Didn’t this interpreter think someone out there will notice what he was doing and call him out? We know there are different sign languages out there but for certain bodies to come out to say he was not using a recognizable sign language makes it a pain—especially to those who were relying on him to know what was being said…
Really stupid on his part if he actually was faking a lot—and just threw his hands into the air without any meaning. How much was he paid anyway?
According to DailyMail;
South Africa’s deaf federation has confirmed that an interpreter using sign language during the Mandela memorial was a ‘fake’.
The man, who signed for a portion of the televised event at Johannesburg’s FNB Stadium was simply making up his own signs, according to the Deaf Federation of South Africa.
The unidentified man seen around the world on television next to leaders like U.S. President Barack Obama ‘was moving his hands around but there was no meaning in what he used his hands for,’ said Bruno Druchen, the federation’s national director.
Three sign language experts said the man was not signing in South African or American sign languages.