This is easily one of the most bizarre stories of the year. In fact, I've never heard anything like it. The man who translated the words of speakers at the Mandela memorial service into sign language is apparently a fraud. Immediately after the service was over, a huge controversey erupted when South Africa's deaf community angrily informed the press that the "translator" was signing gibberish: A mystery South African man who acted as a sign-language interpreter at Nelson Mandela's memorial service was a "fraud" who simply made "childish hand gestures" for hours as he stood on stage. David Buxton, the CEO of the British Deaf Association, called on the South African authorities to "name and shame" the man who, he said, had acted in a way that was "disrespectful and hurtful" to deaf people around the world. David Buxton, the CEO of the British Deaf Association, called on the South African authorities to "name and shame" the man who, he said, had acted in a way...(Read Full Post)