Sign Language Universal Encyclopedic Dictionary Archives - IAU Office of Astronomy for Development https://astro4dev.org/category/sign-language-universal-encyclopedic-dictionary/ Astronomy for a better world! Mon, 08 Jan 2018 09:21:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 https://astro4dev.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/cropped-03_OAD_symbol_colour_2-32x32.jpg Sign Language Universal Encyclopedic Dictionary Archives - IAU Office of Astronomy for Development https://astro4dev.org/category/sign-language-universal-encyclopedic-dictionary/ 32 32 HANDS IN THE STARS: Encyclopedic dictionary of astronomy https://astro4dev.org/hands-in-the-stars-encyclopediac-dictionary-of-astronomy/ Mon, 08 Jan 2018 09:21:33 +0000 https://astro4dev.org/?p=17070 HANDS IN THE STARS Encyclopediac Dictionary of Astronomy for Sign Language – English, French, Spanish Sign language is now officially practised in almost every country, but diverse heritages and different cultures independently developed specific signs to designate common objects or identical situations. A Universal Sign Language is gradually being developed, mainly to designate objects and [...]

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]]> Update https://astro4dev.org/update-13/ Thu, 24 Dec 2015 11:57:32 +0000 https://astro4dev.org/?p=14485 This project is devoted to make a cross check between the signs in different part of the Globe and also detect the missing terms and, if it is possible, try to choose only one sign for all the deaf people on the world. At this moment we are translating to the English the book by [...]

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]]> Overview of the project https://astro4dev.org/overview-of-the-project-58/ Wed, 25 Mar 2015 14:14:46 +0000 https://astro4dev.org/?p=13353 Project leader: Dominique Proust, dominique.proust@obspm.fr Project location: Global Project description: This project proposes the dissemination of a unique language for the deaf worldwide, associated with astronomical terms. While celestial objects are varied and the project can be expanded easily, the proposal will give special attention to the basic terms linked with the IYL2015, for example [...]

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