Results indicate that the most fingerspelled items (n = 137) were produced in the ASL interpretations and the fewest (n = 18) were produced in the LIS interpretations variation between the groups was found in lexicalized fingerspelling and the fingerspelling of place names. The data were analyzed both quantitatively (for frequency and type of fingerspelling) and qualitatively (for factors influencing fingerspelling). After completing their interpretations, the participants engaged in a retrospective interview about their work. Sixteen interpreters were videorecorded as they rendered President Barack Obama's 2009 inaugural address in their country's sign language. In this small-scale, exploratory study, we examined the fingerspelling of interpreters working in five different sign languages: American Sign Language (ASL), Australian Sign Language (Auslan), British Sign Language (BSL), Irish Sign Language (ISL), and Italian Sign Language (LIS). Little is known about the nature of fingerspelling during sign language interpretation.
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