My Attempt at Interpreting
This is my attempt at translating a scene from Forrest Gump where he says, 'Life is like a box of chocolates'. Of course, I don't know if I was 100% accurate, but I did my best with what I knew. If I didn’t know the signs for some of the words or sentences, I either tried to say it in another way or learned the specific sign for a word. Like for the word ‘Shoe’ I looked up in the online dictionary and for ‘My mama used to say’ I signed ‘My mother before say.’ I think for a beginner in New Zealand Sign Language I did well and I'm proud of myself for taking on this challenge. I thought it would be impossible for me to interpret the scene in sign as it was playing, so instead I wrote down the lines and translated them before I filmed. Then I practiced the new signs before finally filming the translation. I didn’t know how to edit the video side by side so I apologise for the inconvenience of having to play both videos at the same time. However, if you start the videos at the same time they should be in sync. Above are the lines from this scene and the translation in red.
Hello, my name is Forrest, Forrest Gump.
Hello me name Forrest Gump.
You want a chocolate?
You want chocolate?
I can eat a billion and a half of these.
I can eat lots of chocolates.
My mama always said life is like a box of chocolates.
My mother before say life similar box chocolate.
You never know what you gonna get.
You don't know you receive what.
Those must be comfortable shoes.
Your shoes look comfortable.
I bet you can walk all day with shoes like that and not feel a thing.
I think you can walk all day with your shoes feel nothing.
I wish I had shoes like that.
I want your shoes.
My feet hurt.
My feet hurt.
Mama always said there’s an awful lot you can tell about a person by their shoes.
My mother before say you know lots about people with their shoes.
Where they going.
They go where.
Where they been.
Before they come from where.
I've worn lots of shoes.
I wear lots of shoes before.
I bet if I think about it real hard I could remember my first pair of shoes.
I try think I can remember my first shoe.
Mama said they'd take me anywhere.
My mother say before I can go anywhere with my shoe.