Dr. Mark Penner
Project Support Consultant for Sign Language Translation
Qualifications
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Honorary D. D.
(Western Seminary, Portland OR, 2019) -
MA Linguistics
(University of North Dakota, Grand Forks ND, 2013) -
MA Old Testament Studies
(Western Seminary, Portland, OR, 1982)
Research Interests
- Sign Language Linguistics, focus on Discourse Analysis
- Naturalness in Sign Language translation
Current Specialism
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Sign Language translation consulting, translation team training, Deaf/hearing mediation
Other Professional Experience
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Deaf Department professor (Hebrew, Greek, biblical and pastoral training courses), Sendai Baptist Seminary
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Theological interpreting in Japanese Sign Language
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Japanese Sign Language Bible translation project involvement
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Instructor, Sign Language Discourse Analysis, Whole Word Institute
Selected Publications
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‘The Sign Language Bible translation movement: A look through the eyes of TBT’, The Bible Translator, 72.2 (2021) 146-162.
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‘Relative clauses in Japanese Sign Language’, Minpaku Sign Language Studies, 107.22 (2021) 43-64.
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Mouthed verbs in Japanese Sign Language relative clauses (Paper presented at the International Conference on Sign Linguistics and Deaf Education in Asia, Hong Kong, 2013).
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‘Issues in Sign Language translation, with special reference to Bible translation’, in Work Papers of the Summer Institute of Linguistics, 49.3 (University of North Dakota Session, 2009) 1-19.