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Category Archives: audience
Translating Technology for an International Audience
Several of the sessions I attended at the AIAA Space Forum were given by engineers or scientists who were not native English speakers. I give them a lot of credit for being wiling to stand up and present on a … Continue reading
Academic vs. Business Writing
During my time at the 2018 STC Summit, I asked knowledgable professionals about things that young professionals or fresh-out-of-school university students needed to work on to be more effective in the workplace. One topic that came up was using “academic-style” … Continue reading
Posted in audience, education, personal, technical writing
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Making Technical Subjects Engaging for General Audiences
I’ve often joked that my primary job has been “translating Engineerish into English,” at least when I worked primarily for engineers. Today’s entry came from a friend who suggested I talk about “Connecting to an audience [that] might not be … Continue reading
Trained as a Liberal Arts Major, Working as a Techie
In my continuing effort to respond to reader comments and suggestions, today I’ll be taking on the subject of translating skills from the humanities into skills useful in technical communication. I’ve actually touched on this subject here, but let’s see … Continue reading
Posted in audience, engineering, personal, philosophy, science, technical writing
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Book Writing vs. Blog Writing
I had high hopes that I could transition this blog into a book easily, with a minimum of fuss and effort. Silly me, that’s now how reality works.
Posted in audience, blogging, book writing
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