摘要：This article reviews and outlines the history of research on Sign Language Interpreting in Brazil.Dissertations and theses were taken from public access data bases, the Brazilian Digital Library for Theses and Dissertations (BDTD), the Plataforma Lattes , private collections and from the mailing list of the Sign Language Interpreters of Brazil (BrasILS).Academic production was initially analyzed in two groups: completed and in progress, and then the information was crosschecked in order to trace the existing panorama, future perspectives and the historical relationship with the recognition of Brazilian Sign Language (Libras) and the Education of the Deaf.
关键词：sign language interpreting;History of translation; Sign language interpreting; Academic research
