Title :
Technical writing and translating-language barriers. I. Mother-tongue and invented words
Author_Institution :
Oregon, Rehovot, Israel
Abstract :
The problems foreign technical writers meet when writing in English, as well as the problems faced in their mother tongue, are discussed. Issues discussed are the differences between technical and scientific language, the documentation of military hardware, the problems Israeli technical writers have writing in Hebrew, and the creation of new words
Keywords :
language translation; technical presentation; English; Hebrew; documentation; foreign authors; invented words; language barriers; military hardware; mother tongue; scientific language; technical language; technical writing; translating; Bridges; Documentation; Economic indicators; Europe; Manuals; Manufacturing; Natural languages; Sections; Societies; Writing;
Conference_Titel :
Professional Communication Conference, 1989. IPCC '89. 'Communicating to the World.', International
Conference_Location :
Garden City, NY
DOI :
10.1109/IPCC.1989.102124
