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The article presents a study of the work of Lithuanian Sign Language (LSL) interpreters in the spring of 2020, when live press conferences on the COVID-19 pandemic were interpreted. At the onset of the pandemic, LSL interpreters, like many other national sign language interpreters, were faced with a new form of live interpreting − interpreting under extreme conditions. Over the years the broadcast news interpreting has become routine for LSL interpreters and can be considered as interpreting under normal conditions. During the pandemic, however, LSL interpreters suddenly found themselves having to interpret live press conferences of politicians and experts on the evolving situation of COVID-19, a major challenge. Until then, none of them had ever had to interpret under similar conditions in an environment of tension and uncertainty, and without special training of how to interpret in an emergency. The study was based on the methodology of R.LMcKee (2014) for studying the sign language interpreters' work under extreme conditions during the natural disasters in Australia and New Zealand and distinguished environmental, linguistic, paralinguistic and interpersonal factors, and on in-depth interview with all 9LGK interpreters who interpreted during live press conferences on the COVID-19 pandemic. It examines how these four factors influenced the work of LSL interpreters. ; Straipsnyje pristatomas lietuvių gestų kalbos (LGK) vertėjų darbo 2020m. pavasarį, kai buvo verčiamos tiesioginės spaudos konferencijos dėl COVID-19 pandemijos, tyrimas. Prasidėjus pandemijai LGK vertėjai, kaip ir daugelis kitų valstybių GK vertėjų, susidūrė su nauja vertimo tiesioginiame eteryje forma − vertimu ekstremaliomis sąlygomis. Be kasdienių televizijos žinių, kurių vertimas LGK vertėjams per ilgus metus tapo kasdienybe ir gali būti laikomas vertimu įprastomis sąlygomis, per pandemiją šios srities specialistams netikėtai teko versti tiesioginius politikų ir ekspertų pranešimus, susijusius su besikeičiančia COVID-19 situacija − tai buvo didžiulis iššūkis. Iki to laiko nė vienam iš jų nebuvo tekę versti panašiomis sąlygomis − įtampos ir nežinomybės aplinkoje ir be specialaus pasirengimo dirbti ekstremaliomis sąlygomis. Tyrime remtasi Naujosios Zelandijos mokslininkės R.L.McKee (2014) GK vertimo ekstremaliomis sąlygomis tyrimo metodika, pagal kurią išskirti išoriniai, lingvistiniai, paralingvistiniai ir tarpasmeniniai veiksniai, ir giluminiu interviu su visais 9 LGK vertėjais, vertusiais spaudos konferencijas dėl COVID-19 pandemijos. Nagrinėjama, kaip minimi veiksniai atsispindėjo LGK vertėjų darbe.

The article presents a study of the work of Lithuanian Sign Language (LSL) interpreters in the spring of 2020, when live press conferences on the COVID-19 pandemic were interpreted. At the onset of the pandemic, LSL interpreters, like many other national sign language interpreters, were faced with a new form of live interpreting − interpreting under extreme conditions. Over the years the broadcast news interpreting has become routine for LSL interpreters and can be considered as interpreting under normal conditions. During the pandemic, however, LSL interpreters suddenly found themselves having to interpret live press conferences of politicians and experts on the evolving situation of COVID-19, a major challenge. Until then, none of them had ever had to interpret under similar conditions in an environment of tension and uncertainty, and without special training of how to interpret in an emergency. The study was based on the methodology of R. L McKee (2014) for studying the sign language interpreters' work under extreme conditions during the natural disasters in Australia and New Zealand and distinguished environmental, linguistic, paralinguistic and interpersonal factors, and on in-depth interview with all 9 LGK interpreters who interpreted during live press conferences on the COVID-19 pandemic. It examines how these four factors influenced the work of LSL interpreters.

The article presents a study of the work of Lithuanian Sign Language (LSL) interpreters in the spring of 2020, when live press conferences on the COVID-19 pandemic were interpreted. At the onset of the pandemic, LSL interpreters, like many other national sign language interpreters, were faced with a new form of live interpreting − interpreting under extreme conditions. Over the years the broadcast news interpreting has become routine for LSL interpreters and can be considered as interpreting under normal conditions. During the pandemic, however, LSL interpreters suddenly found themselves having to interpret live press conferences of politicians and experts on the evolving situation of COVID-19, a major challenge. Until then, none of them had ever had to interpret under similar conditions in an environment of tension and uncertainty, and without special training of how to interpret in an emergency. The study was based on the methodology of R. L McKee (2014) for studying the sign language interpreters' work under extreme conditions during the natural disasters in Australia and New Zealand and distinguished environmental, linguistic, paralinguistic and interpersonal factors, and on in-depth interview with all 9 LGK interpreters who interpreted during live press conferences on the COVID-19 pandemic. It examines how these four factors influenced the work of LSL interpreters.