Technical Writing

Terminology to suit the master plan
technical writing

Terminology to suit the master plan

Terminology in line with a plan, tapping synergies, overcoming technical hurdles and not losing sight of the big picture, namely, overall multilingual communication: Is all this just a pipe dream or…
Text by Diana Brändle, Wolfgang Zenk
tekom Spring Conference 2010: Discover Schweinfurt
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tekom Spring Conference 2010: Discover Schweinfurt

The Spring Conference on the 29th and 30th of April is guided by the motto “Successful in times of change”. At the Hotel Mercure and Schweinfurt Main Island Conference Centre, exhibitors, participants…
Text by Marlies Ibele
Caution against “suitable handling
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Caution against "suitable handling"

“Why bother with writing a chapter on safety when no one is going to read it anyway?” A justifiable question indeed. In most cases, the reason quoted is escaping legal consequences. And that is…
Text by Roland Schmeling
Practical tips for Word 2010 – where text and image exist in unison
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Practical tips for Word 2010 – where text and image exist in unison

Towards the end of November 2009 Microsoft released the beta versions of the next generation Office applications, namely, “Office 2010” for downloading. The text processing with Word is worth taking a…
Text by Holger Matthes
Technical communication: Content is the key
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Technical communication: Content is the key

Recent years have seen more and more capable authoring tools with an ever-increasing number of smart features. But what about the art of writing good content? Has the focus on highly-developed…
Text by P.V. Ramana Murthy
Terminology management with a system
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Terminology management with a system

When a terminology project is started, simple software solutions such Microsoft Excel or Word are often used. This is a reasonable process, actually, but the user soon realizes the limits of this…
Text by Marcel Saft
tcworld conference 2009: range of visitors remains stable
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tcworld conference 2009: range of visitors remains stable

Technical professionals and corporate managers from all over Europe and overseas visited the tekom Annual Conference in 2009 again. The conference was held between the 4th and 6th of November in the…
Text by Gregor Schäfer
Improving documentation through controlled language and terminology
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Improving documentation through controlled language and terminology

In 2008, Konica Minolta introduced controlled English and Japanese to their authoring and editing processes in order to make documentation more consistent. The process sent the team through an…
Text by Melanie Siegel, Hubert Pabst
 

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