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Why do some TV broadcasts show a person translating it to sign language instead of using subtitles? (lemm.ee)

submitted 9 months ago by PizzaDeposit@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I assume there must be a reason why sign language is superior but I genuinely don't know why.

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[–] Gabu@lemmy.ml 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

I.e. the same as a programming language, which can be easily learned to be read at astounding speed... Also, written English is one of the least phonetic languages you could possibly find.

[–] milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee 1 points 9 months ago

Not really. You can still sound out the phonemes in a programming language. Perhaps if the whole thing were perl memes. And while I agree English orthography is a mess, for "not phonetic" it holds no candle to Chinese.

Maybe Chinese is a better comparison, I hadn't thought of that.