DocumentCode
2008922
Title
Technical writing and translating-language barriers. I. Mother-tongue and invented words
Author
Oren, Ruben
Author_Institution
Oregon, Rehovot, Israel
fYear
1989
fDate
18-20 Oct 1989
Firstpage
168
Lastpage
171
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;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Professional Communication Conference, 1989. IPCC '89. 'Communicating to the World.', International
Conference_Location
Garden City, NY
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IPCC.1989.102124
Filename
102124
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