The aim of this study is to investigate the interpreting strategies used in the translation process from Portuguese to Brazilian Sign Language (Libras) in interpretations which involve phraseological units (PhU) used by State Representatives in their political speeches. Taking into account that the referent languages concerned are of different modalities - the first oral-auditory and the second visual-spatial - this study seeks to examine the following issues: How do interpreters of Brazilian Sign Language interpret PhU from Portuguese to Libras? Which interpreting strategies are used by sign language interpreters in the interpretation of PhU? To answer those questions, this work analyzed Plenary Sessions videos of the Legislative Assembly of the State of Ceará, with interpretations in Libras and fits within the realm of descriptive research. Corpus analysis points to the preferable use of two interpreting strategies from a list of six strategies classified in this study.
Translation; Interpreting; Strategies; Phraseology
