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Danielle M. Villegas‘s insight:

This is a really good article, especially for bloggers. Technical writers don’t usually get to write from the soul quite so much, but bloggers and other social media writers get to write "freestyle" more often. I think the key to doing well on a blog is writing the way Fitzgerald describes here–from the soul. That’s how I write, at least, and it seems to get a positive response. It’s also easier! Write what you know, both in your brain and your heart!

–techcommgeekmom

Danielle M. Villegas‘s insight:

These certainly sound like interesting products…perhaps this is what the next wave of #edtech is going to look like. What do you think?
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Danielle M. Villegas‘s insight:

This could easily apply to e-learning, blogs and other websites. Nice how-to article!

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Danielle M. Villegas‘s insight:

From the programs I’ve investigated, UW-Stout is a really good one. 
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Danielle M. Villegas‘s insight:

With single-sourcing and translation services in higher demand than ever before, this makes a very good point. Translation software can still be "flawed" because of nuances as described here. This is why human intervention and truly careful technical writing needs to be done to provide consistency. Technical writers can be more aware of trying to use more consistent, neutral language to avoid misinterpretations in English, let alone any other language. 

 

I’ve experienced this myself in my personal life. My husband’s first language is Spanish, so sometimes he’ll use a Spanish word to describe something, and it doesn’t have an English equivalent. My favorite is "tofito", which the closest word we could come up with was "funky" or "rancid" as in cooked chicken or pork that have more of that bad chicken or bad pork taste. If we don’t like the taste because it taste too "chicken-y", then we say it’s "tofito". (Hopefully I spelled the Spanish word right–I think I did.)

 

Great article. 

–techcommgeekmom