Xinhua Daily Telegraph reporters Chen Qingbing, Zhou Siyu, Jiang Biao
What kind of world is a silent world?
Someone answered that it is a world where words are clear.
A sincere “I’m so grateful to you” and a sarcastic “I’m ‘thank you’” mean the same thing to deaf people. In their eyes, all “thanks” are good intentions and will not have any other meanings such as joking or sarcasm.
Because of this, misunderstandings and conflicts can easily hide in the silent zone between words and corners.
Who can bring them a beam of light, illuminate the silent zone, so that the deaf can see the world clearly and be heard at the same time?
In 2020, as the first deaf person in China to pass the legal individual work standard test, Tan Ting was among the 162,000 people who passed the test and among the nearly 30 million deaf people in the country. raised her hand.
“Publicizing the law is a lifelong task”
“My mission is to bring the voice of justice to the silent corners.”
After three years of preparing for the exam, and after successfully passing the law exam, I faced overwhelming interviews and countless dazzling interviews. Tan Ting mentioned this sentence many times in the spotlight.
However, some people also questioned: “She can’t even get out of court, how can we talk about justice?”
Even she herself, I also went to the teacher Tang Shuai for help with my legal personal work standard certificate. “After I pass the test, what can I do? I can’t even appear in court.” Although Tan Ting can speak, due to hearing impairment, she needs to rely on mobile phone voice transcription for smooth transportation.
Tang Shuai is the first sign language lawyer in China to provide legal services for deaf people. He is well aware of the difficulties faced by deaf people in obtaining public legal services. Not only are they unable to find a way, but also Indifferent understanding of the law.
How to get a divorce? How can I get someone to pay me back? Due to ignorance of the law, some simple questions can become a huge trouble in the lives of deaf people.
Tang Shuai replied to Tan Ting: “It only takes a few dozen minutes to appear in court, but popularizing the law is a lifelong task. The significance of popularizing the law is huge.Far from being in court. You are a spark that can not only improve legal knowledge for the deaf community, but also encourage more legal services to be provided to the deaf community. ”
Tan Ting remembered the spark.
She registered an account on the short video platform and regularly released short videos and live broadcasts of legal education Teaching. More and more deaf people are finding Tan Ting. Now, the number of WeChat friends on Tan Ting’s phone is nearly 4,000, and the number of deaf people she has helped is far greater than this number. .
Many deaf people have to get off work during the day and only have time for consultation in the evening, so Tan Ting often needs to listen to video calls directly at night when the number of consultations is the largest, and she has to answer several calls a day. Ten phone calls.
In front of the camera, the two communicated silently for tens of minutes, sometimes for several hours. “>Although the consultation does not charge any required fees, she does not feel burdened by the additional work at all. “How can this be a burden? Every time I help others, I am very happy! “When she said this, a warm and cheerful smile appeared on her face.
Tan Ting shared a recent consultation case with a friend. A deaf person listened to her friend’s words , I borrowed money for a friend on a loan platform, and I thought that the money was ultimately repaid directly by my friend, and it had nothing to do with me. When the deaf person discovered the problem, he was threatened by his friend, “If you find a lawyer, then.” You are an accomplice.”
The deaf man found Tan Ting. Tan Ting immediately contacted the lawyer in the law firm and helped him win the lawsuit, and the money was finally paid by his partner.
Facing the deaf friends who are “taken advantage of” by others because they do not understand the law, Tan Ting feels anxious for them from the bottom of her heart. “Deaf friends really need to improve their legal knowledge. Last time, a friend came over to thank me and said that if it weren’t for me, he wouldn’t even know that throwing objects on the ground is a crime. ”
People who Tan Ting helped before are now studying law with her. Last month, a deaf man living in Jiangsu stayed in Tan Ting’s live broadcast room. , asked Jamaica Sugar Daddy if she still had an impression of him. After he said his name, Tan Ting asked in sign language in surprise. Said: “It’s been so long, do you still remember me? “
” The deaf man immediately responded to the moderator: “You helped me, of course I remember. I am very grateful to you. If I have a chance, I will come to Chongqing to invite you.You eat. ”
It turned out that the deaf man encountered a robbery in 2018. Due to his limited cultural level and difficulty in communication, he was unable to explain the cause and effect of the incident clearly to the police. He contacted Tan through repeated contacts. After several hours of communication, Tan Ting helped him write down the incident and asked him to print it and hand it over to the police, and the case was successfully closed.
When the deaf friend was moved by Tan Ting’s seriousness. , Tan Ting is always moved by their sincerity, “Deaf friends are very simple, some will send me fruits they grow at home, and some will always remember me like this. These small steps become my motivation to keep going. ”
The efforts of Tan Ting and her colleagues have also achieved certain results. Tang Shuai said that the questions asked by everyone in the live broadcast room are also different. In the past, you could ask how to get divorced, but now Will ask how the property of the couple will be divided after divorce
“Knowledge can change destiny”
As the first deaf person in China to pass the legal examination, Tan Ting is considered an “academic master” in the eyes of many people.
Hearing this title, Tan Ting laughed and quickly denied it. She was born in Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province. She lost her hearing due to a medical accident at the age of 8. At that time, she had not finished the second grade and could only watch other children at home every day. Carrying a schoolbag to school
“When can I go to school? “She asked her parents over and over again.
Her parents always said, “You can go after you finish taking the medicine.” ”
One day, two days, one month, two months… Although she is still young, she gradually understands that she may not be able to go back to school.
“During that time, I often had nightmares. I dreamed that I was going to school with my schoolbag on my back, but I couldn’t hear anyone talking and was kicked out by the principal. Tan Ting said that at that time, she felt very sad every day. A small “Xinhua Dictionary” became her dream. She flipped through the dictionary every day and learned to read the pinyin itself.
When she was 13 years old, her parents learned that there was a special education school in Xichang, so they sent Tan Ting to learn grammar and sign language.
At first, she She was asked to start studying in the second grade, but she insisted on taking the fifth grade course. She felt that she was too old to go to the second grade. Neither the teacher nor her father agreed, so she tried every means to “protest.””. Her father couldn’t defeat her and asked the teacher to let Tan Ting study in the fifth grade.
Although she couldn’t keep up at first, she spent all her time studying. , successfully became the first in the class
“You must work hard to study. If I don’t run, who will run for me? “When she said this, a warm smile appeared on her face again.
Later, when Tan Ting transferred to Leshan Special Education School, she was able to jump from the seventh grade to the first year of high school.
During the process of graduation, she has been accelerating. On the one hand, she is thirsty for knowledge. Another reason is that she “doesn’t want her parents to work too hard. Although there is no tuition fee, But living expenses and travel expenses are also money.”
Her family is not wealthy. Her father drove a tractor and worked as a carpenter; while her mother, in addition to growing and selling vegetables, also Tired of family chores. “Although my family’s financial conditions are not good and my parents’ level of education is not high, they have always been very supportive of my studies. They believe that girls should be self-reliant, learn more knowledge, and become financially independent. “Tan Ting said.
In 2013, she passed the college entrance examination and entered the special education program of Chongqing Normal University. Among the four candidates in the same grade, she was the only one to pass the undergraduate degree. It was also that year that her father passed away.
“I was completely paralyzed at that time. I collapsed to the point of crying and passed out. “Tan Ting said.
Her father passed away, but Tan Ting understands that the road to school will continue and must continue.
Among the deaf people she came into contact with, deaf women were often looked down upon, and marriage was considered their best destination. Some of them were illiterate and did not understand what “getting a certificate” meant, so they were taken to the Civil Affairs Bureau by their families. She signed the marriage certificate in a daze.
But along the way, Tan Ting’s father never hesitated about her future. “Knowledge can change destiny. “This sentence has always been deeply imprinted in Tan Ting’s heart.
The dilemma of “China’s first sign language lawyer”
In 2017, Tan Ting graduated from university. The first thing she considered was whether to become a teacher.
In the same year, Tang. handsome emotionHe fell into a trough, and the title of “China’s No. 1 Sign Language Lawyer” made him breathless.
Tang Shuai can be the first, but he doesn’t want to be the only one. But the reality is that he is both the first and the only one, and many deaf people who handle cases will find ways to come to him.
He has thought about a change and has sent a group of young lawyers to learn sign language, hoping to cultivate more practitioners who understand both the law and sign language.
“After half a year, I found that they have learned but not learned.” Tang Shuai explained, “First of all, sign language is divided into ‘Mandarin version’ and ‘Dialect version’. If you only know grammatical sign language, it is very likely that you will not be able to communicate with people who only know natural sign language. Secondly, they do not understand deaf people. Thinking, even knowing sign language is not effective.”
Tang Shuai is proficient in sign language because his parents are deaf. “My original intention comes from my parents, and I have empathy for the deaf community.”
Deaf friends do not need to call Tang Shuai “Tang Lawyer”, but “Tang Lawyer”. Master Tang”. Tang Shuai explained that because most deaf people could not distinguish between the two elements of lawyer and judge at that time, they simply “combined the two into one”, referred to as “lawyer”.
“On the one hand, I can see that they respect me, and on the other hand, I can also see how much they need help.” Tang Shuai said helplessly, “But I am just an ordinary person. Human beings cannot provide help to all deaf people.”
Late one night, after the busy work came to an end, an astonishing idea suddenly flashed through Tang Shuai’s mind: “Why not let deaf people learn law? Only deaf people know the law best.” People! ”
Just do it. The next day, Tang Shuai used all his resources in the industry to contact four top schools in China that specialize in law, trying to find deaf people who were studying law. But he was disappointed to find that no school law specifically studied the admission of deaf people.
It is difficult for deaf people to get into undergraduate studies. Even if they choose to specialize in law, who will teach them?
“I JM Escorts come on.” Tang Shuai started his second Try to recruit lawyer assistants for deaf people nationwide in 2017.
Tang Shuai could not have imagined that what he did for the deaf was like a stone thrown into the water, causing ripples in circles.
Tan Ting is a “wave” affected by “ripples”. She had read relevant reports and knew that there was a Tang Shuai lawyer who had been speaking out for the deaf, but she never thought that she would interact with him. She saw the employment information online and was surprised to apply.
“I thought at that time, Tang Lawyer was so fierce and spoke out for us deaf people, I wanted to learn from him.” Tan Ting said.
That year, Tang Shuai hired a total of 30 deaf lawyer assistants, and Tan Ting was one of them.
The beginning of preparing for the exam is like “listening to the book from heaven”
At the beginning, Tan Ting did not think about eating, taking the law exam, or engaging in related personal work.
It was not Tang Shuai who changed her, but the groups of deaf people who came to Tang Shuai for consultation.
“I sometimes see them anxious, and I get anxious too. I want to help them, but I don’t understand the questions they ask.” Tan Ting said, seeing everything The deaf people all gathered around Tang Lawyer, and she wanted to “break” Tang Lawyer into several, “one deaf person and one Tang Lawyer.”
Seeing deaf people using sign language lawyers as their own “life-saving straw”, Tan Ting was eager to learn legal knowledge and help them.
Tan Ting understands that passing the legal examination is the only way to achieve this goal. But even for able-bodied people, the legal exam is not easy. Not only does she not understand the law, she also doesn’t understand the logic of the law.
Turning on the video and the book, Tan Ting finally felt that she was “listening to the Book of Heaven.” For example, when she saw the word “legal person”, she thought it was a specific person. Later, when I checked the information on the Internet, I realized that a “legal person” is an organization, not a person. The hardest thing to understand is the logic behind the law. For example, why should a lawyer defend the bad guys?
Through study, she understood that “even criminal suspects have the right to be protected by law.”
Now speaking of these things, she has put in unimaginable efforts in the past three years.She works and studies at the same time, getting up at 6 o’clock and going to bed at 11 o’clock.
“I basically learn by watching videos. Videos with subtitles are easy to handle. Without subtitles, I have to read the book by myself. If I can’t understand the book, I can only read it over and over again. .” Tan Ting said.
Netizen Xiaoye, who has been preparing for the law exam for two years, was deeply moved after seeing Tan Ting’s performance. He said that the subjects of the law examination are numerically large and the internal events are large, so it is often necessary to turn on the video at 2x or 3x speed to quickly complete the internal events. “We do this because with the help of subtitles, we can pass it as soon as we understand the meaning. I can’t imagine how Tan Ting digests these unfamiliar and internal things over and over again while watching the video.” Xiaoye said.
In the first year, Tan Ting was 10 points behind on the objective questions, and in the second year she was 4 points behind. Although she was one step closer to her goal every year, fate played another trick on her in the third year. A week before the test, Tan Ting’s mother was diagnosed with early-stage cancer.
She wanted to give up the test, but her mother insisted on letting her participate.
Tan Ting, who calls herself the “little sun”, still sheds tears every time she talks about her mother. While shedding tears, she recalled: “My mother, who has lived in Daliang Mountain all her life, first understood what a hamburger looked like when she was seeking medical treatment. She was very surprised when she saw the tall buildings.”
This year, Tan Ting had her own daughter, which made her more aware of her mother’s hard work and more grateful for her mother’s support.
Father, mother, Tang Shuai, deaf friends… Along the way, Tan Ting was not running alone. Precisely because she has received countless support and love along the way, she will patiently answer the inquiries she receives one after another.
“Tan Ting’s success gave me a lot of confidence and made me feel that someone can continue to do this. It also gave many deaf people the confidence to let them There is one more channel to speak out, and there are also examples to learn from,” Tang Shuai said.
From 2017 to now, Tan Ting, who came to the law firm facing the “light of justice”, eventually became a beam of light among it. This beam of light is even more special, shining directly into the silent zone of the deaf community. She exchanged her possibility for a greater possibility.
More and more “Tan Ting” will appear
Tan Ting is like a lever, pryingA boulder was moved. This boulder will cause not just ripples, but bigger waves that will affect more people.
The moment Tan Ting passed the legal exam was when the boulder fell into the water. Many things that I didn’t dare to think about before have appeared.
Tang Shuai took the initiative to contact his alma mater, Northeastern University of Political Science and Law, hoping to start cultivating a group of new-era composite types from the school level who understand both law and sign language. Legal talent.
“Tan Ting is my confidence in doing this work. I can bravely say that this matter is necessary and feasible.” Tang Shuai said.
In January 2021, the 2020-level experimental class for outstanding public legal service talents of Northeast University of Political Science and Law officially opened. This is not a temporary hobby class. The experimental class is a fixed-term specialized study with a four-year academic system. The best students are selected from among the best. Only 40 theoretical students are selected from thousands of freshmen to study in the class.
Tan Ting and Tang Shuai are currently both external teachers in the experimental class. Tang Shuai said with a smile: “Students in the experimental class need to complete 16 sign language credits. If they fail the sign language test, they will not be able to graduate.”
Tan Ting, who went to teach the students, felt very Be happy. “They are all better than me. Seeing more and more good people helping deaf people, I feel even more powerful.”
As a student in the first experimental class, the 20-year-old Ma Wenrui was also infected by Tan Ting’s enthusiasm and achievements. “Before entering the experimental class, my parents and I watched Teacher Tan Ting’s video and were deeply moved. When I knew she would come to teach us, I was also very excited.” Ma Wenrui said.
Teacher Tan Ting was also unanimously praised by the students in the class. She is open-minded and enthusiastic, and can quickly close the distance with her students. She never hesitates to encourage and praise her students, and she answers all their questions. Her classroom is always “lively and lively”. In the process of teaching sign language, she often tells students how deaf people think and how to communicate effectively with deaf people.
“Promoting public legal services is my original intention. After entering this class, I have a clearer understanding of my mission. I hope that I can help more hearing-impaired people know and understand the law. , follow the law and use it,” Ma Wenrui said.
In addition, the Chongqing Dadukou District Disabled Persons’ Federation, where Tang Shuai’s law firm is located, also actively contacted Tang Shuai, hoping to purchase their legal popularization services so that sign language legal popularization can touch more people. The deaf group also proposed to provide certain financial support for legal services for the extremely poor deaf group.
A few years have passed, and more and more people and institutions have participated. Together, they hold the “unified umbrella” to provide more precise legal services for deaf people. Tang Shuai is no longer the only one in China Sign language lawyer. In the near future, Tan Ting will no longer be the only deaf lawyer in China.
Now, an assistant at the law firm has passed the law. After taking the objective test, he is expected to become the second deaf lawyer in China.
“Of course, two sign language lawyers are not enough. If there is one sign language lawyer for 10,000 deaf people, I hope that one day we will see 3,000 sign language lawyers, 3,000 sign language prosecutors, and 3,000 sign language judges appear in society. “Tang Shuai said.
” Regarding the future, Ma Wenrui, who is currently studying in the second year of college, also knows that there are many challenges ahead, but she believes: “Challenges also mean a direction, so that we can make progress.” We know where we should focus our efforts, not to mention that examples like Teacher Tan Ting give us strength. She can become a lawyer under such difficult conditions, so why should we not work hard for these 30 million deaf people? ”
(Involved in the interview and writing: Tang Yi, Li Aibin, Zhou Wenchong) JM Escorts