A clearly defined language makes it easier to create texts and translate them subsequently. Technical writers will thus save time and enhance the legal security of user manuals and operating instructions. Yet, what are the rules that should be used to define language, and standardize it ultimately? What are the specifications that exist already, and what rules should be thought of for technical communication? A work group of the tekom looked into these questions. The result is the German guideline „Regelbasiertes Schreiben, Deutsch für die Technische Kommunikation“ (Rules-based authoring: German for technical communication).
Germany is one of the countries that achieve the highest export quotas. Above all, plants and machinery made in Germany are very much in demand in the global market. Whether a company is able to hold its own in foreign countries or not will depend on factors such as adherence to schedules, costs and product quality. Not to forget, of course, the documents that accompany the products, which help the user to operate the machine or installation correctly and safely at his location. As the volume of manuals and instructions that need to be translated increases, the need for reusable texts also goes up. The tekom work group has focused on this problem: standardization of texts produced in terms of a set of rules, which is designed to ensure consistency and translatability, and a simplified quality assurance.
Who is the guideline meant for?
The new guideline is intended for managers of ...
Read more after login
tekom members can log in directly with their "My tekom" access data.
You are not yet a tekom member, but would like to read one or more articles in full? Then you have the opportunity to register on the internet portal of the technical journal 'tcworld' without obligation. Once you have registered, you can select any three specialist articles and view them in full for a period of two months. The selection will then be deleted and you can select three new articles for the next two months.
As a tekom member you benefit from the following advantages::
- Online access to all articles of the trade magazine 'tcworld magazine'
- Exclusive specialist articles from all areas of technical communication
- Regular new articles from over 300 authors
- The technical journal 'tcworld magazine' as a printed edition
- Reduced admission prices to tekom conferences
- Membership fees for tekom publications
- Access to 'my tekom', the web forum with job offers / job requests, appointments, expert advice, service provider file and much more
Login
Registration
Promised: The trade magazine 'tcworld magazine' is the best we have. And we don't make the choice easy for ourselves. Every month, the editorial staff of the technical journal 'tcworld magazine' publishes the latest articles by renowned authors. This demanding selection is available exclusively to members of tekom (as usual, including the printed edition).
The trade magazine 'tcworld magazine' stands for intelligently prepared specialist articles, texts written to the point, informative content, surprising insights, international perspectives and communicates technical communication in an understandable, fast, clear and uncomplicated way - exclusively for you.