The Sign Language online dictionary – www.dlmg.ro – was meant as a tool for those who want to learn Romanian Sign Language, especially for teachers who work with Deaf students in special schools and for those who seek to become Romanian Sign Language interpreters.
dlmg.ro is the first online Sign Language Dictionary in Romania, created at the initiative of Ioana Mureșan, as part of her dissertation paper within the Speech Therapy and Educational Audiology Master Program. 1200 signs were filmed in collaboration with the team of experts within the National Association of Accredited Sign Language Interpreters (ANIALMG) among whom we mention Gelu Bogdan, Rodica Bogdan and Monica Șomlea. The audio files were recorded at the Romanian National Television – Cluj Regional Station and the website was created by web designer Valentin Petruș who also edited the video and audio content of the website.
The ANIALMG team was granted the project ”Access to Information for Deaf People” funded by Orange Foundation, where the beneficiaries are hearing impaired people, especially hearing impaired pupils who want to improve their language skills and enrich their Romanian vocabulary by means of sign language in order to have access to more knowledge. Thus, one of the project`s objectives was to add approximately 2000 new signs to the dictionary, which was implemented by Deaf sign language specialists, native users of Romanian Sign Language. www.dlmg.ro also has a mobile version, the 3300 signs being accessible for all those who are interested in Romanian Sign Language.
Ioana Mureșan
Gelu Bogdan
Simona Damian
Rodica Bogdan
Violeta Cuc
Cristina Munteanu
Monica Șomlea