Im not an expert, I asked my friend.

She is hearing but has deaf parents and grew up with ASL.

I should have said my statement was a regurgitation of someone else’s words, either way you’re also correct.

I have no dog in this argument and my statement should be taken as a “this is what I understand” and an addition to the conversation not a “nah y’all wrong” statement

So...

Your argument for translating this into a different language, is that anytime you translate it, that changes what it says?

Not translating is still best.

And it's pretty offensive that I've already seen comments in here saying deaf people read slower than people who can hear, so hopefully that's now what you're about to throw out.

Being deaf doesn't mean someone can't read well, that's a really old stereotype. If a deaf person is a slow reader that's not because they're deaf.