Quick question about sign language

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I don't know sign language. If I write a scene where both characters in a dialogue are using it, should the text be normal English with contractions etc., or would it be more stripped down and / or basic? ASL, if it makes any difference.

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[ci5rod.livejournal.com]

Actually it was BSL I was learning. There isn't particularly a written representation (well, there is, but only for the purposes of the sign dictionary), and the sentence structure is definitely not the same as English (I believe it has German roots, in fact), so I guess you would handle it like any other translation.