Sign Language Interpreter Translates Mandela Memorial Impostor's Signs

Many prominent leaders from around the world went to Nelson Mandela's memorial service in South Africa and, as is often the case at big events like this, they had a sign language interpreter there to translate for the hearing impaired. The only problem was that the movements the translator was making with his hands made no sense and many people became suspicious of him. So we brought in a real sign language interpreter to tell us what this guy was actually signing.
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Sign Language Interpreter Translates Mandela Memorial Impostor's Signs
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[@darion4real]

He got stage fright and started stuttering in sign language lol

[@Jujuumobi]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@tinnaseva1973]

Lol

[@goldengirls234]

Dead

[@jettyferraro2880]

tash wynter so is Nelson Mandela

[@goldengirls234]

@@jettyferraro2880 u thought u was funny 🤔🤦‍♀️

[@kashkidd4546]

When you lie on your resume and still get the job

[@thehumanrightschannelbythe3958]

The ANC likes to give jobs to people that have no experience...

[@itwontcomeout5678]

@@thehumanrightschannelbythe3958 ok white boi

[@JoyTalane]

@@itwontcomeout5678 lmfao

[@Deontjie]

Common in South Africa.

[@christopherbedford9897]

That's OK it happened again, in Tampa FL in 2017😆

[@wop3asem97]

Hahahahahah,came here after Trevor Noah's video. ***Thank you all for the 👍❤

[@kluangh1tam]

Same here. Trevor's joke was spot on. Mind blowing!

[@simantapantafc922]

Same 😂

[@jecgabay]

So this is what he was talking about. Obviously too hilarious to not make fun of. :D

[@wop3asem97]

@@jecgabay the real interpretation of what the guy is signing is very funny though

[@mehwishmehmood5332]

Me too xD

[@JohanOnTheRadio]

Thanks Trevor Noah for make me come here

[@mimi_kt]

Same😂

[@nguyenngockimlong8048]

Same

[@onizukaeikichi9670]

And then we are all here :)

[@frencyyamcandelario737]

Heeeeeeeeeyyyyyoooo

[@joshuajoseph3846]

Sameeee

[@carmelnsita1006]

Lemme see if Trevor Noah brought you here. 😂🔥

[@ashtxnparris8224]

Carmel Nsita he did

[@lynnwilhoite6194]

Yes indeed!😆

[@kelseytwete5093]

😂🙋‍♀️

[@Skerdy]

You can bet!

[@krishnakarthikeyan6625]

yep

[@somilaxiva4736]

He's my hero, he did not let anything stop his dreams

[@Research0digo]

Amen.

[@sandtx4913]

😂😂😂🙉🙈🙊

[@RancidPrune]

At least he apologizes at the end.

[@nehsangbong7259]

💀😭

[@jasmineleigh328]

😂😂😂

[@princeluie3929]

he is the living Google translator :P

[@Mrshoujo]

Google Translate makes more sense. Cents? Scents!

[@Bettersucksaul]

Now Google translate works pretty well

[@czeckeredcat]

"Basically this is fun. All of these balls."

[@neildennis7294]

Uhhh...what exactly was going on during Mandela’s funeral?

[@danquaylesitsspeltpotatoe8307]

I have wanted to fake do that just never had the chance. i do get the occasional shop PA system announcement tho. Attentions shoppers! TESTICLES THAT IS ALL! is my call sign

[@luminatron]

eyyy EYYYY no gays in Zambia. you're going to jeil.

[@jeff6413]

@@danquaylesitsspeltpotatoe8307 Testes, testes, 1, 2.....3?

[@akiramasashi9317]

Maybe he was signing in a heavy African accent.

[@peachbellini2615]

Aww.. that's so sweet.. lol 😊

[@wfalls9453]

Even Africans couldn't understand no way

[@mmawithsubtitles7460]

@@wfalls9453 I think that was a joke. Plus there's the fact that there're different languages of sign language. For example brazilian sing language is different than english sign language.

[@wfalls9453]

@@mmawithsubtitles7460 I'm African, I know, assumed it was a joke but I had to reply to that

[@mmawithsubtitles7460]

@@wfalls9453 hey I have a question. Did anyone ever Interview him?

[@Andre1705able]

There is nobody in our government here in South Africa that does their job any better than what this guy is doing his.

[@faroshscale]

Andre O that's sad...

[@jancovanderwesthuizen8070]

100% true though

[@johanerasmus2170]

Welcome to Africa ... and THAT was on a good day as well

[@water9584]

That is so true. We had a drought back here so they wanted to built a desalination plant on the coast where I live. Guess what happened.... A foundation donated money and the money just disappeared because of corruption. Nice, huh? The black government isn't able to do anything right. The only leader who was quite good was Mandela. And that's it. I'm sorry to say this but we really need some white people in the government which would also stop the racism against white people (look up: Land expropriation SA) and the discrimination of the black people by the government.

[@hozejonas712]

Yep this is exactly what you could expect from South Africa

[@sm_artx]

When Trevor Noah talked about Jantjies, I just HAD TO see it for myself!

[@khetiletijana109]

Yankees***

[@mercyjedas5184]

Trevor noah made me come here and its soooo funny to actually

[@mimiayalew]

mercy jedas me too 😂😂

[@dianasayson2846]

It's July 2020 and Trevor is still sending people to Jimmy.

[@robbykrs5166]

This is a serious problem, but it's so fckn funny😅

[@notmyrealname6626]

Hey bro Just want to remind you that your comment got 114 likes.

[@Nadia-nt8gb]

just wanted to remind u that ur comment has 410 likes

[@mohamadfirdausbinmat2577]

Just wanted to remind you that ur comment got 513 likes

[@lucianoliebenberg3238]

522

[@Amz19871]

There were several complaints at his sign language interpretation skills in the past but the complaints fell on deaf ears.

[@YanDaBean]

Omg is not funny💀

[@SuperJdog23]

Bro stole Trevor Noah’s joke 🤡

[@nishantpatil4608]

@@SuperJdog23 He commented way before trevors show

[@tinicoleofficial]

Underrated comment💀

[@ShannonCarey0x53]

The video has no captions, so I tried to transcribe. Please upvote! This is an amazing thing: as I'm sure you know there was a big memorial service for the great Nelson Mandela yesterday in South Africa. Many prominent leaders from around the world, including president Obama, showed up and paid tribute, and as is often the case with a big event they had a sign language interpreter on hand to translate for the hearing impaired. And the only problem was, the movements the guy was translating was making with his hands made no sense. Even if you don't know sign language, if you watch this, you can tell he only has like three or four moves that he repeats over and over here. Ok. That's him. And you see, he looks like a backup dancer for a singer cannot see or hear. Almost immediately viewers who actually do know sign language started calling him out online. And then video popped up today of the guy interpreting or doing whatever it was he was doing at other events too. So he's done this before, and I'd love to know what this guy's story is. Was this a prank? Is he a scam artist? Is he just very very bad at his job? So we brought in a real sign language interpreter, Justin. Where's Justin? Justin, come on in here. Ladies and gentlemen .... Hi Justin, how long have you been a sign language interpreter? About five years. Five years, and you've done this for us, at some of our concerts outside. Yeah, Hansen were here, I did it for Hansen. Oh yeah. Does Hansen have an inordinate number of hearing impaired fans? Just one. Just one. Oh. And is that a compliment for a band? Um yes, actually it is. No it is not. Um, alright so let's watch this guy and tell us what he seems to be signing, if anything at all, alright? Sure. Alright, I'll be quiet. Roll it. I support basic salutations here salutations. Inside joining in this week cigarrette inside to prove and on and on to support I would please. to say. from me to you. Talking to you so far. Is he even attempting to make sense? Um it's complete jibberish. Alright, we have one more. Hello. welcome. so far. Well cigarrette join. Bringing in different. to you. Um, a circle . And I would like to pray this offering. Basically this is fun. All of these balls... to prove, this is good I'm sorry. At least he said I'm sorry. So, in your opinion, does this guy know sign language at all? No, not at all. Well on the bright side he can have a promising career as a first base coach. Maybe so. Well thank you very much Justin, I appreciate that Justin. Justin Mower(?). And here's a little piece of advice: if you're bad at sign language, when in doubt, Macarena. That's actually good advice for any time, really.

[@raymondjamescruz8020]

Who's here coz of Trevor Noah???

[@shaunsnyman5107]

Not me he is a idiot

[@keithb6717]

Who?

[@fatimazahramarah2634]

Me sir

[@abdullahal-ayashi7481]

Oh yes

[@jannis01]

who is that

[@mj23allday247]

It's become a huge joke, but really, this was a scary gaffe considering his proximity to such high level people.

[@halukkiran]

You don't need to get too close to kill some body Thay've killed kennedy From Far away..

[@mj23allday247]

Haluk Kiran *facepalm*

[@chimobiigwe8202]

Waht i was looking for

[@Research0digo]

AGREED. Not scary - very sad. !_!

[@MickOuwerkerk]

I'm South African and to be honest, I'm not even surprised, I'm actually impressed, that is amazing!

[@joekerr9197]

Google translate of the sign language...

[@bizgriff1701]

It's become a huge joke, but really, this was a scary gaffe considering his proximity to such high level people.

[@car2rock]

I'm South African. And this has been the biggest story this whole week in my country. Our country is embarrassed for appointing this interpreter and no one can shed light on why this interpreter of sub-standard was hired. Being a light hearted person, I thought it's the most bizarre thing to have ever happened and also hilarious. I laughed for days...

[@teelo12000]

Extra points because its basically a real life copy/paste of a scene from the 90s sitcom Spin City. The clips on youtube, search "spin city sign language".

[@shadowingmirror4634]

Your something from the south

[@dreamssofblue]

A comedian at Mandellas funeral= priceless.

[@uninoculated]

He didn't even know the sign for "thank you" which is usually the 1st word you learn.

[@abnercamp5635]

he's not thankful

[@TheHannible]

I bet he knows the 2 fingers though

[@mrafiapex96]

Trevor Noah has brought all of us here together

[@joseh.749]

M. Rafi Nugroho who?

[@no_handle_found]

I envy this man's confidence 😂

[@BloodRoseKitten]

I'm going to school to be trained as an interpreter, and when I saw this on TV, I started laughing my ass off and no one else in my family could figure out what was so funny.

[@rapperelementm]

Are you an interpreter now?

[@BloodRoseKitten]

@lementm545 No. Covid threw a wrench in my schooling, and I'm not very good at public speaking since I developed an anxiety disorder. I work a day job in a warehouse and work as a consignment artist on the side, and I kind of like it that way. Life is funny sometimes.

[@johnwt7333]

​@@BloodRoseKitten"not very good at public speaking", does it apply to sign language? Also, is it possible to stutter in sign language? Can people get anxiety and start stuttering in sign language?

[@BloodRoseKitten]

@johnwt7333 Absolutely! If I'm just signing in conversation, I do just fine, but if I'm standing in front of a crowd or class giving a presentation, I get stage fright. Sometimes, I'll be so nervous I'll forget a sign, accidentally use the wrong one or get a bad case of the shakes.

[@rivkahchaya]

The interpreter is having fun with it, and giving the translation that will get the most laughs. When he says "balls," for example, he could have said "groups," because the guy used a type of sign called a classifier that has meaning only in context, and doesn't mean anything a nonsense sentence-- like trying to figure out the meaning of "can" in the sentence "What is can?" with no other context. But more importantly, an American Sign Language interpreter can't really tell you what a South African interpreter is signing. If this were meant to be serious at all, they needed to bring in an real interpreter-- or better, a Deaf person-- who is South African. It would be like someone who has never been outside of Brooklyn telling you that someone from Jamaica is speaking nonsense, just because the person from Brooklyn doesn't know the dialect. That said, it doesn't look like this guy is effectively doing anything, but we don't know why. Maybe there were no Deaf people present, so he is blowing it off, and didn't realize (duh) he was in the shot that would be internationally televised. I worked as an interpreter for 15 years, and I had a few gaffes, like the time I knocked my glasses off into the audience when I was on stage. Thank goodness that was not internationally televised.

[@exmstripper]

The Deaf society of South-Africa reported him to the ruling ANC more than a year ago as fake and they did nothing. Apparently he is a cousin of one our polygamist President's many wives...Nepotism, corruption and fraud in government do not surprise us at all!

[@rivkahchaya]

exmstripper Dominic Well, there you go. Thank you for telling us what is actually happening in South Africa. I wanted to point out that American interpreters are not really in a position to say that he is a fraud, whatever their suspicions, but the Deaf society of South Africa certainly is, and now I know its position. Thank you again for the information. I'm sorry such things are going on there.

[@1000teresa4ever]

Rebekah Maccaby There are also some differences between ASL & Auslan ( Australian).

[@justink5000]

Also, the US American and the South African Sign Languages aren't even related. It's like if they asked a German-English translator if a person spoke correct French. (Funnily, ASL is related to the French sign language family, whereas SASL is related to the British-Irish family, to which ASL is completely unrelated.)

[@liamthomas4644]

I've just recently started learning Sign (SASL), and ASL is completely different to what we have in south African sign.

[@corn7460]

How he got by for 5 years interpreting officially for the government is beyond me.

[@violettas5154]

This was in my psychology book because the "interpreter" said something about having schizophrenia and seeing angels in the stadium.

[@fluffytalguw5883]

Holy crap I thought Trevor Noah was kidding around! I don’t sign either and I could tell

[@ErichBroodrijk]

As an South African citizen this truly takes the cake after living here for all my life. Even if it just was a few years.

[@apt0913]

What's really surprising is how many words he was actually able to sign through random movement

[@remirobinson]

Just kiddin news brought me here

[@bookfan22]

+RemiProductions Me too!

[@insertswagname]

+RemiProductions Lol same. Hail joemalia

[@godbearxd]

JK New reminded me of this video. 😂

[@EmanDeMoan]

same

[@EmanDeMoan]

same

[@ryanrobin12]

This guy really is a sign language interpreter. It was actually determined that this man took 6 heroic hits of LSD the day before (thinking it would wear off by the next day- the day of the ceremony). Long story short, this man was still tripping his balls off and was struggling to do sign language. This man is a hero for getting up there and trying to share the message to the world, all the while facing the demon elves that were trying to attack him.

[@TranquillShot]

***** hahahaha xD lol

[@gamerman360]

ryanrobin12 what a warrior.

[@ryanrobinson5764]

+gamerman360. Lol, yes, truly zero fucks given.

[@yusufrodriguez9215]

i actually had no idea. poor guy 😞

[@yusufrodriguez9215]

Zeruda Hime drugs will never help u. youre all kinda crazy

[@brandonthomas9609]

I was watching this with my family: as a sign language interpreter myself, my family was so impressed and pointed him out to me. I was watching him confused. My mum said, 'What, is he signing something wrong?' I replied, 'I can't understand a word. That must be a South African Sign Language, or something. It looks like the same signs over and over...'

[@JadedKate]

Man you should have translated it for them right on the spot.

[@ladennayoung2939]

LOL. And it was, for the most part.

[@ianoeder5411]

I believe Nelson Mandela had a really good sense of humor, and wanted this done at his funeral, to lighten people's hearts at this troubled time!

[@TwentyPaphonies]

The interpreter seemed so pissed when Kimmel made the joke about the hearing impaired

[@vinoths1613]

literally every top comment: WhO CaMe HeRe aFtEr TrEvOr NoAh

[@felizia9865]

Sh Vinz because EvEryone dId 😂😂😂

[@Lars0n]

@@felizia9865 I didn't.

[@os.a.m.a]

Well not yours

[@6idle4ever49]

@@Lars0n same lol

[@everoposuo]

I don't think you have to know that much sign language to know that what this guy was doing didn't mean anything.

[@dadada486]

This hilarious and shameful at the same time. The guy is in such an important memorial service beamed around the world to millions. How did he get the job and not get caught out? Crazy.

[@Tdubs241083]

aluisious Quite a blanket statement what the hell has the airport name got to do with hospitals?

[@DariusOosthuizenSuper]

Tyrone Wilson Renaming an International airport costs billions and the government would rather rename an airport than look into the lack of power for the country... It's very true what aluisious said... There is A LOT more examples like that...

[@nickstl77]

I get that it is funny at first.. but think about the millions of deaf people who were robbed of being able to hear the memorial because this dumbass was signing jibberish the entire time. That sucks and isn't funny.

[@godz3717]

He is a diagnosed schizophrenic patient and he was supposed to be translating for 20 or 25 minutes however he was translating for 4 hours straight

[@theoriginaljujubee8296]

Which Sign Language was the interpreter supposed to be speaking? ASL (American Sign Language) is spoken in the USA. In South Africa, South African Sign Language (SASL) is spoken. Just because you speak one Sign Language, doesn't mean you understand other Sign languages.

[@sugarjones8047]

"A circle" xD

[@savagepanda8458]

When I die, I want a gibberish interpreter at my funeral, too.

[@dezsyibabie]

He said "Cigeratte Joint" ........ LOL

[@donnaliebenauer5081]

cigarette join (not joint) LOL

[@Falaxuper]

He just wanted to show what he was about to do after the funeral :)

[@slimchubby1030]

KZbin recommended this after i watched Trevor Noah’s video😂😂

[@nompilomvusi2010]

this dude should be a comedian oh and Trevor brought me here

[@up665]

I just visited this guy again, and laughed. He is a legend.

[@jayceoverton4121]

Do any of these people realize that this is not American Sign Language? He may be fake, but hes not faking American Sign Language, he's faking South African Sign Language. Like hiring a French interpreter for Spanish.

[@tylerbacon5146]

Its still not correct though

[@jayceoverton4121]

Yeah I didn't say he was right. I said it's the wrong sign language.

[@stjohnssoup]

@@jayceoverton4121but interesting that he is saying words anyway. Do you know what he is saying in the correct language?

[@LillythecatBrr]

It's also shocking how confident he is:o....he really looks like he knows what he's doing up there!

[@USUniversal]

Im a sign language interpreter and have been involved in asl and the deaf community for many many years, this guy is not using any form of sign language nor are his facial expressions even hinting to having any knowlege in the field. Deaf people i talked to when this first happend an even now are so outraged at this.

[@startide]

Is the guy at Jimmy show actually translating it properly though ?

[@USUniversal]

honestly i don't believe the interpreter Jimmy has is doing a very accurate job either

[@USUniversal]

true but not even the non manual peramiters were acceptable.

[@Zukayi1]

I cry my eyes out from laughing at this guy!! Its sooooooooooooo funny!

[@MrKpopSucks]

LOL the cigarette was so random! Actually everything he did so random.

[@SoBeFamous]

hahaha that fake language interpreter is the funniest thing that happened this entire year. I still can't get over the fact of how serious he was while doing those signs haha

[@bozokluoglu_]

This year hah, wow yeah that was like yesterday now it's been five years.

[@johncurry7225]

He's pretty much KZbin's closed captioning service in real life.

[@pylchott9864]

I'm South African and I laughed way too hard when I saw this :D

[@yalondahardaway5050]

Eck Centrique I’m American.I can laugh at it now.I know a few dead people and noticed during the home going that it didn’t look right.I was pissed while it was happening. I couldn’t take my eyes off of him

[@0mg1tsbatman87]

Im suprised to see a lot of jk news fans here.

[@jawshuha]

"Yes actually it is!" "No it's not." That was rude and offensive.

[@MindzEnt]

So you're telling me all these years he's been doing this, and not one single person bothered to do anything about it until the US spotted that he was fake? Good job South Africa, glad you guys got everything under control out there.

[@MrKoenify]

The whole world spotted he was a fake. Not just the US.

[@MindzEnt]

K Schenk But why didn't South Africa? That's the point I'm trying to make.

[@MrKoenify]

I Hate Bush Too Maybe this was his first time translating, or the company he worked for was a mess, everything is possible.

[@ZER0--]

The US (what ever you mean by that) was not the first to spot this guy. Deaf people were contacting the TV companies and tweeting etc and saying the guys signing was not making any sense. Also the American interpreter would not have understood another countries signing, as signing is the same as spoken languages, ie theyre not universal.

[@MindzEnt]

K Schenk No this isn't his first time.. You obviously haven't been following this. They said he's been doing this for years. The company he said he was working for doesn't even exist. @Paul L You're missing my point. Ok the US was not the one to spot it. The fact that he's been doing this for years at high profile in SA is what amazes me.

[@MrMjhealtheworld]

I keep coming back to this and still LMAO, when depressed this will do the trick. OMG

[@calvinyip364]

When you interview for the position you wanted. And the position you get

[@kijemorales872]

Trever Noah brought me here again! AND IT’S HILARIOUS 😂 😂😂😂😂

[@wizard7813]

Just saw Trevors stand up and just had to witness this legend 😂😂

[@abnercamp5635]

SA should have got Napoleon Dynamite to sign this event.

[@samgalland1]

Well at least this guy made the world laugh! I am glad that no one was harmed.

[@Hb452h56d]

Pure gold...he just tested if the audience was listening

[@blueturtle3623]

This dude is actually being very generous with what he's voicing. A lot of it is really only there if you squint.

[@prozach805]

Well at least he apologized at the end there

[@Inflake]

My guy was like: 🤘🏽🤚🏽✊🏽👐🏽🙌🏽🤞🏽👋🏽🤙🏽☝🏽

[@carolmelfilmproductions]

This s... still funny to me🤣🤣🤣 I thought oh boy was throwin up gang signs🤣🤣🤣

[@rachelle_banks]

That last group of words made sense. LOL Dude was apologizing for doing absolutely nothing correctly. 😄

[@HungryTacoBoy]

"So we brought in a real sign language interpreter. Justin. Where's Justin? Justin, come on in here." *The audience goes WILD.* Haha. No idea why they were so amped up for a sign language interpreter.

[@KasHxJay]

I haven't laughed this hard ever man god damn

[@Gossiptgirl]

Wow. Who hired him? How does shit like this happen...

[@GTRDrool]

one word.. AFRICA.

[@Gossiptgirl]

LowerTheBoom1 k take your racist ass somewhere else.

[@PaulMadley]

Why are people so excited at 1:10 when a sign language guy comes on? The insane cheering and clapping... I... what... huh?

[@greenestofbeans]

it's an american live comedy show. bin laden could walk on stage they would cheer.

[@JAP1994]

A sign lits up saying "APPLAUSE", so they applause.

[@Rith9789]

***** I live in America dumbass. Thanks for proving my point.

[@AlexMoore-qx6mo]

They are Americans, a prompter in the show holds up a card saying clap and whistle. So they clap and whistle when told to do so. Quite cute really, nothing to do with politeness, just obedience.

[@Rith9789]

Alex Moore Now thats just rude. We at least get a treat.

[@captaindjjoe3523]

I know that he repeats a lot of the signs. But, ASL isn't the only sign language. So, who's to say that he was signing in ASL. Maybe he was signing in BSL or SASL. SASL is the official sign language in South Africa not ASL.

[@yo3ero]

BSL

[@curiousgallop2102]

He was not signing any language, just throwing together nonsense. I am an interpreter. This man moving his hands around is absurd.

[@sweethoneymilk]

***** xD

[@107598]

Curious Gallop so did he made sense with any of his signs > what would he have been saying with his hands all the time

[@SILVERCLOUD141]

I quite enjoyed this it lightened up proceedings.

[@KettiexD]

As horrible as this is, I couldn't keep from laughing at "joining in this week's cigarette"

[@rullyantowibisono]

When i finally knows what Trevor Noah talking about, i laughed even harder. That guy, so freaking confident, dancing like he know for sure doing the right thing.

[@oliviaabaldwin878]

It may have taken him a while to get caught because other events where he has "signed" were probably not televised or as big as the memorial for Nelson Mandela. It's disturbing that he was so close to all these national dignitaries.

[@MichaelKim777]

I think of this guy every time I see someone signing on tv

[@ShinYerin]

SO to trevor noah for bringing me here :)))

[@piercerich9]

There are many forms of sign language, just because you speak English doesn't mean you learn the same sign language. I'm guessing in South African they use BSL which is British sign language, and not what this guy know which is obviously the American version

[@Arithekiller]

I thought sign language was international

[@jxJonte]

gwadadancehallqueen Nope.. it is different... i believe the American sign language is more similar to the French sign language then the British(correct me if i'm wrong here). But what the man in the video is "signing" is still just bullshit. So still a really a funny thing and I want to know so bad how this could have happen :P

[@Kristinapedia]

Wouldn't we have heard if this was another form of sign language? It's all over the news that it's not anything intelligible. (cigarettes and balls? lol). But that would give this an interesting twist.

[@ilovesparky13]

lankatt no, you're correct :)

[@ShannonCarey0x53]

Technically, you're right, but it's ok because this is a comedy sketch. This guy is so far away from any kind of sign language that almost anyone can recognize it's meaningless. It could have been a SASL interpreter on stage and you would have gotten the same kind of "interpretation of the interpretation."

[@jasminbowlin7579]

That awkward moment when a guy that made a very old and boring educational video for my sign language class shows up on jimmy kimmel live...

[@Franckdatank]

not awkard, but sure is a fun word to toss around for girls. Try again, you're looking for another word.

[@carltonjesus290]

joemalia

[@TheLazyTurtlez]

+Carlton Jesus ayyy

[@mehdaille60]

+Carlton Jesus we here cuz !!!

[@angelicacalingasan4304]

yass

[@rosa4832]

Yaasss

[@evelyntran7953]

YAAAASSSSS

[@omaralsaadi1751]

1:42 When you keep tapping randomly on your auto-correct's suggestions

[@ocean_owl]

2019 and I'm still laughing 😂😂😂

[@drladysmith1216]

It's now 2022 and this is STILL so funny!!!!!

[@kathyms.]

2022... Still laughing😂

[@evealicelucienne]

2023 still laughing🤣

[@WILLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLU]

What if this guy is fake as well

[@LowZaar]

everyone's just going to believe him because he's white...

[@TheKingoldmaster]

Hugh Anùs what the fuck...

[@LowZaar]

don't judge meh :'(

[@RayasNegroOvejas]

Hugh Anùs You can judge others but others can't judge you?

[@LowZaar]

yeah.. pretty much...

[@InfinityXire]

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[@TheJoeBeshai]

If you tried being the first comment for years. I wonder how many times you typed this out thinking you are the first comment only to find your dreams crushed when you realized someone posted a comment before you while you were typing this comment.

[@burtmaclin553]

I'm so proud of you

[@55555sunset]

anyone here cause of jk?

[@hawthorne3642]

Yes.😆

[@taniamelgar1570]

Yasss

[@ramimroueh2769]

No he cracked under pressure and blamed it on voodoo

[@aidansalt7862]

As a South African I can confirm that he is translating perfectly. Our politicians speak nothing but nonsense so it would make sense that the translation is nonsense.

[@camilomatos3889]

No argument that Thamsanqa Jantjies (the "interpreter" at the memorial) did not know what he was doing. However, something important to remember is that American Sign Language (ASL) is NOT a universal language; sign language is different in every country. Many in the Deaf community in South Africa use South African Sign Language (SASL), and the interpreter (Justin) who appeared on Jimmy Kimmel interpreted the "signs" made by Jantjies as they would appear to someone who knows ASL. There's no doubt the signs made no sense in SASL either, but they also probably wouldn't mean things like "pray this offering" or "cigarette join."

[@richcarter3718]

This is hysterical - one of the best con jobs of all time!

[@tehkoalainsurgency]

The sign language guy would be perfect for Sarah Palin's senseless rants.

[@bensenzo]

@Pink and Black Girl He'd still make more sense then trump

[@redukos]

Like Trevor Noah said, that guy's a genious 😂

[@StayOutOfMyDreams]

I haven't laughed so hard in quite a while.

[@w5pda]

That's odd, I thought Mr Fake was giving the signal to start the APU.

[@elitehumanpotential]

Hello fellow Aviator!

[@elcachero21]

a circle ? lmfao i died for a couple seconds hahahah

[@peteylavoy2288]

I really don't know a lot about sigh language but maybe different part of the world = different sign language . I really don't know . He probably just have really big balls.

[@pillowcaselaw]

You're correct in that different regions and different language groups have developed different sign languages. The problem, however, is that this man's motions match none of them known by any expert in the field.

[@selenajubril]

I thought something was wrong when he kept pausing as the speaker was still talking! And then the first thing that came to my mind was......oh! it must be how them lot do it over there! Lolz!

[@ccharms60]

Tevor Noah doing the impression on this guy was so funny esp when he did the 1 for China 😂😂😂💀💀to funny