Tampa Police Chief Brian Dugan announces that an arrest was made in a string of murders in the S.E. There are organizations such as Utah Interpreter Program and Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf that certify the skill levels of interpreters. In 2013 in South Africa, a fake interpreter appeared beside former President Barak Obama and other world leaders during a memorial service for Nelson Mandela, apparently signing gibberish. Hereâs what Mandelaâs fake interpreter was really saying An American Sign Language interpreter orated Thamsanqa Jantjieâs signs to hilarious effectâa la Bad Lip Reading, or Buffalax. One year on from the death of Nelson Mandela, Thamsanqa Jantjie, the fake sign language interpreter who appeared at the leader's memeorial service, is attempting a change of career Jimmy Kimmel Interprets Nelson Mandela Memorialâs Fake Sign Language Interpreter (Video) An actual sign language interpreter interprets the gibberish a ⦠Share the best GIFs now >>> The fake interpreter, identified by police as Derlyn Roberts, showed up to a news conference last Tuesday claiming to be the sign language interpreter. Certification. An interpreter who never uses fingerspelling to differentiate proper nouns is yet another sign that fake sign language is being used. She provided an interpretation during Chief Brian Dugan's remarks about the pending arrest of Howell Donaldson III in connection with the murders of four people in Southeast Seminole Heights.