Table 6.
Percentage of interpreters expressing no direction preference and of those who expressed a direction preference, the percentage of interpreters who preferred to interpret in each direction. (For convenience, data from the bimodal interpreters (English=L1) and the unimodal interpreters are repeated from Table 2.)
| No preference | Direction preference | L1 to L2 | L2 to L1 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bimodal (English=L1) |
21.9 (N=79) | 78.1 (N=278) | 82.0 (N=228) | 18.0 (N=50) |
| Bimodal (ASL=L1) |
63.6 (N=28) | 36.4 (N=16) | 43.8 (N=7) | 56.2 (N=9) |
| Unimodal | 31.6 (N=114) | 68.4 (N=247) | 27.5 (N=68) | 72.5 (N=179) |
| Unimodal (balanced only) |
52.3 (N=69) | 47.7 (N=63) | 23.8 (N=15) | 76.2 (N=48) |