Cooperation between India and Europe for technical documentation

With its enormous workforce, India could be destined to make up for the shortage of qualified technical writers in Europe and North America. However, until today, the Indian market lacks experienced teachers who are able to pass on the practical skills involved in technical documentation. A cooperation between India and Europe could possibly create huge mutual benefits.

Text by Prakash D Sathe

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Cooperation between India and Europe for technical documentation

Over the past decade and a half, India has become a hot destination for a trend known as “offshoring”. It guarantees a quality output along with timely delivery and ample availability of skilled human resources, all at significantly low prices. No wonder that executives consider offshoring a “three-birds-in-one-shot” scenario. As a result, there is a variety of fields for which outsourcing has become quite common and new areas are being explored.

Outsourcing technical communication

When it comes to outsourcing technical documentation, considerations can be slightly different. It is one of the niche areas where companies extensively rely on individuals and freelancers. Many companies do not have enough employees specialized in technical documentation, engineers are overwhelmed with their own work load and may not be good writers and core language professionals have little understanding ...