Trix Bruce Webinars

This video features several short stories about different topics, including bubble gum, a trampoline, a gazebo, and more. Each story demonstrates classifier handshapes from beginning to end. This is excellent practice for mirroring or copying my classifier storytelling, developing your visual sto...

Splash! Dive into ASL storytelling! Anthony (AJ) and Trix demonstrate signing techniques used to describe water activities: Bare footing, diving, hydrofoiling, jet skiing, kite surfing, knee boarding, rowing, scuba diving, snorkeling, spear hunting, surfing, swimming, tubing, wakeboarding, water ...

Tales of a Mad, Mad ASL World: A One Deaf-Woman Story

Trix performs amazing feats of American Sign Language skill, thrives on audience interaction, and enjoys accepting artistic challenges. With her creative storytelling, she brings into play various handshapes, classifiers, 3-D representations,...

Signs of the Times: Updating Your ASL Vocabulary (Evolving from Old to New Sign Variations)

Over the years, while mentoring interpreters, Trix Bruce has noticed that many continue to use outdated or region‑specific signs without realizing how much ASL has evolved. In response, she has created a ...

Translation is not about words and signs. It is about meanings and ideas. This video workshop provides enlightening guidance in translating the languages of ASL and English by focusing on the many meanings of the word “TAKE”. TrixBruce.com

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English Equivalents is a powerful workshop that will guide participants in finding ways to express idiomatic translations from American Sign Language (ASL) to English, and from English to ASL. Many signs are complex and not easy to translate. This video workshop will give you the skill to express...

Learn how to "change yourself" into someone or something else. In literature, the technique of "personification" gives an inanimate object, a plant, or an animal characteristics that make it seem "human". The object shows emotions and takes on human-like behaviors. You can use this technique in A...

Classifiers can do anything! (Well, almost!) This video offers a variety of stories presented by Trix entirely through the use of classifiers. You’ll see handshapes transforming into animals, places, objects, and more. Have fun with more classifier storytelling!

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Semantics is defined as the study of meanings expressed by the elements of a language or a combination of the elements. A concept expressed in an ASL sign often cannot be conveyed by a single all-purpose English word. Likewise, English words and phrases may have variations in meaning, which requi...

Semantics is defined as the study of meanings expressed by the elements of a language or a combination of the elements. A concept expressed in an ASL sign often cannot be conveyed by a single all-purpose English word. Likewise, English words and phrases may have variations in meaning, which requi...

Semantics is defined as the study of meanings expressed by the elements of a language or a combination of the elements. A concept expressed in an ASL sign often cannot be conveyed by a single all-purpose English word. Likewise, English words and phrases may have variations in meaning, which requi...

This webinar gives you a look at how we can expand our interpreting skills to lean less towards English-influenced signing and more towards ASL. We'll explore visual imagery related to concepts expressed by various uses of the words "close" and "open" in English, showing meaning in ASL.

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Role-Shifting is so much more than being a narrator. Take on the role of different people to tell stories! It is important for the audience to know which character is speaking!

The workshop will focus on ASL storytelling techniques for:
1) developing story characters,
2) using role shift, eye ga...

"Let me tell you what it is like to be a deaf person among the hearing. I will share with you my most embarrassing moments, learning experiences, greatest challenges, and growing sense of pride. Through these stories, you will see how Deaf culture has colored my life, and maybe discover that we h...

This webinar focuses on interpreting in workplace settings. We will analyze how to interpret job interviews, HR terminology, common workplace phrases, jargon, and buzzwords. We'll analyze how to convey these with visual interpretations.

Examples: remote worker, remote-first, blended/hybrid workf...

This webinar has a focus on depictive signing (formerly called use of classifier handshapes) in medical settings. Instruction and practice will be offered for interpreting topics such as anatomy, disease, treatments, and procedures. This webinar will expand your ability to show depictive represen...

Many aspects of Deaf Culture are visible above the water, and well known, but there is a larger portion hidden underneath the surface. Under the water line of the cultural iceberg, you can find deeper information about attitudes, ideas, preferences and values. You may or may not be aware of these...

This webinar will cover discourse mapping as it applies to sign language interpreting. Demonstrations, examples, practice exercises and discussion will help you build stronger visual imagery presentation skills and add more details to your spatial mapping.

RID CEU available: trixbruce.com/questi...

Let's have fun brushing up on ASL storytelling skills! Session will offer opportunities to practice and enhance characterization, personification, and role shifting skills. Exercises with classifiers will boost visual imagery. Participants will apply strategies to modify storytelling for various ...

This webinar offers insight into how we can expand our interpreting skills—shifting away from English-influenced signing and embracing ASL. We'll explore visual imagery related to various uses of the words 'under' and 'over' in English, demonstrating their meaning in ASL.

Educational Objectives:...

Interpreting topics can be challenging to expand with ASL to show meaning more visually. This workshop will provide hands-on practice with expressive ASL visualization in medical interpreting situations. In addition, video clips will offer practice for voice-interpreting visualized signing. Inter...

This webinar will provide analysis of phrases and idioms and offer tips for brushing up on your interpreting skills. Deepen your understanding of what idioms and phrases mean and expand your conceptual interpreting. Hearing and Deaf perspectives may be different, and it can be challenging to dete...

Spotlighting Non-Manual Signals

This interactive workshop delves into the linguistic functions of American Sign Language’s Non-Manual Signals (NMS), including their lexical and morphological roles. Participants will deepen their understanding of how facial expressions, head movements, and other ...

Through many mentor sessions working with interpreters, I have kept notes to share. It's amazing to see how interpreters creatively face challenges as they translate from English to ASL. I treasure opportunities to help interpreters improve their visual thinking, which Deaf audiences appreciate. ...

The heart and soul of Deaf culture is passed from generation to generation through sign language folktales, stories, jokes, puns, and other forms of cultural expression.

As Trix weaves these tales into a performance, the audience will gain insight into the Deaf experience and the ways in which D...

This webinar focuses on the role of non-manual signals in expressing adverbs in ASL.

Educational Objectives:
· Demonstrate the use of non-manual adverbs such as eye gaze, eyebrow movement, and facial expressions
· Analyze how these signals function as adverbs and apply this knowledge through pra...

This training strengthens your ability to select and use classifier handshapes with confidence and precision. Through guided practice and multiple examples, we explore how to transform English‑based signing into rich, visual ASL imagery. Participants will learn how classifier choices affect meani...