1:2d
B: zwei woch
B: LOS-START1*
B: los
B: SCHLÜSSEL-TÜR1^*
B: I was in shock, again.
B: ICH1*
B: ich
B: SCHON1A
B: schon
B: SCHOCK2B*
B: First, the job centre had sent me there on short notice, and now something similar happened again.
B: EBEN-ZEIT1^*
B: war
B: arbeitsamt
B: $INDEX1
B: ARBEITEN2*
B: SCHICKEN1
B: schick
B: NOCHMAL2A*
B: noch mal
B: SCHOCK2A*
B: schock
B: NOCHMAL2A*
B: wieder
B: So I had made it.
B: GEHÖREN1^
B: ICH2*
B: SCHAFFEN1C*
B: $INDEX1
B: [MG]
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: Was that it?
B: SCHAFFEN1B*
B: geschafft
B: AUS-VORBEI1*
B: Yes, I had really made it.
B: applaus
B: APPLAUS1
B: ICH2
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: ICH2*
B: SCHAFFEN1B
B: schaff
B: My girlfriend approached me, and I let her in on the happy news and also told her that it would all begin in only two weeks.
B: ICH2*
B: LEBENSPARTNER1
B: MEIN1*
B: ||KOMMEN3*
B: komm
B: BESCHEID1A*
B: REDEN1*
B: WIE-FRAGE-VERGLEICH1*
B: wie
B: ICH1*
B: schafft
B: SCHAFFEN1C
B: FERTIG4
B: $ORAL^
B: aber
B: BALD5*
B: bald
B: wann
B: WANN2*
B: ICH2*
B: WANN2*
B: wann
B: ICH2*
B: $NUM-WOCHE-NACH-JETZT1:2d
B: zwei wochen
B: LOS-START1*
B: los
B: She was flabbergasted.
B: $GEST-NM^
B: It was almost Christmas, and I would have to start in January already. That troubled me a bit.
B: JANUAR5A*
B: januar
B: SCHON1A
B: schon
B: VOR1G
B: vor
B: WEIHNACHTEN4A*
B: weih{nachten}
B: VOR1G
B: vor
B: ICH1
B: SCHICKEN1
B: schicken
B: januar
B: JA1A^
B: LOS-START2*
B: ICH1*
B: JETZT1
B: januar
B: ICH1*
B: [MG]
B: $GEST-NM^
B: $GEST^
B: We both had thought that I would have more time, but now it was supposed to start right away.
B: DENKEN1B*
B: [MG]
B: DANACH1A^
B: [MG]
B: BLEIBEN2
B: [MG]
B: $GEST-NM-KOPFSCHÜTTELN1^
B: nein
B: SCHON1A
B: schon
B: $NUM-WOCHE-NACH-JETZT1:2d*
B: [MG]
B: My girlfriend said that it was most important that I would get the chance to take that job.
B: DU1
B: du
B: hauptsache
B: SAGEN1*
B: HAUPTSACHE1A*
B: BERUF2*
B: beruf
B: $INDEX1
B: NEHMEN2*
B: [MG]
B: $INDEX1
B: I agreed with her.
B: ICH1*
B: ich
B: JA1A*
B: ja ja
B: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^*
B: ABLAUF1A*
B: ICH1*
B: OKAY1A*
B: okay
B: NEIN3B^*
B: AUFRÄUMEN1^*
B: The hearing people asked me how it went, and I just showed them a thumbs-up.
B: KANN1^*
B: HÖREND1A*
B: hörend
B: WAS2*
B: was
B: ICH1*
B: GUT3*
B: [MG]
B: I told them I’d be back and that we’d all see one another again.
B: ICH1*
B: ich
B: KOMMEN1*
B: kommen
B: WIEDERSEHEN1*
B: wieder zurück
B: ALLE1C*
B: alle
B: GLEICH1A*
B: gleich
B: ALLE1A
B: zusammen
B: Some of them didn’t make it, but most of them I met again two weeks later.
B: FAST2^
B: EINIGE1
B: AB1C*
B: ab ab ab
B: ALLE2A^*
B: SEHEN1
B: seh
B: I told my girlfriend that in two weeks all that free time would be over.
B: $GEST-NM-KOPFNICKEN1^
B: BIS1
B: bis
B: zwei wo{chen}
B: $NUM-WOCHE-NACH-JETZT1:2d*
B: SCHON1A*
B: ICH1*
B: ich
B: MUSS1*
B: mu{ss}
B: ICH1*
B: HEIM6
B: heim
B: schlaf
B: ICH1*
B: WÄLZEN1B*
B: LEBENSPARTNER1
B: schatz
B: BESCHEID1A*
B: weihnachtszeit
B: WEIHNACHTEN4A*
B: ZEIT9*
B: VORBEI2B
B: vorbei
B: und dann
B: UND-DANN2
B: ICH1
B: WÄLZEN1B*
B: [MG]
B: ICH1*
B: AUSSEN2^*
B: REISE1A^*
B: $$EXTRA-LING-MAN^
B: [MG]
B: My job training started, and I was the only deaf person.
B: hörende
B: HÖREND1A*
B: HABEN-EXISTIEREN1^*
B: TAUB-GEHÖRLOS1A*
B: ALLEIN1B
B: JETZT3*
B: je{tzt}
B: ICH1*
B: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^*
B: I knew it would be hard, but I needed to show that I could do it.
B: AUSHALTEN3*
B: ICH1
B: STOCK1^
B: SUCHEN1^*
B: MUSS1
B: muss
B: ZEIGEN1A
B: zeigen
B: WAS1A*
B: was
B: kann
B: KANN1*
B: ICH1
B: $INDEX1
B: DORTHIN-GEHEN1*
B: Then the training started.
B: DANN1A*
B: ICH1*
B: FAHREN1*
B: LOS-START1
B: los
B: STUDIEREN1
B: studi{um}
B: $GEST^
B: There were twenty participants, and I was the only deaf person.
B: $NUM-ZEHNER2A:2
B: zwanzig
B: BEREICH1A^
B: schüler
B: $NUM-ZEHNER2A:2*
B: zwanzig
B: BEREICH1A^
B: nur
B: HÖREND1A*
B: hörend
B: $NUM-EINER1A:1
B: TAUB-GEHÖRLOS1A*
B: That was tough.
B: $GEST-NM^
B: [MG]
B: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^*
B: [MG]
B: MUSS1A^*
B: SEHR-VIEL2*
B: $NUM-EINER1A:1
B: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^*
B: When the teacher saw me putting down my stuff on a table, he asked me to sit in the front row.
B: DANACH1A^*
B: ICH1*
B: FLEXIBEL4^*
B: LEHRER2*
B: lehrer
B: SAGEN1*
B: DU1*
B: du
B: NAHE1B*
B: nähe
B: HIER1
B: hier
B: In the back, I wouldn’t have been able to hear anything or read lips at all.
B: AUSSEN1A^*
B: weit
B: $INDEX1*
B: HÖREN2*
B: hören
B: HIER1
B: muss
B: NAHE1B*
B: GESPRÄCH2^
B: mu{nd} ablesen
B: I tried the hearing aid but it was of no use.
B: ICH1
B: mit
B: HÖRGERÄT1*
B: ICH1
B: WAHRNEHMEN-OHR1^*
B: ICH1*
B: VERSTEHEN1*
B: [MG]
B: WAHRNEHMEN-OHR1^*
B: $PROD*
B: [MG]
B: It made me miss a whole lot.
B: ICH1
B: $GEST^
B: [MG]
B: ICH1
B: [MG]
B: WISSEN-NICHT2*
B: ver{stehen}
B: ICH1
B: ETWAS-NICHT-MITBEKOMMEN1*
B: At school, we would have a new schedule every six months.
B: ABER1
B: aber
B: SCHULE1A*
B: schul
B: ABER1^*
B: da
B: halbes jahr
B: HALB6
B: PHASE1B
B: TÄGLICH2A^*
B: jeden tag
B: NEU1A
B: neu
B: PROGRAMM1A*
B: programm programm programm programm
B: We had anatomy 1 and 2 and so on, so there was something new to learn every day.
B: SAGEN1^*
B: $ALPHA1:A*
B: anatomie
B: $NUM-EINER1A:1||$NUM-EINER1A:2d
B: eins
B: WIEDER1A^
B: gibt
B: $NUM-EINER1A:2||$NUM-EINER1A:2d
B: zwei
B: $LIST1:3of3d
B: thema
B: PHASE1B^*
B: lang
B: neu neu neu
B: NUR2A*
B: IMMER-SO-WEITER1
B: It all went completely over my head.
B: ICH1
B: ETWAS-NICHT-MITBEKOMMEN1
B: ICH1*
B: I couldn’t do anything about it.
B: machtlos
B: ARBEITEN1^*
B: $WORTTEIL-LOS1
B: I didn’t know how to do it.
B: ICH1
B: WUNDERN1*
B: WIE-FRAGE-VERGLEICH1*
B: wie
B: [MG]
B: ICH2*
B: SEHR7*
B: I did have a double room just for me.
B: UND2B*
B: und
B: $INDEX1
B: ZIMMER1B
B: zimmer
B: BEKOMMEN3*
B: bekommen
B: DOPPEL1A*
B: doppel
B: $PROD*
B: I needed the space for my study books, the text telephone and all the other stuff.
B: $ORAL^
B: warum
B: ICH1*
B: SCHREIBMASCHINE1*
B: sch{reiben}
B: SPÄT1^*
B: FRÜHER1*
B: früher
B: schreibtelefon
B: SCHREIBTELEFON2
B: DAZU1
B: $INDEX1*
B: BEREICH1D*
B: ZIMMER1B*
B: DAZU1*
B: SCHREIBEN1A*
B: Fortunately they knew that deaf people needed more space for their things.
B: TAUB-GEHÖRLOS1A*
B: gehörlos
B: BRAUCHEN1*
B: braucht
B: groß
B: GROSS3A
B: $INDEX1*
B: $GEST-NM-KOPFNICKEN1^
B: $INDEX1
B: WISSEN2A
B: weiß
B: LEHRER2*
B: lehrer
B: WISSEN2A
B: weiß
B: TAUB-GEHÖRLOS1A*
B: BRAUCHEN1*
B: braucht
B: FLACH1^
B: groß
B: PLATZ1*
B: platz
B: WOHL1
B: [MG]
B: During summer, I had a pretty view on the park. That was nice.
B: WAHR1
B: SAGEN1^*
B: sommerpark
B: SOMMER8B*
B: FLACH1^*
B: NEUGIERIG1^*
B: neugier
B: HÜBSCH1A*
B: hübsch
B: $PROD*
B: blum
B: HÜBSCH1A*
B: When I was writing and a hearing person knocked on my door and saw my room, they would be jealous of the luxury I had.
B: TIPPEN3
B: HÖREND1A*
B: hören{de}
B: KLOPFEN2*
B: TÜR-AUF1
B: LUXUS1B*
B: luxus
B: Well, I told them that I got to live more luxuriously because I couldn’t hear. They could barely contain their jealousy.
B: ICH2*
B: $GEST^
B: hören
B: ICH2*
B: HÖREND1A*
B: bekom{men}
B: KREUZ1A^*
B: GEBEN1A^*
B: LUXUS1B*
B: luxus
B: extra
B: EXTRA1*
B: GEBEN1*
B: ICH2*
B: HÖREND1A*
B: hörende
B: $GEST-NM-KOPFSCHÜTTELN1^
B: [MG]
B: The hearing people asked me whether I noticed them knocking on my door.
B: CAPPUCCINO1^*
B: ICH1*
B: TIPPEN2
B: HÖREND1A*
B: hörend
B: DU1*
B: du
B: KANN1
B: kann
B: HÖREND1A*
B: hören
B: KLOPFEN2*
B: When someone knocked I turned to face the door and asked them to come in. And if someone yelled, ”I’ll be there in a bit!” I could hear it.
B: ICH2*
B: WIE4A^*
B: WENN1A*
B: KLOPFEN2*
B: klopf
B: KOMMEN1*
B: WAS1A*
B: was
B: ICH2*
B: ICH1*
B: KOMMEN3*
B: komm gleich
B: $ORAL^
B: komm
B: HÖREND1A*
B: hören
B: KANN1*
B: kann
B: The hearing people were surprised I could do that.
B: SAGEN1*
B: sa{gen}
B: KANN1
B: kann kann
B: $INDEX1
B: gibt so
B: ES-GIBT3*
B: ES-GIBT4*
B: Time went by, and I had to do practical training.
B: ABLAUF2
B: DANN1A
B: kommt
B: praktisch
B: ICH1*
B: PRAKTIKUM1
B: I could have fallen asleep there.
B: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^*
B: ach
B: WIE3B
B: wie
B: einschlafen
B: EINSCHLAFEN1*
B: ICH2*
B: I knew all that stuff already.
B: KANN1*||AUFZÄHLEN1C
B: kann kann kann kann kann
B: DREHEN8^
B: The teacher said it was really good that I was always watching closely.
B: LEHRER2*
B: lehrer
B: DU1
B: du
B: IMMER3
B: immer
B: SEHEN-AUF5*
B: optimal
B: $GEST-NM-KOPFNICKEN1^
B: The others would listen, but stare into space all the time.
B: HÖREND1A*
B: hörende
B: $GEST-NM^
B: I would watch closely and really take in how everything works.
B: ICH1
B: WISSEN2A^*
B: SEHEN-AUF2*
B: AB6*
B: ab ab ab ab ab
B: KANN1
B: MERKEN1*
B: material
B: MATERIAL2A^*
B: $INDEX1
B: HÖREND1A*
B: hörend
B: SEHEN1^*
B: It went on like that, and then I had to take a kind of test.
B: ABLAUF2*
B: ABER1^*
B: WIE3B
B: wie
B: probetest
B: TEST1
B: AUF-PERSON1*
B: I selected my exam tasks randomly and finished them quickly.
B: ICH1*
B: ||$INDEX2
B: $INDEX1
B: ANFANG1A^*
B: AUSWAHL1C*
B: nimm los
B: $PROD*
B: [MG]
B: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^*
B: NACHSCHLAGEN2^*
B: $INDEX1*
B: UM1D*
B: $INDEX1*
B: People were surprised.
B: WIE-FRAGE-VERGLEICH1*
B: wie
B: I explained that I‘d take everything in with my eyes, other than the hearing people who would just gaze around.
B: ICH1
B: darum
B: BESCHEID1A*
B: TAUB-GEHÖRLOS1A*
B: gehörlos
B: IMMER3*
B: immer
B: optik
B: AUGE1^
B: $INDEX1*
B: HÖREND1A*
B: hörend
B: [MG]
B: SCHAUEN3*
B: IGNORIEREN1*
B: Now the other’s had an idea of how it worked.
B: SAGEN1
B: ach so
B: STIMMT1A
B: stimmt
B: VORSTELLUNG3*
B: vorstellen
B: During the practical training, relying on my vision worked well for me, but in school I missed a lot of what was going on because I can’t hear.
B: ICH2*
B: so
B: SO1A
B: KÖRPER1^*
B: NEHMEN1A*
B: ABER1
B: aber
B: SCHULE1A
B: schu{le}
B: ETWAS-NICHT-MITBEKOMMEN1
B: [MG]
B: ICH2*
B: HÖREN1*
B: I probably didn’t get like eighty per cent and caught only about twenty per cent.
B: $GEST^
B: SCHON1A*
B: schon
B: $NUM-ZEHNER2A:8d*
B: achtzig
B: PROZENT1*
B: prozent
B: VERLIEREN1
B: verloren
B: $GEST^
B: $NUM-ZEHNER2A:2
B: zwa{nzig} prozent
B: EINSTECKEN4
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: That was difficult, and I didn’t have an interpreter.
B: SEHR-VIEL2*
B: [MG]
B: VIEL1A
B: viel
B: OHNE1*
B: ohne
B: DOLMETSCHER2
B: dolmetscher
B: OHNE3*
B: ohne
B: DOLMETSCHER2*
B: dolmetscher
B: NEIN1B^*
B: ohne
B: I was surprised that after only half a year the number of hearing people had decreased from twenty to thirteen.
B: ICH1*
B: WUNDERN1
B: PHASE1A*
B: BIS1*
B: bis
B: HALB1B
B: halbes
B: EINTEILEN1A^*
B: jahr
B: UND2A*
B: ICH1
B: HÖREND1A*
B: hörend
B: GESAMT1C*
B: zus{ammen}
B: $NUM-ZEHNER2A:2
B: zwanzig
B: AUF9
B: auf
B: $NUM-TEEN2A:3d
B: drei{zehn}
B: Many had quit.
B: AUFGEBEN1*
B: ab ab ab
B: I also wanted to quit, because I couldn’t keep up at school.
B: ICH1
B: WOLLEN5
B: will
B: AUCH3A
B: auch
B: AUFGEBEN1
B: ab
B: warum
B: ICH1
B: $INDEX1
B: SCHULE1A*
B: schule
B: nicht {ge}schafft
B: SCHAFFEN1C*
B: ICH2*
B: $GEST-OFF^*
B: [MG]
B: ICH2*
B: $GEST^
B: At the practical training, I got a 1 [German grading system, corresponding to an A] in everything, but in school it was a 5 or 6 in everything [German grading system, corresponding to E and F respectively].
B: PRAKTIKUM1
B: praktikum
B: $NUM-EINER1A:1d*
B: eins eins eins eins
B: ICH1*
B: SCHREIBEN1A^
B: note
B: $NUM-EINER1A:5
B: fünf
B: $NUM-EINER1A:6d*
B: [MG]
B: ICH2*
B: $GEST-OFF^*
B: [MG]
B: There was just too much I didn’t catch at school.
B: LESEN-BUCH2B*
B: SCHREIBEN1B*
B: ETWAS-NICHT-MITBEKOMMEN1
B: [MG]
B: ICH1
B: BESCHEID1A*
B: I noticed that many people quit.
B: ICH1
B: ab ab
B: WEG-ENTFERNEN1A
B: AB8*
B: ICH1
B: I went to my teacher to tell him that I also wanted to quit.
B: ICH1
B: lehrer
B: LEHRER2*
B: TREFFEN2B
B: erklär
B: ERKLÄREN1*
B: BESCHEID1A*
B: ICH1*
B: ich
B: WOLLEN5*
B: möchte
B: AUCH1A
B: auch
B: AUFGEBEN1
B: aufgeben
B: He simply said ”no”.
B: $GEST-NM-KOPFSCHÜTTELN1^
B: nein
B: I was surprised.
B: $GEST^
B: was
B: I said that I couldn’t do it.
B: ICH1*
B: ich
B: SCHAFFEN1C*
B: schaff
B: SO1^
B: nicht
B: He said I should stay, that we would remain thirteen people.
B: hörende
B: HÖREND1A*
B: $INDEX1
B: DU1*
B: du du
B: JETZT1
B: jetzt
B: GESAMT1C*
B: insgesamt
B: $NUM-ZEHNER1:3d
B: dreizehn
B: BLEIBEN2*
B: bleib
B: Twelve hearing people is better than thirteen.
B: $NUM-ZEHNER1:2d
B: zwölf
B: BESSER1*
B: besser
B: ALS4*
B: als
B: $NUM-ZEHNER1:3d
B: dreizehn
B: HÖREND1A*
B: hörend
B: ICH1
B: $NUM-ZEHNER1:2d
B: zwölf
B: BESSER1*
B: be{sser}
B: I said I couldn’t do it, but he just said that I had to stay. So I decided to stay.
B: ICH1*
B: ich ich
B: SCHAFFEN-NICHT1
B: schaff nich{t}
B: MUSS1*
B: muss
B: ICH1
B: BLEIBEN2*
B: bleib
B: He said, that I had received only As in practical training which shows that I knew what I needed to know.
B: DU1*
B: PRAKTIKUM1
B: praktikum
B: $PMS*
B: note
B: $NUM-EINER1A:1*
B: eins
B: NICHT1^
B: alles
B: du kann
B: KANN1^*
B: AUFFORDERUNG1^*
B: I said that I kept missing all the latin terms in school.
B: SCHREIBEN1A*
B: aber
B: lateinisch
B: $ALPHA1:L
B: ETWAS-NICHT-MITBEKOMMEN1*
B: $INIT-KREIS1^*||AUFZÄHLEN1C
B: lateinisch lateinisch latein{isch}
B: [MG]
B: ICH2*
B: SCHREIBEN1A
B: ETWAS-NICHT-MITBEKOMMEN1
B: latein [MG]
B: There are lots of problems because I can’t really understand technical terms by reading lips.
B: w{ort} [MG]
B: WORT3*
B: $PROD*
B: ICH1
B: VERSTEHEN1*
B: versteh
B: NICHT1
B: UNVERSTÄNDLICH-GESCHRIEBENES1^*
B: [MG]
B: PROBLEM2A*
B: problem
B: DA1
B: da
B: ICH1
B: That discussion helped me to realise that I actually needed an interpreter.
B: DISKUSSION1A
B: HANDLUNG3^*
B: ENDE1^*
B: ICH2*
B: ich
B: $GEST^
B: MEINUNG1B*
B: BILD4
B: ICH1
B: BESCHEID1A
B: ICH1
B: $INDEX4
B: brauch
B: DOLMETSCHER2*
B: dolmetscher
B: HOLEN2
B: hol
B: So I told him that I would stay, but only if I got an interpreter.
B: DOLMETSCHER2
B: dolmetscher
B: STELLEN1*
B: holen
B: verlangen
B: VERLANGEN1*
B: ICH1
B: KOMMEN3*
B: komm
B: ICH2*
B: BLEIBEN2*
B: bleib
B: ICH2*
B: The teacher said: ”Okay, wait a minute.”
B: $ORAL^
B: ach so
B: LEHRER2*
B: lehrer
B: SAGEN1
B: sagt
B: STOPP1^
B: moment
B: OKAY3
B: He went around the corner to talk to the social counselling department. I wondered what he was doing there.
B: $PROD*
B: sozialberater
B: SOZIAL1A*
B: KANN1^*
B: BERATUNG1*
B: UM-DIE-ECKE1
B: ICH1
B: WUNDERN1
B: UM-DIE-ECKE1
B: [MG]
B: He was back after only a minute and told me, ”Alright, an interpreter has been organized.”
B: ZURÜCK1A
B: zurück
B: SCHNELL3A*
B: $NUM-EINER1A:1d
B: ein
B: $ORAL^
B: minute
B: $PROD*
B: $GEST-NM-KOPFNICKEN1^
B: NEIN3B^*
B: alles klar
B: DOLMETSCHER2*
B: dolmetscher
B: DA1*
B: da
B: I asked how he did it, but he just said that he was fast and was taking care of me.
B: wie hast du
B: WIE-FRAGE-VERGLEICH1*
B: $INDEX1
B: ICH1*
B: SCHNELL3A
B: schnell
B: SEELE4^
B: kümmern
B: schnell
B: SCHNELL3A
B: AUF-PERSON1
B: Because of me being deaf, the principal was already in contact with the health department anyway.
B: TAUB-GEHÖRLOS1A
B: UND2A*
B: und
B: direktor
B: HÖREND1B^*||GEHÖREN1^
B: $INDEX1*
B: AUCH1A*
B: auch
B: gesundheitsamt
B: KÖRPER1^*
B: KONTAKT2A*
B: SCHON1A*
B: schon
B: They wanted me to quit, but the principal didn’t allow it.
B: soll
B: SOLL1
B: ICH1
B: AB1A
B: ab
B: $INDEX1
B: ALT4B^*
B: direktor
B: SAGEN1
B: sagt
B: NICHT3A*
B: nein
B: lass
B: LASSEN1*
B: ICH1
B: They left me in the dark because they didn’t want to unsettle me.
B: BESCHEID1A*
B: BEINE-SCHLOTTERN1A^*
B: [MG]
B: NEIN1A*
B: LASSEN1
B: lass
B: $INDEX2
B: That was surprising.
B: ICH2*
B: GEDULD1B^*
B: When I graduated, they finally told me. I had my certificate, so I couldn’t care less.
B: ICH1
B: ABSCHLUSS1
B: abschluss
B: BESCHEID1A*
B: INTERESSE1A
B: DANN1A*
B: ||HALTEN-BLATT1A^*
B: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^*
B: $INDEX1*
B: By the end of the break, the new interpreter came to my training centre. First thing I did was greet him.
B: DANN1A
B: dann
B: LOS-START1^*
B: BILDUNG1*
B: ausbildung
B: ferienende
B: WICHTIG1^*
B: FALLEN3^*
B: DANN1A*
B: dann
B: LOS-START1*
B: los
B: dolmetscher
B: DOLMETSCHER1*
B: EINSTELLEN-ARBEIT1A*
B: BEGRÜSSEN3
B: At first, the interpreter didn’t know much about my profession, so he copied a lot from me for the first six month.
B: [MG]
B: $INDEX1*
B: DABEI1A^*
B: beruf
B: ICH1
B: BERUF1A
B: OB1*
B: ob
B: $INDEX1
B: ÜBER1^*
B: über
B: KEINE-AHNUNG1
B: [MG]
B: MEIN1*
B: mein
B: BERUF1A*
B: beruf
B: JETZT1*
B: jetzt
B: WAHRNEHMEN-AUGE1A^*
B: HALB6
B: halbes jahr
B: I informed him that I would have about ninety per cent of theoretical input, and only ten per cent of practical training.
B: ICH1*
B: BESCHEID1A*
B: VORHER2*
B: vor
B: ICH2*
B: $GEST-ÜBERLEGEN2^
B: $NUM-ZEHNER1:9*
B: zeunzig
B: PROZENT1
B: prozent
B: PRAKTIKUM1*
B: SCHREIBEN1A^
B: theorie
B: $NUM-EINER1A:10*
B: zehn
B: PROZENT1*
B: pro{zent}
B: praktikum
B: PRAKTIKUM1
B: AUS-VORBEI1
B: When I got the interpreter, I had ninety-five per cent of theory, and only five per cent of practical training.
B: HIER1
B: hier
B: ICH1
B: dolmetscher
B: BIS-HEUTE1B^*
B: PFLEGE2^*
B: EINSTELLEN-ARBEIT1A*
B: fünfundneunzig
B: $NUM-EINER1A:5*
B: $NUM-ZEHNER1:9*
B: PROZENT1
B: prozent
B: SCHREIBEN1A^
B: theorie
B: $NUM-EINER1A:5
B: fünf
B: PROZENT1*
B: pro{zent}
B: praktikum
B: PRAKTIKUM1
B: ZUR-SEITE-SCHIEBEN1
B: They said that I was really good with all the practical things already, so they thought I didn’t need that much practical training anymore.
B: PRAKTIKUM1*
B: praktikum
B: SAGEN1*
B: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^*
B: DU1
B: du
B: NICHT1^
B: KANN1*
B: [MG]
B: ABWEICHUNG3^*
B: [MG]
B: AUFRÄUMEN1^
B: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^
B: FERTIG1A
B: So, with the interpreter school continued, I got a lot of signed input and had to study a lot.
B: $INDEX1
B: DOLMETSCHER3A*
B: dolmetscher
B: DAZU1||AUFZÄHLEN1C*
B: KÖRPER1^*
B: DOLMETSCHER3A*
B: dolmetscher
B: ICH1*
B: $INDEX1
B: SAGEN1^*||AUFZÄHLEN1C*
B: GEBÄRDEN1A^
B: ERKLÄREN1*
B: erklär erklär
B: I wanted to be a masseur, so I had to accept that I had to go through school, I had to be tenacious.
B: SCHULE8*
B: schule
B: BIS1
B: FERTIG1A
B: fertig
B: ALLE2B
B: arbeit
B: ARBEITEN1*
B: ICH1
B: SCHULE8
B: schule schule
B: DURCH1B
B: ERKLÄREN1^*
B: GEDULD1A*
B: HAUPTSACHE1A
B: AUSHALTEN3^
B: in kauf nehmen
B: KAUFEN1A
B: NEHMEN1A
B: As time passed, the interpreter gained more and more knowledge on all those topics, the different illnesses and so on.
B: UNTEREINANDER1^
B: ABLAUF1A
B: $PROD*
B: [MG]
B: SCHAFFEN1B*
B: DOLMETSCHER2*
B: do{lmetscher}
B: ENDE1^*
B: BEKOMMEN1^*
B: SAGEN1*
B: MERKEN1
B: ALLES1A
B: alles
B: krankheiten
B: KRANK1*||$NUM-EINER1A:1d
B: $LIST1:2of2d*
B: HOLEN1A^*
B: [MG]
B: SCHNELL3A
B: schnell
B: It was as if he was learning another profession at the same time as well.
B: VIEL1A^*
B: SCHAFFEN1B
B: KOMMA1^
B: um
B: BERUF1A*
B: beruf
B: LERNEN1*
B: lernen
B: AUCH1A*
B: auch
B: MIT1A
B: mit
B: $INDEX1
B: The teachers realised that because of the interpreter I was making huge progress.
B: WIE3B*
B: wie
B: SITZEN-GEGENÜBER1^*
B: $INDEX1
B: LEHRER2*
B: lehrer
B: SAGEN1^*
B: KLAR1A
B: klar
B: LEHRER2*
B: lehrer
B: SAGEN1
B: sag
B: $INDEX1
B: ICH1
B: ich
B: SEHEN1*
B: seh
B: DU1
B: du
B: [MG]
B: GUT1*
B: AUFWÄRTS1^*
B: I told them that I still had to read a lot after school.
B: ICH2
B: ja aber
B: JA1A
B: ICH2*
B: zimmer
B: ZIMMER1A*
B: LESEN1C
B: Sometimes when I was studying, one of the hearing guys would knock on my door and ask whether I wanted to join them doing sports.
B: HÖREND1A*
B: hörend
B: KLOPFEN2*
B: klopf
B: BESCHEID1A*
B: KOMMEN-AUFFORDERN1
B: SPORT1*
B: sport
B: I was mad. There were so many things you could do, volleyball, football for example.
B: ICH1
B: [LM:ah]
B: $ORAL^
B: scheiße muss
B: volleyball
B: VOLLEYBALL1A*
B: KOMMEN-AUFFORDERN1
B: FUSSBALL2||$NUM-EINER1A:2d
B: fußball
B: BESCHEID1A*
B: Everyone knew that I was pretty athletic.
B: weiß
B: ICH1
B: WISSEN2B
B: KANN1
B: kann
B: ALLES2*
B: alle
B: VIELFALT1*
B: [MG]
B: KANN1
B: kann
B: The hearing guys always asked me to join, playing badminton for example.
B: BESCHEID1A*
B: KOMMEN-AUFFORDERN1*
B: komm komm
B: BADMINTON1*
B: badminton
B: I actually wanted to study but they’d tell me to leave it be and come with them.
B: KOMMEN3
B: ICH1*
B: lernen
B: LESEN1C*
B: $INDEX1
B: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^*
B: So I left the books and went to do sports with them.
B: [MG]
B: ICH1*
B: WERFEN1^*
B: ICH2*
B: SPORT4B*
B: sport
B: There was always someone talking to me.
B: BESCHEID1A*
B: [MG]
B: Some time earlier, there was a hearing woman as well.
B: UND2A
B: und
B: AUCH1C
B: auch
B: VORHER2*
B: vor{her}
B: $NUM-EINER1A:1d
B: frau
B: FRAU6
B: INTERESSE1A*
B: hörend
B: HÖREND1A
B: $INDEX1
B: I usually ate alone and enjoyed thinking and watching others.
B: $INDEX1
B: ICH1*
B: WUNDERN1*
B: ICH1
B: ich
B: ESSEN2
B: essen
B: IMMER3*
B: immer
B: ALLEIN1A
B: allein
B: ESSEN2
B: es{sen}
B: RUHE1*
B: ruhe
B: ESSEN2*
B: DENKEN1B
B: BEOBACHTEN1*
B: $GEST^
B: mittagspause
B: MITTAG9*
B: PAUSE1*
B: So, the woman saw me eating alone, approached me and asked whether the other seat at my table was already taken.
B: HÖREND1A*
B: hörende
B: KOMMEN3
B: ALLEIN1A
B: allein
B: FRAU2C*
B: frau
B: $PROD*
B: ICH2*
B: KANN1^*
B: ESSEN2*
B: $INDEX1*
B: ist der platz frei
B: $INDEX1
B: FREI1
B: I offered her to sit with me and we continued to eat together.
B: ICH2*
B: jo
B: $INDEX2*
B: bitteschön
B: FREI1
B: frei
B: $GEST-NM-KOPFNICKEN1^
B: ja ja
B: ESSEN2*||WAS1A^*
B: was
B: $INDEX1
B: She noted that she always saw me eating alone.
B: FRAGE1*
B: du bist immer alleine
B: DU1
B: ALLEIN5*
B: I said that that was true.
B: ICH1*
B: ja
B: IMMER4A*
B: immer
B: ALLEIN1A*
B: alleine
B: ICH1*
B: so
B: SO1A*
B: So, what was interesting about that was that this woman had actually taken a sign language class in Hohenwart.
B: ICH1^*
B: aber
B: $INDEX1
B: die
B: FRAU1A*
B: frau
B: WAR1*
B: war
B: IN3
B: in
B: SCHLEIER1^
B: hohenwart
B: gebärden{sprach}kurs
B: GEBÄRDEN1B*
B: KURS1
B: $INDEX1
B: ICH1*
B: WUNDERN1*
B: She was also in retraining, and she could sign.
B: umschul
B: $INDEX1*
B: UM1A
B: SCHULE1A*
B: UM1A*
B: KANN2A
B: kann
B: GEBÄRDEN1A
B: gebärden
B: KANN1
B: kann
B: $INDEX1
B: KANN1*
B: kann
B: GEBÄRDEN1A
B: I almost couldn’t believe it at first, but we really were able to have conversations in sign language.
B: $GEST^
B: KANN1*
B: kann
B: GEBÄRDEN1B*
B: gebärden
B: KANN1*
B: kann
B: GEBEN1A^*
B: ICH2*
B: KANN1*
B: kann
B: GEBÄRDEN1A
B: kann
B: KANN1*
B: ICH1*
B: GUT1
B: gut
B: Suddenly, I had found someone who I could actually relate to.
B: AUGE-AUF2^*
B: [MG]
B: $GEST-NM^
B: [MG]
B: ICH1*
B: VERKNÜPFEN1B*
B: SCHAFFEN1B*
B: $INDEX1
B: VERKNÜPFEN1B
B: She offered me to just tell her whenever I’d have problems, I could visit her room and she would explain difficult terms.
B: und wenn
B: WENN1A
B: $INDEX1
B: PROBLEM2B
B: problem
B: KANN1*
B: kann
B: BESUCHEN1B*
B: zu mir
B: ZIMMER1A*
B: zimmer
B: GEBÄRDEN1A
B: UNTERRICHTEN1^*
B: WORT3*
B: wort
B: ERKLÄREN1^*
B: I said that the two of us weren’t even learning the same job, but she said she could explain the words to me anyway.
B: ICH2*
B: $INDEX1
B: aber aber
B: BERUF1A*
B: beruf
B: GLEICH8*
B: nicht gleich
B: EGAL3
B: egal
B: WORT3
B: wort
B: ERKLÄREN1*
B: ICH1*
B: I was really relieved, and from that moment on we had a really strong connection.
B: WOHL1
B: ||STIMMT1A
B: VERBINDUNG2*
B: [MG]
B: STARK2B*
B: stark
B: IM-BLUT-HABEN1A^*
B: blut
B: $INDEX1*
B: VERBINDUNG2
B: [MG]
B: I also told my girlfriend about the woman I met.
B: MEIN1*
B: LEBENSPARTNER1*
B: [MG]
B: schon
B: SCHON1A*
B: LEBENSPARTNER1*
B: BESCHEID1A*
B: ICH1*
B: $INDEX1
B: She didn’t have anything against us hanging out, because it was for the sake of getting into my job.
B: SAGEN1*
B: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^*
B: egal
B: WICHTIG1
B: wichtig
B: beruf
B: BERUF1A*
B: $INDEX1
B: VERBINDUNG2
B: egal
B: EGAL3*
B: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^*
B: She visited me, and we’d talk; I was able to relax. Sometimes we would go to parties, drink a bit. That was nice. She would explain school stuff to me as well.
B: BESUCHEN1B*
B: wohn{ung}
B: zimmer
B: ZIMMER1A*
B: ICH2
B: TASTATUR1^*
B: $INDEX1*
B: UNTERHALTUNG2A
B: unterhalten
B: RUHE1
B: ruhe
B: abschalten
B: ICH1
B: ABSCHALTEN-KOPF1
B: STIMMUNG3*
B: stimmung
B: PARTY1A*
B: [MG]
B: KOMMEN-AUFFORDERN1
B: komm
B: ERKLÄREN1
B: [MG]
B: We were spending lots of time together.
B: BEGLEITEN1A*
B: [MG]
B: That went on until the exam.
B: BIS1
B: bis
B: BIS-HEUTE1B^*
B: zur prüfung
B: Shortly before the exam the interpreter told me that he also wondered how I had made that much progress.
B: dolmetscher
B: DOLMETSCHER2*
B: WUNDERN1
B: DU1
B: du
B: KANN1*
B: kann
B: NIVEAU1*
B: WIE-FRAGE-VERGLEICH1*
B: wie
B: WOHER1
B: woher
B: I told him about the hearing woman and how glad I was to have met her.
B: $INDEX1
B: ICH1
B: ich kenne eine
B: BESCHEID1A*
B: DOLMETSCHER1*
B: $INDEX4
B: HÖREND1A
B: hörende
B: KANN1*
B: kann
B: GEBÄRDEN1A
B: $INDEX2*
B: FÜR1*
B: VERBINDUNG2
B: WICHTIG1^
B: wichtig
B: GOTT-SEI-DANK1
B: gott sei dank
B: The whole situation was quite favourable for me because I could go over the material twice.
B: ICH2*
B: DOPPEL1A
B: doppelt
B: VON-BIS1^
B: VORTEIL1
B: vorteil
B: Having only either one of the two wouldn’t have been enough.
B: $NUM-EINER1A:1
B: ein
B: NICHT6*
B: nicht
B: genug
B: GENUG1
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: She really helped me. Because I could talk to her, the exam wasn’t much of a problem for me.
B: ICH2*
B: RETTUNG1*
B: BESCHEID1A*
B: WERFEN1^
B: $GEST-NM-KOPFNICKEN1^
B: ICH1*
B: LESEN1C*
B: [MG]
B: $INDEX1*
B: GEBÄRDEN1A*
B: PRÜFUNG3
B: bei prüfung
B: $GEST^
B: I made sure I had a good night’s sleep before the practical exam.
B: MEIN1*
B: m{ein}
B: PRAKTIKUM1
B: praktikum
B: ICH1
B: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^
B: SCHLAFEN2A
B: schlafen
B: WIE3A
B: wie ein
B: GOLD5
B: gold
B: $PROD*
B: LIEGEN-BEIN1B
B: All the hearing people were really nervous and they hadn’t slept well.
B: HÖREND1A*
B: hörende
B: UNRUHE1*
B: [MG]
B: ICH1*
B: NICHT3B*
B: ICH2
B: LIEGEN-BEIN1A
B: In the morning, someone asked me how I felt, and I said that I had slept well.
B: morgen
B: MORGEN1B*
B: KOMMEN1^*
B: DU1
B: du
B: HÖREND1A*
B: hörend
B: ICH1*
B: HALLO1*
B: $ORAL^
B: morgen
B: ICH2*
B: $GEST-OFF^*
B: und
B: GUT1*
B: gut
B: ICH2*
B: GUT1*
B: SCHLAFEN1C*
B: schlafen
B: gut
B: GUT1*
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: He himself hadn’t slept well. I couldn’t relate to that; I had had a good, a normal night.
B: gut
B: GUT1*
B: DU1*
B: ICH1
B: ich
B: SCHLAFEN1A*
B: schlaf
B: SCHLECHT1*
B: schlecht
B: ICH1*
B: WARM1B^*
B: ICH2*
B: ich
B: GUT1*
B: gut
B: ICH2*
B: $GEST-NM-SCHULTERZUCKEN1^
B: gut
B: $GEST^
B: [MG]
B: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^*
B: So, the exam started and I randomly pulled a task from a pool of tasks. The first one was giving a massage.
B: DANN1B*
B: dann
B: prüf
B: PRÜFUNG3*
B: BESUCHEN1^*
B: ANFANG1A^*
B: masseur
B: MASSAGE1*
B: $LIST1:2of2d
B: The next one was something with some sort of electronic measurements. I was able to do that task as well. The examiner told me that I was quick.
B: TECHNIK1^*
B: elektro
B: DIGITAL1A*
B: [MG]
B: SCHAFFEN1C*
B: schaffen
B: bad
B: BADEN1A*
B: $INDEX1*
B: FERTIG1A
B: fertig
B: schnell
B: DU1*
B: SCHNELL3A
B: fertig
B: FERTIG1A
B: DU1*
B: The hearing test candidates had needed much longer. That was the end of my exam.
B: RUND3A^*
B: MEISTENS1A
B: TEST1
B: prüfung
B: HÖREND1A*
B: hö{rend}
B: TEST1
B: NICHT3A*
B: nicht so
B: SCHNELL3A*
B: schnell
B: fertig
B: FERTIG1A
B: $INDEX1
B: DAZU1^*
B: $GEST-NM^
B: GUT3
B: FERTIG4
B: fertig
B: After, I wanted to get my results and my grade.
B: ICH2
B: BESCHEID1A*
B: ICH2
B: möchte
B: wissen
B: WOLLEN2
B: WISSEN2B*
B: ERGEBNIS2*
B: ergebnis
B: note
B: $PMS*
B: HER-DAMIT3
B: WIEDER1A^
B: But they didn’t tell us our grades, so that we couldn’t use it to see what our average would be and count that in for the exams taking place the next day.
B: $INDEX1
B: SAGEN1
B: NICHT3A*
B: SAGEN1
B: sagt
B: NICHT3A
B: nicht
B: $INDEX1
B: KANN2A
B: kann
B: AUF9*
B: auf
B: MORGEN1B
B: morgen
B: ||DURCHSCHNITT1A
B: differenz
B: RECHNEN1*
B: WOLLEN-NICHT1^
B: mündlich
B: MUND1A
B: $INDEX1
B: The next day I had my oral exam. You couldn’t do a written exam, because you had to talk to a doctor, and that’s not possible in writing.
B: ICH1
B: SCHRIFTLICH1B*
B: schrift{lich}
B: MUND1A*
B: m{ündlich}
B: PRÜFUNG3*
B: prüfung
B: MUND1A
B: mündlich
B: arzt
B: ARZT1*
B: GESPRÄCH1
B: gibt nicht
B: SCHRIFTLICH1B*
B: ES-GIBT3*
B: MUND2^*
B: ABLESEN1^*
B: MUSS1
B: muss
B: ICH2
B: I was eager to get my results, but that wasn’t possible.
B: ICH1
B: WOLLEN7*
B: will
B: WISSEN2B
B: wissen
B: ANTWORT1*
B: nein
B: SAGEN1
B: sagt
B: $GEST-NM-KOPFSCHÜTTELN1^
B: nein
B: I even tried to get the information from the interpreter, but that didn’t work either.
B: dolmetscher
B: DOLMETSCHER2*
B: ICH2
B: BESCHEID1A*
B: $GEST-NM-KOPFSCHÜTTELN1^
B: nein
B: scheiße
B: ICH1
B: SCHEISSE1A*
B: I just had to be patient.
B: ICH2
B: SCHWEIGEN1^
B: GEDULD1A
B: [MG]
B: I still had to work through all the course material, that was about three meters of piles of task sheets.
B: ICH1*
B: DANN7
B: dann
B: SO4*
B: so
B: GEBEN-STAPEL2^*
B: aufgaben
B: $INDEX1
B: SCHMAL1A^*
B: [MG]
B: SAGEN1
B: ICH1
B: $NUM-EINER1A:3d
B: drei
B: meter
B: METER1*
B: LANG1A
B: $PROD*
B: BLÄTTERN3
B: DANN1A
B: BLÄTTERN3
B: DANN1A
B: There was still so much I had to learn, and most of it was really complicated.
B: $INDEX1*
B: aber
B: ANDERS2*
B: andere
B: VERTEILEN1B*
B: dokument
B: KOMMA1^*
B: ICH1
B: muss
B: LERNEN1*
B: VERSCHIEDENES3
B: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^
B: KOMPLIZIERT1B*
B: FERTIG1B
B: $GEST-NM-KOPFNICKEN1^
B: FERTIG1A
B: The night before the oral exam, I couldn’t sleep at all. I had to keep studying.
B: ICH1
B: MORGEN1B
B: morgen
B: mündlich
B: MUND1A
B: $INDEX1
B: ICH2*
B: BLÄTTERN3*
B: ICH2*
B: SCHLAFEN2B
B: schlafen
B: $GEST-NM-KOPFSCHÜTTELN1^
B: nein
B: SCHAFFEN-NICHT1
B: schaff nicht
B: ICH2
B: ich
B: BLÄTTERN3
B: SCHWACH2^
B: müde
B: MUSS1*
B: muss
B: SCHLAFEN2B
B: ICH1*
B: schaff nicht
B: SCHAFFEN1B
B: BLÄTTERN3
B: I did an all-nighter and felt absolutely whacked.
B: ABLAUF1A*
B: bis morgen
B: MORGEN1B*
B: ZUHAUSE1A
B: zu hause
B: ICH2||$GEST-OFF^*
A: You didn’t sleep at all.
B: WEISS1A*
B: weiß
B: $PROD*
A: $INDEX2
B: $GEST-OFF^*
A: SCHLAFEN1A*
A: schlafen
A: nicht
A: NICHTS1B*
A: $INDEX2
B: ICH1
B: SITZEN1A*
B: $GEST^
A: SCHLAFEN1A*
A: schlafen
A: nicht
A: NICHTS1B*
A: $INDEX2
B: I was really tired, the interpreter spotted it right away and asked me what was going on.
B: DANN1A
B: dolmetscher
B: DOLMETSCHER2*
B: ||KOMMEN3*
B: LEHRER2*
B: lehrer
B: was ist los
B: $GEST^
B: DU1*
B: I answered that I hadn’t slept a minute.
B: schlafe
B: ICH2*
B: SCHLAFEN1A*
B: null
B: $NUM-EINER1A:0f
B: NULL3*
B: MINUTE1*
B: minuten
B: He couldn’t believe it.
B: SEHEN-AUF2
B: WAS1A^*
B: was
B: I said that it was so hard to learn all that stuff.
B: ICH1*
B: BÜFFELN1
B: sagt muss
B: $INDEX1
B: SAGEN1
B: SCHWER6*
B: schwer
B: lernern
B: LERNEN1*
B: $INDEX1*
B: MUSS1*
B: muss
B: ICH1
B: BÜFFELN1*
B: $INDEX1*
B: ICH2*
B: wofür
B: WOFÜR2
B: $GEST-OFF^*
B: Again I asked what my results where, but still didn’t get an answer.
B: $INDEX1
B: BESCHEID1A*
B: ergebnis
B: HÖREN1A^
B: ERGEBNIS2
B: ICH2
B: $GEST-NM-KOPFSCHÜTTELN1^
B: nein
B: NEIN1A*
B: nein
B: $GEST^
B: tut mir leid
B: I was called into the room.
B: REIN-HINEIN2
B: KOMMEN-AUFFORDERN1
B: komm
B: I though I’d be in with three others, but I was wrong. That saved me.
B: SCHAFFEN1B
B: ICH1*
B: HÜPFEN2A*
B: ICH2*
B: LASSEN1*
B: noch
B: $NUM-EINER1A:3d*
B: drei
B: ICH2
B: aus
B: All of the hearing people went in in groups of four.
B: HÖREND1A*
B: hörende immer
B: $NUM-EINER1B:4*
B: vier vier
B: But unlike the others, I didn’t go in with three others to wait there until everyone’s tests were over.
B: ABER1*
B: aber
B: ICH1*
B: ich
B: ||$NUM-EINER1B:4*
B: vier
B: ICH1
B: ALLEIN1A*
B: allein
B: HÖREND1A*
B: KOMMUNIKATIONSDEFIZIT1^*
B: LANG-ZEIT4A*
B: zu {lang}
B: HÖREND1A*
B: hörend
B: WARTEN1A
B: [MG]
B: NEIN1A
B: While all hearing people went in in groups of four, I was supposed to go in on my own.
B: allein
B: ICH1*
B: ALLEIN7*
B: $PROD*
B: HÖREND1A*
B: hörende
B: $NUM-EINER1B:4*
B: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^*
B: ICH1*
B: $NUM-EINER1A:1
B: eins
B: $PROD*
B: Everyone knew that I would be tested by myself and that an interpreter would be there, too.
B: ALLE2A*
B: alle
B: WISSEN2B
B: weiß
B: TAUB-GEHÖRLOS1A
B: $NUM-EINER1A:1
B: ein
B: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^*
B: mit dolmetscher
B: DOLMETSCHER2*
B: STELLEN-VON-NACH1A^*
B: KREUZ1C^
B: OKAY1A*
B: okay
B: ICH2
B: The professor, who was a doctor himself, came to me, shook my hand, and congratulated me on having passed the practical exam top of the class.
B: PLÖTZLICH4*
B: PROFESSOR1
B: professor
B: ARZT1*
B: arzt
B: HAUPT1C^
B: [MG]
B: KOMMEN3*
B: $INDEX1
B: ICH1*
B: AUF-PERSON1
B: auf
B: GRATULIEREN1A
B: gratul{ieren}
B: BESTE1*
B: beste
B: PRAKTIKUM1
B: praktikum
B: So, I had done it, I just didn’t know whether I got an A or a B.
B: ICH1
B: SCHAFFEN1B
B: $INDEX1
B: ICH2
B: $NUM-EINER1A:1d
B: eins
B: $NUM-EINER1A:2d
B: zwei
B: $NUM-EINER1A:1d
B: eins
B: [MG]
B: ICH1*
B: UNSICHER3*
B: ICH2*
B: He said that I did excellent work.
B: SCHÜTTELN-HAND1A^
B: SEHR-GUT1A*
B: sehr gut
B: ARBEITEN1*
B: arbeit
B: SEHR-GUT1A*
B: sehr gut
B: SCHÜTTELN-HAND1A^
B: Both the interpreter and the teacher were a bit annoyed that now I had gotten my results early anyway.
B: DOLMETSCHER2
B: dolmetscher
B: UND2A
B: LEHRER2*
B: VERDAMMT1
B: [MG]
B: $GEST-NM^
B: [MG]
B: But I was really relieved.
B: ICH2*
B: BISSCHEN2A*
B: bisschen
B: NIEDRIG1A^*
B: I had been under a lot of pressure before because I didn’t know whether I had made it or not.
B: ICH1*
B: VORHER1*
B: frü{her}
B: TRAGEN1^*
B: belastung
B: $PROD*
B: SEHEN-AUF2*
B: ENDE1A*
B: ende
B: SEHR-VIEL1^
B: [MG]
B: The interpreter said that I had gotten lucky. I agreed.
B: ICH1*
B: $INDEX1
B: ICH1
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: dolme{tscher} sagt
B: DOLMETSCHER2*
B: SAGEN1*
B: GLÜCK1
B: glück
B: $INDEX1*
B: $GEST-NM-KOPFNICKEN1^
B: Then, my stress level decreased by about ten per cent, and I could relax again.
B: BISSCHEN2A*
B: bisschen
B: ENTZÜNDUNG1A^
B: proz{ent}
B: $GEST^
B: $NUM-EINER1A:5
B: zehn
B: ENTZÜNDUNG1A^*
B: prozent
B: MÜLL1A
B: müll
B: ICH2*
B: LOCKER1
B: locker
B: BISSCHEN2A*
B: bisschen
B: LOCKER1
B: locker
B: When they asked me questions, I made a mistake and answered another person than the one who was asking me questions.
B: SOLL1
B: FRAGE1*
B: ICH1
B: ich
B: FRAGE1
B: fragen
B: ||BESCHEID1A*
B: ||NEIN1A
B: ne
B: ICH1
B: ich
B: FRAGE1*
B: frage
B: gehören
B: DEIN1
B: $INDEX1
B: $GEST-NM^*
B: [MG]
B: IRRTUM2^*
B: [MG]
B: I had to answer ten questions in a row.
B: $NUM-EINER1D:10
B: zehn
B: $INDEX2
B: [MG]
B: $NUM-EINER1D:10
B: zehn
B: FRAGE1*
B: fragen fragen fragen fragen fragen fragen fragen fragen
B: BASTELN1B^*
B: [MG]
B: I got those ten questions one hundred per cent right, but I suppose that ten per cent of that were thanks to the interpreter.
B: ICH2*
B: $NUM-EINER1A:10
B: $NUM-HUNDERTER1:1
B: hundert
B: PROZENT1
B: prozent
B: SAGEN1*
B: aber
B: MUSS1A^
B: zehn
B: ICH2*
B: $NUM-EINER1A:10
B: PROZENT1*
B: prozent
B: DOLMETSCHER1
B: dolmetscher
B: FÜR1*
B: für
B: He rephrased my answers, because by now he knew the drill.
B: ICH1*
B: FRAGE1*
B: frage
B: UM2B
B: um
B: $INDEX1
B: KENNEN1A
B: kennen
B: $INDEX1
B: UM2B
B: He wouldn’t have had to, because the ninety per cent I delivered would have been enough.
B: ICH1
B: MUSS1*
B: muss
B: VIELFÄLTIG1
B: $GEST-NM-KOPFSCHÜTTELN1^
B: VIELFÄLTIG1
B: ALLE1C*
B: alle
B: SCHAFFEN1C*
B: schaffen
B: $NUM-EINER1A:9*
B: neunzig
B: PROZENT1*
B: pro{zent}
B: SCHAFFEN1C*
B: schaffen
B: genug
B: GENUG2
B: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^
B: Then, they all discussed my results. It took them quite some time to finish.
B: $INDEX1
B: DISKUSSION1A*
B: VERSCHIEDENES1^*
B: FERTIG1B
B: fertig
B: Everyone got up and gave me a round of applause. Just the health department’s representative was speechless because she couldn’t believe it.
B: ALLE1A
B: AUFSTEHEN2*
B: a{ufstehen}
B: APPLAUS2*
B: beifall
B: FERTIG4
B: HÖREND1A^*
B: UND2B*
B: und
B: gesundheitsamt
B: GESUND2C
B: DRUCK-AUF-PERSON1^
B: da
B: DA1*
B: $NUM-EINER1A:1d*
B: sprachlos
B: SPRACHLOS1*
B: PERSON1
B: She left right after.
B: ABHAUEN1A
B: FORT1*
B: I wondered why she left so quickly.
B: ICH1*
B: WUNDERN1
B: ABHAUEN1A
B: FORT1
B: ICH2*
B: $GEST-NM-SCHULTERZUCKEN1^
B: ICH2
B: ich
B: WISSEN2B*
B: weiß
B: NICHT1*
B: nicht
B: It was great to finally be done, and I was really happy.
B: ABLAUF1^*
B: BASTELN1B^*
B: SAGEN1
B: SUPER1
B: fertig
B: FERTIG3A
B: FERTIG4
B: BRAVO2*
B: bravo
B: UND7*
B: und
B: FERTIG4
B: fertig
B: It felt great to finally have made it, and to be able to drop all that studying.
B: ICH2*
B: $GEST^
B: yes
B: SCHAFFEN1B
B: geschafft
B: FERTIG4
B: LOS-SEIN1
B: los
B: Outside, all the hearing people wanted to know how it went.
B: ICH1*
B: GEHEN1A
B: HÖREND1A*
B: hörend
B: WAS1A*
B: HER-DAMIT1*
B: EINSCHÄTZEN1*
B: I just gave them a thumbs-up. Finally, my work there was done.
B: ICH2*
B: FEIERABEND1
B: feierabend
B: GUT3*
B: oben
B: FERTIG4
B: [MG]
B: FERTIG1B
B: fertig
B: $GEST^
B: GRÜN5^
B: Some of them were really surprised to see me, the only deaf guy, make it through.
B: HÖREND1A*
B: hörend
B: $GEST-NM^
B: [MG]
B: TAUB-GEHÖRLOS1A
B: SCHAFFEN1C*
B: schaffen
B: ÜBER1^*
B: So, we were thirteen people, for half a year we had been twelve people.
B: ZUSAMMEN2C*
B: zu{sa}mm
B: WAR1
B: war
B: $NUM-TEEN2A:3d*
B: dreizehn
B: WAR1*
B: war
B: $NUM-TEEN2A:2d
B: zwölf
B: WAR1*
B: war
B: halbjahr
B: HALB1B*
B: JAHR1A*
B: $NUM-TEEN2A:3d
B: dreizehn
B: In the end I was third best. Someone else was first, but I was second runner-up.
B: ICH1
B: ABSCHLUSS1
B: zum schluss
B: GEBEN2^*
B: ergebnis
B: dritter
B: $NUM-ORD1:3d
B: ICH1*
B: $NUM-ORD1:3d
B: dritter
B: $NUM-ORD1:1d
B: erst{er}
B: $NUM-ORD1:2d*
B: zwei{ter}
B: ICH1*
B: ich
B: $NUM-ORD1:3d
B: dritter
B: $$EXTRA-LING-MAN^
B: When all was done, the principal called me, the interpreter and the teacher to his office.
B: FERTIG1A*
B: FERTIG4
B: fertig
B: ALLE1B*
B: alle
B: schuldirektor
B: SCHULE1C
B: FALTE-WANGE1A^*
B: ||KOMMEN-AUFFORDERN1
B: komm
B: DOLMETSCHER2*
B: dolmetscher
B: ||KOMMEN-AUFFORDERN1
B: komm
B: LEHRER2*
B: lehrer
B: ||KOMMEN-AUFFORDERN1
B: komm
B: I wondered what he might want.
B: ICH1*
B: $INDEX1*
B: direktor
B: FALTE-WANGE1A^*
B: REIN-HINEIN2
B: BRAUCHEN1^*
B: was
B: UNTER1A^
B: $INDEX1
B: OBJEKT1^
B: So, we went into his office, where he congratulated and hugged me.
B: REIN-HINEIN2
B: SITZEN1A^
B: alles klar
B: ALLES2*
B: KLAR1D
B: GRATULIEREN1A*
B: gratu{lation}
B: ||SUPER2
B: super
B: VIEL1A^*
B: UMARMEN2
B: umarmen
B: SUPER2*
B: super
B: The woman who had helped me also came in, and I said thank you once again. Then I invited everyone to eat out and we celebrated my graduation.
B: UND2A*
B: und
B: FRAU2C*
B: war frau
B: GEBÄRDEN1A*
B: auch
B: ||HOLEN2
B: DANKE2*
B: danke
B: SCHAFFEN1B*
B: DANKE2*
B: danke
B: ABLAUF1^*
B: FERTIG1A
B: ESSEN2*
B: essen
B: [MG]
B: AUSGEBEN3*
B: PARTY1A
B: FERTIG1A*
B: It was only then that the principal told me that half a year before, the health department had wanted to kick me out.
B: DANN1A*
B: und dann
B: ICH2*
B: WAS1B*
B: WAHRNEHMUNG1^*
B: bekommen
B: $INDEX2
B: WAS1B
B: WISSEN2A
B: WAS1B
B: VOR1D^*
B: halbes
B: jahr
B: JAHR1B*
B: VOR1D^*
B: WAS1B
B: gesundheitsamt
B: GESUND6A*
B: PERSON1
B: WOLLEN7*
B: will
B: KÜNDIGUNG2B^*
B: [MG]
B: AUF-PERSON1
B: At that point I realised why their representative had left that quickly after my exam.
B: WOLLEN7
B: wollen
B: ICH1
B: mich
B: WERFEN1^*
B: $INDEX1
B: DARUM1*
B: darum
B: $NUM-EINER1A:1d
B: einmal
B: $PROD*
B: VERSCHWUNDEN1B*
B: [MG]
B: WUNDERN1
B: They didn’t think a deaf guy could make it, that’s why they wanted to expel me.
B: [MG]
B: SAGEN1
B: SO1A*
B: $INDEX1
B: TAUB-GEHÖRLOS1A
B: ZUKUNFT1A*
B: zukunft
B: KANN1*
B: AB1C
B: ab
B: I couldn’t believe it.
B: ICH2
B: The teacher also said that that isn’t true.
B: $GEST-NM-KOPFSCHÜTTELN1^
B: $INDEX1
B: LEHRER2*
B: lehrer
B: SAGEN1
B: sagt
B: NEIN6*
B: In the end the health department had to accept that I had actually passed my final exam.
B: SCHLUSS3
B: zum schluss
B: $INDEX1
B: will nicht sagen
B: SAGEN1
B: $INDEX1
B: stimmt
B: SAGEN1
B: STIMMT1A
B: SCHAFFEN1C*
B: schafft
B: Because of my success, they will be able to accept more and more deaf people into their school in the future.
B: DANN1A
B: dann
B: TAUB-GEHÖRLOS1A*
B: STELLEN-VON-NACH1A^*
B: kann
B: KANN1
A: Oh, so that’s something that might happen, interesting.
B: $INDEX1
A: ||DANN1A
A: ||INTERESSE1B
B: I basically paved the way for deaf people to come.
B: ABLAUF2^
B: generation
B: SCHAFFEN1B*
A: ||$GEST-OFF^*
B: ICH2*
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: ABLAUF1^
B: SCHAFFEN1B*
B: schaff
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: ENDE1^*
B: [MG]
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: I picked up a few other interesting things as well.
B: ICH2*
B: AUFZÄHLEN1A^*
B: [MG]
B: SAGEN1^*
B: AUFZÄHLEN1A
B: INTERESSE1A
B: I realised that people had done right by me in encouraging me to keep going back when I was frustrated and about to give up.
B: BEISPIEL1^*
B: aber
B: $INDEX1
B: NASE1A^
B: BESCHEID1A
B: SCHON1A
B: schon
B: GEBEN4^*
B: ICH2
B: LESEN1C^*
B: lernen
B: kein lust
B: WERFEN1^*
B: ZUSAMMEN6^*
B: WERFEN1^*
B: müll
B: HEIM6*
B: heim
B: SAGEN1
B: NEIN1A*
B: IMMER-SO-WEITER1
B: weiter weiter
B: I hadn‘t had any knowledge of all that was going on behind my back.
B: [MG]
B: ICH1*
B: $PROD*
B: ABLAUF1A
B: läuft
B: UND2B
B: DENKEN1B
B: [MG]
B: SCHWINDELN1^
B: HINTEN5
B: WISSEN2A
B: weiß
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: GESCHLOSSEN1^
B: I am really grateful for all the teachers helping me make it.
B: ICH2
B: DANKE2*
B: danke
B: ALLE1B*
B: alle
B: LEHRER5*
B: lehrer
B: $LIST1:2of2d
B: SCHAFFEN1B
B: schaff
B: FERTIG1A
B: Then, my girlfriend approached me and asked me how it went.
B: LEBENSPARTNER1
B: was
B: ||KOMMEN3
B: WAS1A*
B: I told her everything and we celebrated.
B: JA1A^*
B: SAGEN1
B: feier
B: $PROD*
B: FEIERN1*
B: I was glad to get back home, back to my workplace.
B: FROH1*
B: froh
B: HEIM6
B: heim
B: arbeitsplatz
B: ARBEITEN1*
B: PLATZ9*
B: School lasted a year, followed by an eighteen-month internship.
B: dann
B: DANN1C
B: ICH1
B: JAHR1A*
B: ein jahr
B: schule
B: SCHULE1A
B: BLEIBEN2*
B: DANN1A
B: dann
B: achtzehn m{onate}
B: $NUM-TEEN2A:8d
B: MONAT1*
B: praktikum
B: PRAKTIKUM1
B: $INDEX1
B: You had to complete 150 hours in total.
B: MUSS1
B: INHALT3*
B: in
B: hundertfünfzig
B: $NUM-HUNDERTER1:1
B: $NUM-ZEHNER2A:5
B: UNTERRICHTEN1^
B: stunden
B: muss
B: MUSS1
B: INHALT3*
B: Once that was done, you could go to the health department and they would hand out the official state recognition.
B: FERTIG1B
B: fertig
B: gesundheitsamt
B: GESUND1B*
B: GEBEN1*
B: ANERKENNEN1*
B: staat{liche} anerkennung
B: STAAT2*
B: ANERKENNEN1*
B: BEKOMMEN3*
B: bekommen
B: GEBEN-FESTHALTEN1A*
B: From then on, I kept working in that job.
B: BERUF1A*
B: beruf
B: FERTIG1B
B: ABLAUF1^
B: ARBEITEN2*
B: arbeiten
B: $GEST-OFF^
A: I’ve got a question for you.
A: $INDEX1
A: $GEST-AUFMERKSAMKEIT1^
A: $NUM-EINER1A:1d
A: eine
A: frage
A: FRAGE1*
A: $INDEX1
A: ENDE1^*
A: Which year did you have that interpreter?
A: $INDEX1
A: DOLMETSCHER1*
A: dolm{etscher}
A: ZUSAMMEN-PERSON1^*
A: jahr
A: JAHR2A
A: PHASE1A*
B: For half a year.
A: $INDEX1
A: JAHR2A
A: jahr
B: HALB6
B: halbes
B: JAHR1A
B: jahr
A: What I meant was which year of the twentieth century it was.
A: $INDEX1
A: JAHR2A
A: jahr
A: neunzehn{hundert}
A: $NUM-TEEN2A:9*
B: I was 29 years old, so it must have been in 1985.
A: PHASE1A^*
A: $INDEX1
B: $GEST^
B: $GEST-NM^
B: [MG]
B: ICH1
B: neun{und}zwanzig
B: $NUM-EINER1A:9*
B: $NUM-ZEHNER1:2
B: ICH1
B: neunzehnhundertfünf{und}achtzig
B: $NUM-TEEN2A:9d*
B: $NUM-HUNDERT3*
B: $NUM-EINER1D:10
B: $NUM-ZEHNER2C:8d*
A: So, ’85. Well, for me it was earlier on, in 1970.
A: fünfundachtzig
A: $NUM-EINER1A:5*
A: $NUM-ZEHNER2A:2d*
A: ICH1
A: VOR1B
A: siebzig
A: $NUM-ZEHNER2A:7d*
A: PHASE1A^
A: FRAGE1^
A: Back then, there weren’t even any interpreters.
A: ICH2
A: siebzig
A: $NUM-ZEHNER2A:2d
A: PHASE1A^
A: DOLMETSCHER1*
A: dolm{etscher}
A: PHASE1A^
A: NULL1A^*
A: $INDEX1
A: They just didn’t exist yet.
A: NULL1A^*
A: gibt nicht
A: During my job training I didn’t have an interpreter.
A: ICH2
A: DAMALS1*
A: ausbildung
A: BILDUNG1*
A: ICH2
A: BILDUNG5
A: $INDEX1*
A: dolme{tscher}
A: DOLMETSCHER1*
A: KEIN4
B: Oh, that’s interesting.
B: $ORAL^
B: ach so
C: How was that? How did you do it?
B: INTERESSE1A
A: It was only the oral method, listening and speaking.
A: HÖREND1A*
A: hören
A: ORAL1*
A: oral
A: $GEST-OFF^
A: Everything was about writing and the oral method.
A: ORAL1*
A: oral
A: SCHREIBEN1A
A: KOMMUNIKATION1A^*
A: oral
A: That’s a good question.
A: ICH1*
A: GUT1
A: gute
A: FRAGE1
A: frage
A: $GEST^
A: In 1970 I got employed at the land surveyor’s office.
A: ICH1
A: siebzig
A: $NUM-ZEHNER1:7d*
A: STELLEN-VON-NACH1A^*
A: vermessungsamt
A: VERMESSEN1A*
A: AMT1B
A: ICH1*
A: STELLEN-VON-NACH1A^*
A: vermessungsamt
A: VERMESSEN1A*
A: AMT1B
A: ICH1*
A: STELLEN-VON-NACH1A^*
A: ENDE1^
A: I had a hearing teacher who I didn’t understand at all because he taught us orally.
A: UNTERRICHTEN1*
A: ausbildung
A: hörend
A: HÖREND1A*
A: PERSON1
A: UNTERRICHTEN1*
A: ICH2*
A: verstehen
A: VERSTEHEN1
A: NICHT1
A: ORAL1*
A: oral
A: He always wrote everything down.
A: SCHREIBEN1A
A: [MG]
A: ARBEITEN4^*
A: bemühen
A: SCHREIBEN1A
A: schrei{ben}
A: But sometimes I wouldn’t even understand what he wrote down, because I had a problem with the sentences.
A: ABER1*
A: aber
A: ICH1
A: SCHREIBEN1A*
A: schr{eiben}
A: ICH1
A: aber
A: VERSTEHEN-NICHT1*
A: verstehen
A: WAS1A*
A: was
A: SATZ2*
A: satz
A: problem
A: PROBLEM2B*
A: ICH2
A: $GEST-OFF^
A: Those were short sentences, sure, but they were still complicated.
A: NUR2B*
A: nur
A: KURZ1*
A: kurz
A: SCHREIBEN1E*
A: $INDEX1
A: aber
A: kompli{ziert}
A: KOMPLIZIERT1A*
A: $GEST-OFF^
A: It went on for about two months, and by then the teacher had realised that the two of us just couldn’t make it work.
A: zwei monat
A: MONAT1*
A: ZEITRAUM1A
A: zwei monat
A: $NUM-EINER1A:2d
A: ZEITRAUM1A
A: $INDEX1
A: SELBST1A*
A: selbst
A: GEFÜHL2B
A: fühlt
A: KLAPPT1
A: klappt
A: nicht
A: NICHT5*
A: BEIDE2B*
A: KLAPPT1
A: klappt
A: NICHT5
A: nicht
A: We needed someone else we could consult.
A: MERKEN2*
A: DENKEN1B*
A: MUSS1
A: muss
A: STELLEN1*
A: $GEST-OFF^
A: In 1970, the mere idea of having an interpreter was impossible.
A: DOLMETSCHER1*
A: aber do{lmetscher}
A: ERINNERUNG3B
A: EBEN-ZEIT2*
A: $NUM-ZEHNER2C:7d*
A: neunzehn sieb{zig}
A: DOLMETSCHER1*
A: dol{metscher}
A: NEIN1A^
A: noch nicht
A: $GEST-OFF^
A: Do you know #Name3?
A: PLÖTZLICH4
A: #name3
A: $INDEX1
B: Yes, I know him.
A: #Name3 was a land surveyor who came to my workplace.
B: #name3
A: #name3
B: KENNEN1A*
B: kenn
A: $INDEX1*
B: JA1A*
B: #name3
A: KOMMEN1
A: komm
B: $$EXTRA-LING-MAN^
A: MEIN1*
A: ARBEITEN2*
A: arbeit
A: vermessungsamt
A: VERMESSEN1A*
A: AMT1B
A: He knew quite a bit about the training of future land surveyors.
A: $INDEX1
B: $GEST-NM-KOPFNICKEN1^
A: SCHON1A
A: schon
A: MIT1A*
A: KENNEN1A*
A: kennen
A: BILDUNG1
A: ausbildung
A: MIT3
A: mit
A: vermessungsamt
A: VERMESSEN1A
A: HIER1*
A: That’s why we got him on board.
A: $INDEX1
A: STELLEN4^*
A: He was able to communicate with hearing people.
A: $INDEX1
A: KANN2B
A: kann
A: KOMMUNIKATION1A
A: kommuni{kation}
A: HÖREND1A*
A: hörend
A: SPRECHEN6*
A: [MG]
A: kann
A: KANN2B
A: $INDEX1
A: So he accompanied me.
A: ZUSAMMEN-PERSON1
B: Was he hard of hearing himself?
B: SELBST1A*
B: selbst
B: SCHWERHÖRIG1
B: schwerhörig
B: SELBST1A*
B: selbst
B: SCHWERHÖRIG1
B: schwerhörig
B: SELBST1A*
B: selbst
B: SCHWERHÖRIG1
B: schwerhörig
A: He is deaf himself.
B: $INDEX1
A: $GEST-OFF^*
A: $ORAL^
A: aber
A: TAUB-GEHÖRLOS1A
A: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^*
A: taub
B: But he could speak well.
B: $ORAL^
B: aber
B: SPRECHEN4
B: sprechen
A: He was good with the spoken language, so he could read the hearing teacher’s lips.
B: GUT1
B: gut
A: $GEST^
B: So, was he born hearing?
B: $INDEX1
A: ORAL1
A: oral
B: NAME2
B: heißt
B: GEBURT1A
A: $GEST-AUFMERKSAMKEIT1^
A: HEISSEN2*
A: heißt
B: HÖREND1A
B: hören
A: ||$INDEX1
B: $INDEX1
A: PERSON1*
A: hörende
A: HÖREND1A*
A: PERSON1*
A: LEHRER1*
A: lehrer
B: $GEST-NM-KOPFNICKEN1^
A: $INDEX1*
A: WIE3B
A: wie
A: $INDEX1*
A: oral
A: ORAL1*
A: $INDEX1*
A: SCHWERHÖRIG1*
A: schwerhörig
A: KANN2B*
A: kann
A: VERSTEHEN1*
A: verstehen
A: ablesen
A: ORAL2*
A: ABLESEN1*
B: But was #Name3 born hearing or deaf?
B: $INDEX1
B: aber
B: #name3
B: VORHER2
B: vor
B: GEBURT1B
B: geburt
B: HÖREND1A*
B: hörend
B: TAUB-GEHÖRLOS1A
B: wie
B: WIE-FRAGE-VERGLEICH1*
B: $INDEX1
A: Yes, he was late deafened.
A: spätertaubt
A: SPÄT1
A: TAUB-GEHÖRLOS1A
A: $INDEX4
B: Oh, so that’s an advantage, that’s why he spoke well.
B: $GEST^
B: [LM:ah]
A: spätertaubt
A: SPÄT1
B: vorteil
B: VORTEIL1
A: TAUB-GEHÖRLOS2
A: $INDEX4
B: SPRECHEN5A
B: BLEIBEN3*
B: bleib
B: STIMMT1B
B: stimmt
A: I think he became deaf at the age of seven.
A: $INDEX1
A: GLAUBEN2B*
A: glaube
A: AB2
A: ab
A: $NUM-EINER1B:7d
A: sieben
A: ALT3
A: jahre
A: taub
A: TAUB-GEHÖRLOS2
A: $INDEX1
A: He was by my side, and he taught me.
A: ZUSAMMEN-PERSON1
A: $INDEX1
A: ZUSAMMEN-PERSON1
A: anfang
A: ANFANG1A*
A: UNTERRICHTEN1*
A: $INDEX1
A: #name3
A: $INDEX1
A: ZUSAMMEN-PERSON1
A: Him and the hearing teacher took turns teaching, in a way you could call what they did interpreting.
A: $ORAL^
A: aber
A: ||PERSON1
A: bleibt aber
A: ||BLEIBEN2*
A: ABWECHSLUNG1
A: UNTERRICHTEN1*
A: $GEST-OFF^
A: WIE3B
A: wie
A: FORM1A
A: form
A: dolmetsch aber
A: DOLMETSCHER1*
A: $INDEX2*
A: It was because he came in to help that I could make progress, and I’m really grateful for that.
A: $INDEX1
A: DURCH2A
A: durch
A: STELLEN-VON-NACH1A^*
A: schule
A: $INDEX1
A: UNTERRICHTEN1*
A: ICH1
A: AUFWÄRTS1
A: [MG]
B: What would you have done if #Name3 hadn’t been there, what would it have been like?
B: wenn
B: $INDEX1
A: dankbar
A: DANKE2
B: WENN1A
A: AUF-PERSON1
A: #name3
B: $GEST-AUFMERKSAMKEIT1^
A: I really appreciate what he did for me.
A: dankbar
A: DANKBAR1*
B: WENN1A
B: wenn
A: $INDEX1
B: STIMMT1^
B: #name3
B: war nicht
B: WAR1*
B: DA1
B: was machen
B: MACHEN1*
B: DU1
A: What should I say, without him, it wouldn’t have worked out, or I would have had to drop out.
B: läuft wie
B: ABLAUF1A*
A: $GEST-OFF^
B: WIE-FRAGE-VERGLEICH1*
A: NEIN3B^
B: $INDEX1
A: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^
A: [MG]
A: $GEST-OFF^
A: ICH2*
A: klappt
A: KLAPPT1
A: NICHT1
A: WARUM2A
A: warum
A: BILDUNG1*
A: ausbildung
A: abbrechen
A: ABBRUCH1
A: $GEST-OFF^
A: I doubt they would have fired me, but maybe they would have transferred me to another job.
A: $ORAL^
A: aber
A: AB1A^*
A: ICH1*
A: ich
A: KANN1*
A: kann nicht
A: mir vorstellen
A: VORSTELLUNG1A*
A: ICH1*
A: $ORAL^
A: vielleicht
A: UMZIEHEN2^*
A: $GEST-OFF^*
A: ARBEITEN2*
A: arbeit
A: einstellen
A: STELLEN7
A: UMZIEHEN2^*
A: VIELLEICHT4*
A: vielleicht
A: The land surveyor’s office also has easier tasks to offer.
A: VERMESSEN1A*
A: EINFACH1
A: einfach
A: ES-GIBT2
A: gibt
A: Some deaf people even got a position without going through vocational training.
A: DA1*
A: da
A: $GEST-OFF^*
A: ICH1
A: aus{bildung}
A: BILDUNG1*
A: ||STELLEN1*
A: TAUB-GEHÖRLOS1A*
A: STELLEN1*
A: $INDEX1
A: BILDUNG1*
A: aus{bildung}
A: STELLEN7*
A: einstellen
A: EINIGE1
A: STELLEN7*
A: They weren’t trained.
A: BILDUNG1*
A: ausbil{dung}
A: nicht
A: NICHT3B
A: $INDEX1
A: UMZIEHEN2^*
A: I’ve been trained properly for that position.
A: ICH1*
A: ausbildung
A: BILDUNG1*
A: ||$GEST-RUHIG-BLEIBEN1^*
A: ||UMZIEHEN2^*
A: ||$GEST-OFF^*
A: Once I had passed the final exams of training, I got offered a position, and I’ve been working in that position ever since.
A: ausbildung
A: BILDUNG1*
A: BIS-HEUTE1B^*
A: FERTIG1B
A: PRÜFUNG3*
A: prü{fung}
A: BESTEHEN1
A: bes{tehen}
A: FERTIG1B
A: fertig
A: WEITER1A*
A: einstellen
A: EINSTELLEN-ARBEIT1A*
A: WEITER1A*
B: But are you in that position as an employee or as a civil servant?
A: bis heute
A: BIS-HEUTE2
B: $INDEX1
B: aber
B: DU1*
B: du
A: $GEST-OFF^
B: $INDEX1
B: STELLEN1*
B: angest{tellt}
A: $GEST-AUFMERKSAMKEIT1^
B: $INDEX1
A: ICH1*
B: AUSGANG1^*
B: oder
B: beamter
B: SCHREIBEN1F^*
B: UM2A^*
B: $INDEX1
A: First, I was doing the job training, and after that I was a candidate for further training. I accepted.
A: ICH1
A: ANSTELLUNG1B||$INDEX1
A: an{gestellte}
A: BILDUNG1*
A: ausbildung
A: BILDUNG1*
A: FERTIG1A
A: ||BIS1^
A: $GEST^
A: SPÄTER2
A: später
A: MIT2*
A: mit
A: anwärter
A: AN1
A: WARTEN1A
A: neu
A: NEU1A
A: MELDUNG1*
A: ICH1
A: neu
A: NEU1A
A: DAZU1*
A: BEREICH1A*
A: bereich
A: anwärter
A: AN1
A: ICH1*
A: UMZIEHEN2^*
A: I would have been a civil servant after only a year, but in the end I didn’t make it through the exam.
A: ICH1
A: UMZIEHEN2^*
A: beamter
A: JAHR1B*
A: ein jahr
A: ICH1
A: PRÜFUNG3*
A: prüfung
A: ICH2
A: nicht geschafft
A: SCHAFFEN1B
A: ICH2*
B: Why didn’t you?
A: PRÜFUNG3*
A: prüfung
A: nicht geschafft
A: ICH2*
A: SCHAFFEN1B
B: WARUM7*
B: warum
A: I just failed.
B: SCHAFFEN1A*
B: nicht geschafft
A: ICH1*
A: DURCHFALLEN3
A: durchfallen
A: $GEST-OFF^
A: It was due to communication problems.
A: KOMMUNIKATION1A*
A: kommunikation
A: WIE-FRAGE-VERGLEICH1
A: wie
A: problem
A: PROBLEM2A*
B: You didn’t have an interpreter, again?
A: $GEST-OFF^
B: DOLMETSCHER2*
B: dolmetscher dolmetscher
A: No.
A: NEIN1A*
B: KEIN2
B: kein
A: ||NEIN1B
A: There was no interpreter throughout the first year.
A: JAHR1B*
A: ein jahr
A: OHNE2*
A: ohne
A: ENDE1^*
A: For the second year, there was a new hearing person, and I had #Name3 at my side again.
A: zweit{es}
A: $NUM-ORD1:2d
A: JAHR2A*
A: PHASE1D
A: jahr
A: neu
A: NEU1A*
A: HÖREND1A*
A: STELLEN1*
A: MIT1A
A: mit
A: #name3
A: $INDEX1
A: UM2A^
A: The first year #Name3 was busy with his own apprentice, but I would have needed him.
A: #name3
A: BESETZT1A
A: bes{etzt}
A: ausbildung
A: BILDUNG1*
A: ||SEIN-IHR1
A: ICH1
A: ich
A: brauche
A: BRAUCHEN1*
A: $INDEX1
A: He couldn’t just alternate between workplaces.
A: $INDEX1
A: #name3
A: KANN2A
A: kann
A: $NUM-EINER1A:2d
A: zwei
A: WECHSELN3A*
A: KANN1*
A: kann
A: ||$INDEX1
A: After I hadn’t passed the first year, #Name3 and my hearing trainer could take turns training me in my second year.
A: DESHALB1*
A: deshalb
A: ICH1
A: JAHR1B*
A: ein jahr
A: NICHT1*
A: nicht
A: SCHAFFEN1C*
A: geschafft
A: DANN1A
A: dann
A: gehörlos
A: TAUB-GEHÖRLOS1A*
A: UMZIEHEN2^*
A: $INDEX1
A: #name3
A: $GEST-OFF^
A: zwei
A: WECHSELN3A*
A: FÜR1^*
A: $NUM-PERSONENZAHL2:2*
A: He wasn’t able to provide me that service in my first year, which is why I failed it.
A: EBEN-ZEIT1*
A: früher
A: ICH1
A: ich
A: zeit
A: ZEIT7C*
A: MASS-HORIZONTAL4B^*
A: JAHR1B*
A: ein
A: $INDEX1
A: FÜR1*
A: für
A: NICHT6
A: nicht
A: ICH1*
A: durchfallen
A: DURCHFALLEN3
A: ||$GEST-OFF^*
A: But I failed only by a small margin.
A: ABER1*
A: aber
A: SEHR4*
A: sehr
A: knapp
A: ENTZÜNDUNG1A^
A: $GEST-OFF^
A: It were my difficulties with written German that made me fail.
A: NUR1*
A: nur
A: DURCHFALLEN3*
A: durchfall
A: PASSEN3
A: passt
A: $GEST-OFF^
A: SCHREIBEN1A*
A: deutsch
A: DEUTSCH1*
A: $GEST-OFF^
A: DURCHFALLEN3*
A: FERTIG1B
A: ICH2||$GEST-OFF^*
A: $GEST-OFF^
A: But I was great at all the practical work.
A: SONST1*
A: sonst
A: VERMESSEN1A*
A: praktik
A: PRAKTIKUM1*
A: PRAKTIKUM1
A: SUPER1*
A: I was good at about half of the theoretical areas, bad at the other half.
A: TECHNIK1^
A: theorie
A: HALB1B*
A: teil
A: GUT1
A: gut
A: HALB1B*
A: teil
A: SCHLECHT1*
A: schlecht
A: It just had to be the part of the exam that required me to write a text that I failed.
A: RECHNEN1^
A: aus{gerechnet}
A: ICH1
A: $INDEX1
A: deutsch
A: DEUTSCH1*
A: SCHREIBEN1F
A: TEXT1A
A: ICH1*
B: Sure, deaf people are really good with their hands. They are really good at all the practical work.
A: DURCHFALLEN3
A: [MG]
A: FERTIG1B
B: KLAR1B
B: klar
A: $GEST-OFF^
B: TAUB-GEHÖRLOS1A
B: TYPISCH1*
B: ty{pisch}
B: BESSER1*
B: besser
B: HAND1A*
B: hand
B: GOLD5
B: gold
B: WIE3B
B: $GEST-OFF^*
B: BEWEGUNG1B
B: bewegung
B: HAND1A*
B: hand
B: ETWAS-SEHR-GUT-BEHERRSCHEN2*
B: All things that have to do with writing are quite challenging.
B: SCHREIBEN1A
B: ETWAS-NICHT-MITBEKOMMEN1
B: [MG]
B: Latin words also troubled me; I always had to ask others what they meant.
B: ICH1
B: AUCH3A
B: auch
B: WORT1^*
B: lateinisch
B: ICH1*
B: VERSTEHEN1*
B: vers{tehen}
B: WORT1^*
B: [MG]
B: BESCHEID1A*
B: dolmetscher
B: Once a sentence is rephrased, it’s easy to grasp.
B: $INDEX1
B: [MG]
B: UM1A*
B: ICH1
B: [MG]
B: BEGREIFEN1*
B: WORT1^*
B: I had thought that I would be needing Latin throughout my working life, but that didn’t turn out to be true.
B: ABER1*
B: aber
B: BIS-JETZT1
B: bis
B: arbeit
B: ARBEITEN2
B: DORTHIN-GEHEN1
B: ARBEITEN2*
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: $INDEX1*
B: latein
B: ICH1
B: GLAUBEN2B*
B: glaube
B: ARBEITEN2*
B: arbeit
B: FÜR2*
B: für
B: ICH1*
B: latein
B: OFT1B^*
B: INHALT1*
B: nicht
B: It was just important to have studied it before at all.
B: HAUPTSACHE1A
B: hauptsa{che}
B: LERNEN1
B: lernern
B: SCHON1A*
B: schon
B: VERGANGENHEIT1*
B: SCHON1A*
B: schon
B: Whenever a patient’s records contained a term I didn’t understand, I would just ask the patient what their problem was.
B: $INDEX1
B: aber
B: ICH1
B: ARBEITEN2*
B: arbeit
B: HALTEN-BLATT1A
B: $INDEX1*
B: [MG]
B: WAS1B*
B: was
B: meist
B: ICH2*
B: MEISTENS1A
B: $INDEX1*
B: [MG]
B: WORT1
B: latein
B: WIE-FRAGE-VERGLEICH1*
B: wie
B: ICH2*
B: BESCHEID1A*
B: was haben
B: HABEN-BESITZEN1*
B: $INDEX1
B: SCHMERZ3*
B: schmerz
B: PROBLEM1*
B: problem
B: WAS1A*
B: If they answered that they had problems with their back, I could understand the technical term due to the given context.
B: $GEST-NM-KOPFNICKEN1^
B: [MG]
B: RÜCKEN-OBEN1B*
B: mit rückenschmerz
B: BEGREIFEN1
B: UM1A
A: Yes, that’s right.
A: DU1*
B: VERSCHIEBEN1^
A: JA2*
B: BEGREIFEN1
A: STIMMT1^*
A: A year before I finished school in Nuremberg I had a teacher who taught us how to calculate plane measurements.
A: ICH1*
B: ICH2*
B: $GEST-OFF^*
A: SCHULE4*
A: schule
A: ||$INDEX1
A: in nürnberg
A: ICH1
A: JAHR1B*
A: ein
A: VOR1D*
A: vor
A: JAHR1B*
A: ein jahr
A: ENTLASSEN4*
A: entlassen
A: zehnte klasse
A: $NUM-ORD1:10
A: ENTLASSEN4*
A: BIS-HEUTE1B
A: ICH1
A: UMZIEHEN1^*
A: $INDEX1
A: LEHRER1*
A: lehrer
A: $GEST-OFF^
A: UNTERRICHTEN1
A: MEHR1*
A: mehr
A: MATHEMATIK1B
A: FLÄCHE1*
A: fläche
A: RECHNEN1*
A: rechnen
A: It was more geared towards carpenters.
A: FÜR2
A: für
A: DENKEN1B
A: KENNEN1A^*
A: FÜR2
A: für
A: TISCHLER-SCHREINER1A*
A: schreiner
A: There were two people in my class who wanted to become carpenters after they finished school, but I didn’t want that.
A: warum
A: KENNEN1A^*
A: MEIN1
A: VIERECK1^*
A: $INDEX1
A: UMZIEHEN1^
A: schreinerausbildung
A: TISCHLER-SCHREINER1A*
A: BILDUNG1
A: ||IHR-PLURAL1A
A: ICH1*
A: NICHT3B*
A: PERSON1*
A: I went to the land surveyor’s office instead.
A: ICH1
A: vermessungsamt
A: VERMESSEN1A*
A: AMT1B
A: ICH1*
A: UMZIEHEN2^*
A: ICH1
A: Originally I wanted to go into precision mechanics. I had already done an internship.
A: NORMALERWEISE1*
A: normal{erweise}
A: plan
A: ICH1
A: PLAN2
A: WAS1B*
A: ICH2
A: feinmechanik
A: FEIN1*
A: MECHANIK1
A: STELLEN-VON-NACH1A^*
A: PRAKTIKUM1*
A: praktik{um}
A: schon
A: SCHON1A
A: STELLEN-VON-NACH1A^*
A: I quite liked it.
A: ICH1*
A: GUT1
A: gut
A: GEFALLEN1
A: gefallen
A: I also told my father that I wanted to be a precision mechanic.
A: vater
A: VATER1*
A: ICH2
A: BESCHEID1A*
A: ICH2
A: will
A: WOLLEN5
A: $INDEX1
A: feinmechanik
A: FEIN1*
A: MECHANIK1*
A: $INDEX1
A: GUT1
A: [MG]
A: But my father didn’t allow it; he made me go to the land surveyor’s office.
A: VATER3*
A: vater
A: NEIN2A
A: nein
A: DU1
A: UMZIEHEN1^*
A: vermessungsamt
A: VERMESSEN1A*
A: AMT1B
A: I didn’t care about land surveying; I wasn’t interested in it.
A: [MG]
A: ICH1*
A: $GEST^
A: VERMESSEN1A*
A: vermessung
A: [MG]
A: GEFÜHL4A^*
A: $WORTTEIL-LOS1*
A: ICH2*
A: My father forced me to do it. He arranged everything including the work contract. He made the entire decision for me.
A: VATER3*
A: vater
A: ZWANG1
A: FERTIG4
A: $INDEX1
A: EIGEN1B*
A: eigen
A: FAUST2*
A: faust
A: FERTIG4
A: VERTRAG1A
A: ANTRAG1B
A: an{trag}
A: FERTIG4
A: BIS1*
A: bis
A: AB5*
A: ab
A: ICH1
A: UMZIEHEN1^*
A: vermessungamt
A: ENDE1^*
A: ICH1*
A: UMZIEHEN1^*
A: BILDUNG1*
A: ausbildung
A: I was disappointed because I didn’t get to become a precision mechanic in Nuremberg, as I had wanted. But as my father forced me, I had to do what he said.
A: ICH2
A: ich
A: SCHON1A*
A: schon
A: ENTTÄUSCHT4
A: ICH2
A: WISSEN2B
A: $INDEX1
A: NÜRNBERG2
A: nürn{berg}
A: BESSER1*
A: besser
A: feinme{chanik}
A: FEIN1*
A: MECHANIK1*
A: GUT1*
A: ICH1
A: aber
A: ZWANG1*
A: SPASS2^
A: GEDULD1A
A: Then, I had to go into training to become a land surveyor.
A: $GEST^
A: ICH1
A: UMZIEHEN2^*
A: $GEST^
A: ICH2*
A: UMZIEHEN2^*
A: BILDUNG1
A: aus{bildung}
A: I already told you about how #Name3 came to help me. He also taught me mathematics.
A: SELBST1A*
A: UNTERRICHTEN1*
A: $INDEX1
A: zwei m{onat}
A: $NUM-EINER1A:2d
A: MONAT1
A: PHASE1A*
A: #name3
A: UMZIEHEN1^*
A: SCHON1A*
A: SAGEN1*
A: UNTERRICHTEN1*
A: SAGEN1
A: ÜBER1*
A: über
A: MATHEMATIK1A
A: mathematik
A: I can tell you, I didn’t even know the word ‘mathematics’, didn’t know what it was.
A: ICH1*
A: $INDEX1
A: $GEST-AUFMERKSAMKEIT1^*
A: WORT2
A: wort
A: MATHEMATIK1A
A: mathematik
A: ICH1
A: KENNEN-NICHT1
A: kenne nicht
A: NAME2
A: name
A: WORT2
A: wort
A: MATHEMATIK1B*
A: mathematik
A: ICH2
A: KENNEN-NICHT1
A: kenne nicht
A: ICH1*
A: UNTERRICHTEN1*
A: KENNEN-NICHT1
A: ICH1
A: He said that I should know it from school, but that wasn‘t the case.
A: schule
A: SAGEN1
A: SCHULE4*
A: ||$INDEX1
A: ICH1*
A: $GEST-NM-KOPFSCHÜTTELN1^
A: I told him that we‘d only covered plane measurements, which was useful to carpenters only.
A: ICH1*
A: BESCHEID1A*
A: flächenrechnen
A: BEREICH1B
A: MATHEMATIK1A
A: FÜR2
A: für
A: TISCHLER-SCHREINER1A*
A: schreiner
A: He couldn’t believe that was the only thing I had learned.
A: BETEN1B^
A: $GEST^
A: $GEST-OFF^
A: He told me that I had to know mathematics if I wanted to become a land surveyor, so he gave me extra lessons in mathematics.
A: soll
A: AB2^*
A: ICH1
A: GRUND4A^
A: VERMESSEN1A*
A: ver{messung}
A: ICH1
A: $GEST-OFF^
A: $INDEX1
A: KOMMEN1*
A: komm
A: extra
A: EXTRA1
A: UNTERRICHTEN1*
A: ÜBER1*
A: über
A: MATHEMATIK1B*
A: mathe
A: Only through that I could make actual progress.
A: ICH1
A: $INDEX1
A: ICH1
A: SCHAFFEN1A
A: geschafft
A: AUFWÄRTS1^*
A: [MG]
A: SCHAFFEN1C*
A: geschafft
A: As a result, I got a placement after I finished my training. Even though becoming a civil servant hadn’t worked out.
A: UND2A
A: und
A: ergebnis
A: ICH1*
A: ERGEBNIS1
A: ABSCHLUSS1
A: abschluss
A: bestanden
A: ICH1*
A: BESTEHEN1
A: FERTIG1B
A: BESCHEID2^*
A: beamte
A: SCHAFFEN1A*
A: nicht geschafft
A: ||BLEIBEN2*
A: bleib
A: einstellen
A: UMZIEHEN1^*
A: PHASE1A^
A: So in retrospect, I don’t feel any envy, but am rather grateful to my father.
A: FERTIG1A
A: ICH1
A: SAGEN1^
A: ICH2*
A: dankbar
A: DANKE2
A: AUF-PERSON1
A: VIEL1A^*
A: vater
A: $GEST-OFF^
A: I’m still very grateful to my father, because what he did turned out to be really valuable. And I say that having done the same job for forty years.
A: VERMESSEN1A*
A: vermessung
A: $INDEX1*
A: wertvoll
A: WERTVOLL1B
A: NEIN3B^*
A: dankbar
A: DANKE2*
A: PERSON2A
A: FERTIG4
A: BIS-JETZT1
A: bis jetzt
A: ICH1
A: DABEI1B
A: da
A: SCHON1B
A: schon
A: ICH2*
A: $NUM-ZEHNER1:4*
A: vierzig
A: JAHR1B*
A: jahr
A: arbeit
A: ARBEITEN2*
A: $GEST-OFF^*
B: Excellent work, well done.
B: GOLD5
B: ARBEITEN2*
B: APPLAUS1^
A: Thank you.
A: DANKE2
A: danke
C: Your clients, or rather, patients, are hearing. How do you communicate with them, what’s that like?
B: You do need to be courageous in the beginning.
B: ICH1*
C: Asks B to look at A.
B: ANFANG1A*
B: anfang
B: ICH1
B: MUT1*
B: ICH1*
B: MUT1*
B: mut
B: SELBST1A*
B: muss
B: MUT1*
B: mut
B: ZEIGEN1A
B: zeigen
B: Besides my name, my name tag also states that I’m deaf.
B: $PROD*
B: gehörlos
B: TAUB-GEHÖRLOS1A*
B: $PROD*
B: dazu
B: DAZU1
B: $PROD*
B: But it doesn’t really matter anyway; there aren’t any problems.
B: ICH2
B: EGAL3*
B: egal
B: ICH1*
B: PROBLEM1
B: problem
B: NICHT3B*
B: nicht
B: Upon meeting me for the first time, patients usually have to take a deep breath at first. You can tell from their faces that they are puzzled.
B: ICH1*
B: $INDEX1
B: KOMMEN3*
B: patient
B: $GEST-NM^
B: [MG]
B: ICH1*
B: ich
B: MIMIK1
B: mimik
B: ICH1
B: BEGREIFEN1*
B: I see that they are concerned, but I just go ahead and ask them which health problems they have and to show me where it hurts.
B: ICH1*
B: IMMER4B*
B: immer
B: MIMIK1*
B: mimik
B: BEGREIFEN1*
B: begreif
B: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^*
B: ICH1*
B: ich
B: KANN1^*
B: $INDEX1
B: WENN1A
B: wenn
B: PROBLEM2B*
B: problem
B: HABEN-BESITZEN1*
B: haben
B: PROBLEM2B*
B: problem
B: KANN1*
B: kann
B: FRAGE1*
B: fragen
B: WAS1A*
B: was
B: SCHMERZ3*
B: schmerz
B: WO1A*
B: wo
B: They are confused to hear me speak every time, because my name tag says that I’m deaf.
B: DU1*
B: du
B: KANN1*
B: kannst
B: SPRECHEN4*
B: sprechen
B: $ORAL^
B: warum
B: $PROD*
B: I always tell them that that’s true, but that it just means that I can’t hear/
B: $GEST-AUFMERKSAMKEIT1^*
B: ja
B: ICH1
B: ich
B: OHR1^*
B: höre
B: NICHT3A*
B: nicht
A: Your name tag says that you are deaf?
A: $GEST-AUFMERKSAMKEIT1^*
A: gehörlos
A: TAUB-GEHÖRLOS1A*
A: $PROD*
B: … Deaf, exactly.
B: gehörlos
B: TAUB-GEHÖRLOS1A*
B: $PROD*
A: $GEST-NM-KOPFNICKEN1^
B: We are working at an independent hospital, and my tag says ”deaf”.
B: ICH1^*
B: wir
B: ARBEITEN2*
B: arbeit
B: ERLEDIGEN1A^
B: freies
B: krankenhaus
B: HAUS1A
B: $INDEX1
B: $PROD*
B: gehörlos
B: So they are confused until they slowly start to understand. I explain to them that I can’t hear but will react to shouting at times.
B: $INDEX1*
B: ach so
B: hören
B: HÖREN2*
B: ICH1
B: NICHT3A*
B: DU1
B: wenn du
B: RUFEN1A*
B: ruf
B: höre
B: ICH1*
B: HÖREN2*
B: ICH1
B: aber
B: HÖREN2*
B: hören wenn
B: SCHAUEN2*
B: aber
B: However, we need to stand face to face when talking so that I can read their lips.
B: SPRECHEN5A*
B: MUSS1
B: muss
B: ICH1
B: MUND1A*
B: mund
B: SEHEN-AUF-GEGENSEITIG1*
B: ablesen
B: HÖREND1A*
B: hörend
B: SEHEN-AUF2
B: [MG]
B: SEHEN-AUF-GEGENSEITIG1*
B: muss absehen
B: I always make sure that I know their ailments, problems, what pain they are in and stuff like that before starting the treatment.
B: UND2A
B: und
B: BEREICH1A^*
B: beschwerde
B: ICH2*
B: WENN1A*
B: wenn
B: DRUCK-PRESSEN1A^*
B: beschwerde
B: VORHER2
B: vor
B: PROBLEM1||$NUM-EINER1A:1d
B: problem
B: RÜCKEN-OBEN1B^*||$NUM-EINER1A:2d
B: schmerz
B: WO1A*
B: wo
B: $INDEX1*
B: [MG]
B: so so so
B: $INDEX1||$NUM-EINER1A:3d
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: KENNEN1A*
B: [MG]
B: During the treatment I will always check in with them tilting my head so that I can properly see the patient giving their answer.
B: DRUCK-PRESSEN1A^*
B: ICH2*
B: ich
B: frage
B: FRAGE1
B: $PROD*
B: ICH1*
B: ich
B: KOPF1A*
B: kopf
B: $PROD*
B: umdrehen
B: FRAGE1
B: frage
B: $GEST-AUFMERKSAMKEIT1^*
B: WIE-FRAGE-VERGLEICH1*
B: wie
B: ABLAUF1A
B: läuft
B: Usually they tell me that they are really satisfied with my treatment, there don’t seem to be any problems.
B: SAGEN1
B: SUPER4*
B: super
B: GUT4^*
B: war perfekt
B: NEIN3B^*
B: OKAY1A*
B: PROBLEM2B
B: problem
B: NICHT1
B: If someone is in pain or isn’t happy, they can just tell me and I’ll adjust, that’s really no problem.
B: WENN1A*
B: wenn
B: $GEST-NM^
B: [MG]
B: MELDUNG1*
B: melden
B: BEISPIEL1^*
B: kein
B: PROBLEM2A
B: problem
B: KANN1*
B: kann
B: immer
B: ICH1
B: IMMER4A
B: BEREIT2A
B: bereit
B: DU1^*
B: zu
B: ES-GIBT2
B: geben
B: Unlike others, I can’t just overlook their issues.
B: NEIN2A*
B: nein
B: [MG]
B: ÜBERWINDEN1^*
B: UNTERDRÜCKEN1A^*
B: ICH1*
B: kann nicht
B: KANN1*
B: ICH1*
B: What’s important to me is to help people get healthy. The patient should be able to go home content, and I let them know that that’s what I want.
B: WICHTIG1^*
B: PERSON1
B: person
B: MACHEN2
B: machen
B: GESUND6A
B: gesund
B: BRINGEN1A*
B: bringen
B: nach hause
B: AUF-PERSON1*
B: NACH-HAUSE1
B: ZUFRIEDEN2A
B: zufrieden
B: wichtig
B: WICHTIG1
B: ICH1*
B: PUNKT1A*
B: punkt
B: AUF-PERSON1
B: HÖREND1A*
B: hörend
B: $GEST-NM^
B: [MG]
B: ICH1*
B: MUSS1*
B: ICH1
B: Afterwards they always say that they really appreciate me speaking well and explaining so much.
B: UM12*
B: dann
B: super
B: DANKE2*
B: SUPER1
B: DU1*
B: SPRECHEN5A*||$NUM-EINER1A:2d
B: sprechen
B: KANN1*
B: kann
B: $LIST1:2of2d
B: und
B: ERKLÄREN1
B: erklären
B: Helping people, giving them advice and explaining to them what is going on really matters to me.
B: ICH2*
B: DABEI1A^*
B: dazu auch
B: PERSON1
B: person
B: ERKLÄREN1
B: erklären
B: viel
B: VIEL1A*||$NUM-EINER1A:1d
B: PERSON1||$NUM-EINER1A:2d
B: helfbereit
B: HELFEN1*
B: BEREIT2A*
B: $INDEX1
B: empfehlen
B: EMPFEHLEN1A||$NUM-EINER1A:2d
B: $LIST1:2of2d
B: MENSCH2*
B: mensch
B: ||$GEST-OFF^*
B: Many ask me why I even wear that tag, but in the end I also want to show what I’m capable of.
B: $ORAL^
B: aber warum
B: $PROD*
B: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^*
B: ICH1
B: ich
B: MÖGEN4
B: möchte
B: AUCH1A
B: auch
B: ZEIGEN1A
B: zeigen
B: kann
B: KANN1
B: $PROD*
A: How do the hearing people react when they meet you, a deaf person, for the first time?
A: ABER1*
A: aber
A: FRAGE1
A: frage
A: $INDEX1
A: hörend
A: HÖREND1A*
A: KOMMEN3*
A: TAUB-GEHÖRLOS1A
A: $GEST^
A: HÖREND1A*
A: hörende
A: REAKTION1A*
A: reagiert
B: At first, they are a bit taken aback and have to swallow hard.
A: wie
A: WIE-FRAGE-VERGLEICH1*
B: $INDEX1
A: PERSON1
A: $GEST-OFF^*
B: $GEST-NM^
B: You can actually see them swallow hard.
B: KLOSS-IM-HALS1
B: ICH1
B: SEHEN1*
B: sehe
B: ICH1*
B: I check the records and call the patients by their name.
B: $GEST^
B: $INDEX1||$PROD*
B: ICH1*
B: ich
B: RUFEN1A*
B: rufen
B: $INDEX1*
B: [MG]
B: rufe namen
B: SAGEN1*
B: LESEN-BUCH2^
B: You can see them trying to process the situation, because they think that as a deaf person you wouldn’t be able to talk.
B: hörend
B: HÖREND1A*
B: $INDEX1*
B: HAND-HEBEN1^
B: HAND-HEBEN1^*
B: aber
B: WUNDERN1*
B: warum
B: $PROD*
B: gehörlos
B: HAND-HEBEN1^
B: ruf
B: I just ask them to enter the room and tell them that I’m going to massage them and that they should get undressed.
B: ICH1
B: ja
B: RUFEN1A*
B: rufe namen
B: $GEST-NM-KOPFSCHÜTTELN1^
B: ||KOMMEN-AUFFORDERN1
B: komm
B: herein komm
B: WILLKOMMEN1
B: ||KOMMEN-AUFFORDERN1
B: WILLKOMMEN1*
B: komm
B: RAUM1A
B: raum
B: WARTEN3*
B: SAGEN1*||$NUM-EINER1A:2d
B: AUSZIEHEN1
B: auszieh
B: auf bauch
B: $NUM-TEEN1:5
B: FERTIG1A
B: ICH2
B: When they lie down on the massage bench, you can still see their wheels turning.
B: hörend
B: HÖREND1A*
B: SEHEN-AUF2
B: $PROD*
B: ÜBERLEGEN3*
B: HÖREND1A*
B: hörend
B: $PROD*
B: [MG]
B: I go about my work, but will check in whether everything is okay from time to time.
B: ICH1*
B: $GEST-NM^
B: GUT1*
B: okay
B: ICH1*
B: GUT3*
B: [MG]
B: MASSAGE1*
B: [MG]
B: When I’m done they are really happy, tell me that it was just perfect and how impressed they are by me speaking so well. They will tell me that I have ”golden hands”.
B: $PROD*
B: GUT3
B: FERTIG1A*
B: GUT3
B: NEIN3B^*
B: perfekt
B: DU1*
B: $INDEX1*
B: sprechen
B: NEIN3B^*
B: kein problem
B: $ORAL^
B: aber
B: BEISPIEL1^
B: hand
B: gold
B: GOLD5*
B: $INDEX1
B: SEHR-GUT1A*
B: [MG]
B: I’m happy to get such positive feedback, and the word is spreading, because satisfied customers will tell others about me.
B: ICH2
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: ALSO1
B: also
B: PROBLEM2B
B: kein problem
B: $INDEX1
B: KONTAKT2A
B: [MG]
B: AUSBREITEN3
B: They call other people’s attention to a deaf person working here.
B: AUFWECKEN2*
B: aufwecken
B: TAUB-GEHÖRLOS1B
B: da
B: DA1
B: $INDEX1
B: ARBEITEN1
B: arbeit
B: I get more and more requests. I have to deal with it, but I do enjoy working, though.
B: ABLAUF1A*
B: DARUM1*
B: darum
B: ICH1
B: ich
B: BIS-JETZT1
B: bis
B: GEFÜHL2A
B: fühle
B: AUFTRAG1B
B: auftrag
B: GEBEN1*
B: geben
B: ICH1*
B: ANSTRENGEND1*
B: [MG]
B: ICH1
B: MUSS1
B: muss
B: SICH-MIT-ETWAS-ABFINDEN3A
B: ARBEITEN2*
B: I have no difficulties concerning communication or customer relations.
B: ICH1
B: PROBLEM2B*
B: beziehung
B: KOMMUNIKATION1A*
B: ICH2*
B: $GEST^
B: Elderly people are a bit of a challenge though.
B: BESONDERS3
B: besonders
B: WAS1B*
B: was
B: PROBLEM1*
B: problem
B: alt leute
B: ALT3*
B: $GEST^
B: If they are missing their teeth, reading their lips is almost impossible.
B: UND2B*
B: und
B: ZAHN1*
B: kein zähn{e}
B: ICH1
B: ETWAS-NICHT-MITBEKOMMEN1
B: [MG]
B: ICH1*
B: $GEST-NM^
B: I’ll excuse myself and tell them that I’ll be back in a minute.
B: $GEST-RUHIG-BLEIBEN1^*
B: moment
B: MEISTENS1A
B: meist
B: ICH2*
B: ich
B: $GEST-RUHIG-BLEIBEN1^*
B: moment
B: ICH1
B: ich
B: KOMMEN1*
B: komme
B: $GEST-RUHIG-BLEIBEN1^*
B: gleich wieder
B: I’ll get a colleague and tell them that I can’t understand the patient because of their missing teeth.
B: kollege
B: KOLLEGE4*
B: AUFFORDERUNG1^
B: sprechen was sagt
B: SAGEN1*
B: ICH1
B: ZAHN1*
B: zähne
B: KEIN1*
B: kein
B: My colleague will come into the room with me and repeat what the patient says so that I can get it.
B: HÖREND1A*
B: hörend
B: STIMMT1A
B: stimmt
B: GEHEN1A*
B: $GEST-NM^
B: $ORAL^
B: ach stimmt
B: WAS1B*
B: $INDEX1
B: ERKLÄREN1*
B: Once everything is clear, I can start working.
B: $GEST-NM^
B: [LM:ah]
B: ALLES2*
B: alles klar
B: GUT3*
B: MASSAGE1*
B: I’m glad to get the elderly people out of the room when I’m done.
B: FERTIG1A
B: ABFERTIGEN1^*
B: I have a problem with them, and with foreigners as well.
B: $NUM-VON-BIS1*
B: PROBLEM1*||$NUM-EINER1A:2d
B: problem
B: DA1*
B: da
B: $LIST1:3of3d*
B: und
B: AUSLAND1*
B: ausl{and}
B: AUCH1A
B: auch
B: They also tend to stare at me a bit.
B: $GEST-NM^
B: SEHEN-AUF2*
B: $INDEX1
B: Some people think I’m a foreigner because of the way I look.
B: $INDEX1
B: NICHT3A
B: nicht
B: MEINUNG1B
B: mein
B: GESICHT1*
B: WIE3B
B: wie
B: BEWEGUNG1B
B: AUSLAND1*
B: aus{land}
B: But I was born in Germany.
B: ICH2
B: aber
B: RICHTIG1B*
B: richtig
B: DEUTSCH1*
B: deut{schland}
B: geboren
B: GEBURT1A*
B: GEHÖREN1^
B: They are confused seeing a German name on my name tag, because they assumed me to be a foreigner.
B: SEHEN1
B: mein
B: $PROD*
B: name
B: WIE-FRAGE-VERGLEICH1*
B: wie
B: ICH2*
B: SEHEN-AUF2*
B: REAKTION1B
B: reaktion
B: $PROD*
B: ausländer
B: I just tell them that I’m from Munich and that I was born in Bavaria.
B: NEIN1B*
B: nein
B: ICH1
B: ich bin
B: DEUTSCH1*
B: deutschland
B: GEBURT1A*
B: geboren
B: ICH2
B: wo
B: GEBURT1B*
B: geboren
B: ICH2
B: IN1
B: in
B: DEUTSCH1*
B: deutschland
B: münchen
B: MÜNCHEN1A*
B: NAHE1A
B: STIMMT1^*
B: That quiets them down a bit.
B: $PROD*
B: ach so
B: My build sometimes makes people afraid that I might hurt them.
B: $ORAL^
B: aber
B: GESICHT1
B: $PROD*
B: UND2B*
B: und
B: KLEIDUNG3^
B: weiß
B: SEHEN-AUF2
B: GROSS5A
B: groß
B: $PROD*
B: $GEST-NM^
B: [MG]
B: ICH2*
B: OB4*
B: ob
B: DENKEN1B*
B: und denken
B: WIE3B*
B: wie
B: KAPUTT4*
B: [MG]
B: ODER6A
B: oder
B: But I know about age differences and different skin types.
B: ICH2*
B: MASSAGE1*
B: VIERECK1^*
B: VERSCHIEDEN3
B: verschieden
B: HAUT1A*
B: haut
B: ERKENNEN1*
B: [MG]
B: $INDEX1
B: alt
B: ALT3
B: LEUTE2*
B: KENNEN1A
B: IHR-PLURAL1A
B: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^*
B: If someone flinches their shoulder during my massage, I will stop what I’m doing and ask whether it hurt or whether that spot is tense, and then I can go on working on that.
B: MASSAGE1*
B: $GEST-NM^
B: ICH2*
B: ERWISCHEN1A*
B: [MG]
B: $INDEX1
B: $GEST^
B: [LM:ah]
B: GEHÖREN1^*
B: schmerz
B: $INDEX1
B: WARTEN3*
B: [MG]
B: MASSAGE2A*
B: [MG]
B: WEG-VERSCHWINDEN1*
B: ABFERTIGEN1^*
B: I can tell all that from a massage.
B: $INDEX1
B: $PROD*
B: MASSAGE1*
B: UND2B
B: und
B: People ask me whether I have a lot of work experience, but I can tell them that my main advantage is knowing all the different injuries because I’m a sportsman myself.
B: SAGEN1*
B: DU1*
B: du
B: VIEL5*
B: viel
B: ARBEITEN2*
B: arb{eit}
B: ich
B: ICH2*
B: BESCHEID1A*
B: selbst
B: SELBST1A*
B: MUSS1*
B: SELBST1A*
B: GUT1
B: gut
B: SPORT1
B: sport
B: ICH2
B: KENNEN1A*
B: kenn
B: verletzung
B: VERLETZUNG1A
B: ICH1*
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: They understand what I mean.
B: HÖREND1A*
B: hörend
B: stimmt
B: SAGEN1
B: STIMMT1A
B: $INDEX1
B: I know how to do massages, and communication really isn’t a problem for me.
B: ich mache
B: ICH2*
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: MASSAGE2A*
B: $GEST^
B: MASSAGE2A*
B: KOMMUNIKATION1A
B: kommunikation kommunikation
B: NICHT1^*
B: kein problem
B: Me and my colleagues have a lot of fun and we make many jokes.
B: UND2A*
B: LOCKER1^*
B: UND2B
B: und
B: MEIN1*
B: mein
B: KOLLEGE4*
B: koll{ege}
B: VIEL1A
B: viel
B: LACHEN2*
B: lach
B: humor
B: WITZ1
B: ICH2*
B: LEICHT1^
B: [MG]
B: We share a good laugh, also because my facial expressions make the others laugh.
B: BEWEGUNG1B
B: [MG]
B: MIMIK1*
B: mimik
B: scharf
B: SCHARF1A
B: ICH2
B: $GEST-OFF^*
B: [MG]
A: You meet many hearing people, but I’m just around the same deaf people all the time.
B: $GEST-OFF^
A: DU1*
A: aber
A: TREFFEN2B*
A: MEHR1
A: mehr
A: hörend
A: HÖREND1A*
A: DU1*
A: TREFFEN2B
A: ICH1*
A: NULL2B^*
A: GRUPPE2B
A: DASSELBE5
B: Sure.
A: TAUB-GEHÖRLOS1A*
A: gehörlos
B: $GEST-OFF^*
A: DASSELBE5
B: KLAR1B*
B: klar
B: You work with deaf people.
B: DU1
B: du
B: ARBEITEN2
B: arbeit
B: TAUB-GEHÖRLOS1A*
B: CAPPUCCINO1^*
B: AUFFORDERUNG1^*
B: FÜR1^*
B: I have to work with hearing people, because a hospital just for deaf people simply doesn’t exist.
B: hörend
B: ICH2*
B: HÖREND1A*
B: DABEI2*
B: MUSS1
B: muss
B: ICH2*
B: krankenhaus
B: KRANK1
B: HAUS1A*
B: TAUB-GEHÖRLOS1A*
B: gibt nicht
B: NEIN3B^*
B: ES-GIBT2
B: Most of the people coming to hospital are hearing.
B: krankenhaus
B: HAUS1A*
B: KRANK1*
B: HÖREND1A*
B: hörend
A: Do more deaf people come to be your patients because they know that you work at that hospital?
A: $GEST-AUFMERKSAMKEIT1^
B: MEHR1*
B: mehr
B: PROZENT1*
B: prozent
A: FRAGE1
A: frage
A: MASSAGE1*
A: ma{ssa}ge
A: TAUB-GEHÖRLOS1A
A: EINIGE1*
A: KOMMEN2*
A: massage
A: MASSAGE1
A: DU1
A: GEWESEN1*
A: DU1*
B: Yes.
B: JA1A*
B: ja ja ja
A: FERTIG1A*
A: GUT4^*
B: When a deaf person comes in who didn’t know their masseur would be deaf, they are usually shocked at first to realise that we can communicate normally.
B: gehörlos
B: TAUB-GEHÖRLOS3*
B: $GEST-NM^
B: SCHOCK5*
B: schock
B: $GEST-NM-KOPFSCHÜTTELN1^
B: [MG]
B: $INDEX1
B: SCHOCK5*
B: schock
B: UND2B*
B: und
B: KOMMUNIKATION1A
B: kommunikation
B: If at the hospital bed the doctor realises that they are dealing with a deaf patient, they will call my department.
B: UND2A
B: und
B: krank{en}bett
B: KRANK1
B: LIEGEN2^*
B: ICH1*
B: ARZT1
B: arzt
B: ANRUFEN1
B: $INDEX1
B: [MG]
B: TAUB-GEHÖRLOS1A
B: ARZT1*
B: arzt
B: PATIENT1*
B: patient
B: KANN1*
B: [LM:ahh]
B: WIE-FRAGE-VERGLEICH1*
B: IDEE2B
B: ANRUFEN1
B: [MG]
B: ABTEILUNG2A
B: abteilung
B: They want me to interpret for them.
B: AUFNEHMEN-TELEFON1
B: BESCHEID1A*
B: ARZT1
B: arzt
B: KOMMEN-AUFFORDERN1
B: TELEFON1
B: ICH2*
B: $ORAL^
B: brauch
B: dolmetscher
B: DOLMETSCHER2
B: $INDEX1
B: Of course I can’t actually interpret everything; I can only do it superficially.
B: $ORAL^
B: aber
B: ICH1*
B: DOLMETSCHER2*
B: dolme{tsch}
B: ICH1
B: NICHT3A
B: nicht
B: SO4
B: so
B: VOLL2A
B: voll
B: einfach
B: ENTSCHULDIGUNG1^*
B: FERTIG4
B: If difficult things need to be discussed, I will refuse to interpret and tell them to get an actual interpreter. I can’t do that.
B: TIEF1*
B: aber tief
B: DISKUSSION1A^
B: [MG]
B: ICH1*
B: NICHT3B*
B: dolmetscher
B: BESTELLEN1A
B: DOLMETSCHER2*
B: $INDEX1
B: ICH1*
B: NEIN2A*
B: However, they will call for me first.
B: ICH1*
B: BESCHEID1A*
B: arzt
B: AUFNEHMEN-TELEFON1*
B: KOMMEN-AUFFORDERN1*
B: ICH2*
B: My colleagues will then tell me to drop my treatment and go upstairs.
B: arbeit{s}kollege
B: ARBEITEN2*
B: KOLLEGE1A*
B: BESCHEID1A*
B: $INDEX1
B: du
B: OBEN1*
B: oben
B: ABBRUCH1
B: abbrechen
B: ||LASSEN1^*
B: I answer that it’s no problem and I’ll just pause the treatment for a bit.
B: SAGEN1*
B: LASSEN1^*
B: nicht schlimm
B: ABBRUCH1*
B: LASSEN1^*
B: Then I’ll just go to the doctors department.
B: ICH2
B: OBEN1*
B: The doctor will then explain the most important issues to me, and I’ll repeat it in sign language for the deaf patient.
B: BASTELN1B^
B: arzt
B: MUND1B^*
B: ESSEN1^
B: AUFZÄHLEN1A
B: ICH2*
B: MUND1B^*
B: GEBÄRDEN1A
B: It’s sometimes a bit of going forth and back, maybe the doctor misunderstood something, and the patient doesn’t want a surgery. I can prevent unnecessary costs that way.
B: ETWAS-PLANEN-UND-UMSETZEN1
B: HANDLUNG3^*
B: [MG]
B: ARZT1*
B: arzt
B: FALSCH1
B: falsch
B: verstanden
B: VERSTEHEN1
B: $GEST-OFF^*
B: RETTUNG1
B: SOLL1*
B: soll nicht
B: OPERATION1B
B: operiert
B: $INDEX2*
B: werden
B: RETTUNG1
B: [MG]
B: $INDEX1
B: NICHT3A
B: nicht
B: ||AUFZÄHLEN1C
B: ach so
B: BEZAHLEN7^
B: kosten
B: BISSCHEN2A*
B: bisschen
B: RETTUNG1
B: ICH2*
B: $GEST-OFF^*
B: [MG]
B: That way I have helped quite a few deaf people, but I just see it as part of the job.
B: VIEL1A
B: viel
B: TAUB-GEHÖRLOS1A
B: gehörlos
B: HELFEN1
B: geholfen
B: SEHR4*
B: sehr
B: VIEL1A
B: viele
B: ICH2
B: aber
B: DANN1A
B: zurück
B: VORSCHLAG1A^
B: muss
B: ARBEITEN1*
B: arbeiten
B: ICH2*
B: $GEST-OFF^