Question about songs being translated into ASL

[WickedElphabaFan08]

I personally feel that many hearing people that translate songs from english into sign/ASL just aren't super familiar with ASL and are often times more used to I guess it would be just signed english, also often times when in ASL classes professors wont correct your signed english and so until you are informed you dont really know how to change it... I personally enjoy listening/watching songs signed simply because it puts two things that I enjoy asl and music together but i do understand frustr

[ericas46]

If you are going to "sign" a song to make it accessible to Deaf who use ASL, sign it in true ASL, and don't say it is ASL if it is just "signing". BTW, not all CODA's sign "ASL". Watch ewitteborg, tiffanythill, and codawann, among others to really see ASL in action...

[BastropBandMom]

A lot of the videos on here are Students, as myself, who have had a project to Sign a song. For me personally that is a little difficult because i didn't grow up in asl and i am continuing to learn. I'm sorry that this bothers you though :/

[HeyAwesomeBlossom]

I agree with many of the commenters below that the majority of the ASL interpreted songs on YouTube or not entirely true ASL. However, as a hearing person, clearly ASL is not our original language. Speaking for myself, I try my best to interpret songs into true ASL form. Now I know there is much improvement to be made, which is one reason I have started posting songs on YouTube. Opinios from the Deaf are incredibly helpful in becoming a more fluent ASL signer. Check mine out. Leave some tips. :]

[Banerika]

Agreed, it's not ASL for the most part (99%), it's signed English, English signing, or whatever, a sign-to-English-word correlation that doesn't convey meaning properly. For a real ASL song, look at the Bison song. Also, as obriensign says, there are a few-- very few (1%) whose interpretations are much, much closer to ASL.

[obriensign]

I agree that some are not "ASL", they are in "sign language", including some of mine. But there are some people out there... ewitteborg, tiffanyhill, Keith Wann (codawann)... who's song translations are very "ASL".

The best I can give of my opinion is you don't have to watch the video if you don't like it. There are plenty out there that are in ASL that are worth the time. And plenty that aren't. When I'm having a bad day I watch the bad ones for a good laugh. :)

[JefferyBuckmaster]

@obriensign I agree with you... It's just the high percentage of these people who stated that and they aren't appropriate... Less percentage would be appropriate.

[Banerika]

@obriensign, I agree with you. I've also seen many ASL students making comments such as "this is not ASL" on songs that are clearly signed English. These students must have good teachers who have explained that a simple word-to-sign correlation is not "interpretation" in any sense of the word.