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What Can Technical Communication Do After The U.S. Election?
In the past week, the United States had an important election for its next President. The election results, to say the least, have been controversial. While I’m not one to usually talk politics on this website, I’ll simply say that … Continue reading
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Tagged 2016, American election, content strategy, digital literacy, Distance Learning, DIY education, e-learning, education, edupunk, elearning, election, globalisation, globalization, Learning, localisation, localization, m-learning, Online Teaching and Learning, tech comm, TechCommGeekMom, Technical communication, technical communications, technical writing, translation, U.S. Election
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BBC – Capital – Native English speakers are the world’s worst communicators
In a room full of non-native speakers, ‘there isn’t any chance of understanding’. It might be their language, but the message is often lost Source: BBC – Capital – Native English speakers are the world’s worst communicators The BBC has … Continue reading
BBC – Culture – The language the government tried to suppress
Most of Singapore’s population speak the unofficial language or dialect known as Singlish. But why would the government rather it went away? James Harbeck takes a look. Source: BBC – Culture – The language the government tried to suppress This … Continue reading
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Tagged content strategy, digital literacy, DIY education, English, English language, evolution of English language, International English, Language, Learning, localisation, localization, Singapore, Singlish, social media, standard English, tech comm, TechCommGeekMom, Technical communication, technical communications, technical writing, translation
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BBC – Culture – Why is Canadian English unique?
America’s neighbour resisted annexation by the US and its people remained subjects of the British monarch. But Canada’s English isn’t British or American, writes James Harbeck. Source: BBC – Culture – Why is Canadian English unique? Happy Canada Day! I … Continue reading
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Tagged American English, American language, Bernard Aschwanden, British English, British language, Canada, Canada Day, Canadian English, Canadian language, content strategy, digital literacy, English language, Language, localisation, localization, STC, tech comm, TechCommGeekMom, Technical communication, technical communications, technical writing, translation
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The Double Vocabulary of English | Mental Floss
Why does English have so many words that have twins? Here’s how we got to have two vocabularies, one based in Germanic roots, and one based in Latin. Source: The Double Vocabulary of English | Mental Floss As someone who … Continue reading
IDW looks like an awesome event–can’t wait to go!
Last year, I was really disappointed that I couldn’t go to the inaugural Information Development World (IDW) conference in San Jose, CA. I knew, since it’s produced by The Content Wrangler and Content Rules, that it would be a top-notch event. … Continue reading
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Tagged @InfoDevWorld, analytics, CA, California, conference, content engineering, content engineering. localization, content experience, Content management, content marketing, Content Rules, customer experience, customer-centric, data, data and analytics, digital literacy, digital publishing, DIY education, edupunk, event, IDW, Information Development World, instructors, Language, Learning, Methods and Theories, presenters, San Jose, San Jose CA, Scott Abel, single sourcing, singular experience, social media, tech comm, tech comm software, TechCommGeekMom, Technical communication, technical communications, technical writing, The Content Wrangler, translation, Twitter, user interface, user strategy, Val Swisher, web design, workshops, www.informationdevelopmentworld.com
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More localization and user-friendly features in the new Framemaker 2015
You might have heard by now that there have been some updates to the Adobe Technical Communications Suite (TCS) that were released today! Both Framemaker and Robohelp have been updated significantly, while the other programs (Captivate, Acrobat, and Presenter), have … Continue reading
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Tagged 2015, Acrobat, Adobe, Adobe FrameMaker, Adobe Framemaker XML Author, Adobe RoboHelp, Adobe Technical Communications Suite, AEM connector, Arabic, bi-directional, bi-directional language support, Captivate, content strategy, digital literacy, DITA, dynamic content filter, Framemaker, free webinar, free webinar for Framemaker 2015, globalization, Hebrew, Kapil Verma, localization, LTR, MathML, mobile, mobile output, mobile publishing, multichannel publishing, Presenter, product launch, RoboHelp, RTL, single sourcing, singular experience, social media, tech comm, tech comm software, TechCommGeekMom, Technical communication, technical communications, technical writing, translation, webinar, XML, XML authoring
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How to Write a Sentence – Infographic
The Wonder Woman of Writing, Marcia Riefer Johnston, has recently created a fantastic infographic on how to create a sentence. If anyone knows how to break it down, she does! For more information, check her website, Writing Rocks! Courtesy of: … Continue reading
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Tagged content strategy, digital literacy, editing, English grammar, Grammar, how to write a sentence, Marcia Riefer Johnston, Online Teaching and Learning, sentence structure, tech comm, tech editing, tech writing, TechCommGeekMom, Technical communication, technical communications, technical editing, technical writing, translation, Word Up!, writing, Writing rocks
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Top 5 Tips for Creating Global E-Learning
I conferred with two e-learning experts to get their input about globalization and localization issues in e-learning. The following recommendations emerged. Source: http://www.contentrules.com Val Swisher of Content Rules, Inc. was kind enough to give me the opportunity to write another … Continue reading
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Tagged blog, Clark Quinn, Content Rules, Content Rules Inc., content strategy, digital literacy, Distance Learning, e-learning, education, eLearning Joe, global e-learning, global m-learning, globalization, higher ed, higher education, instructional design, instructional design and technology, Joe Ganci, Learning, localisation, localization, m-learning, m-learning tools, Methods and Theories, mlearning, mobile, mobile learning, Online Teaching and Learning, Quinnovator, single sourcing, singular experience, tech comm, TechCommGeekMom, Technical communication, technical communications, technical writing, top 5 tips to create global elearning, translation, Val Swisher
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Book Review: Global Content Strategy: A Primer by Val Swisher
Anyone who has read this blog for a while knows how much I love Val Swisher of Content Rules. Why? Well, first of all, she’s a lovely person and great friend all around. But that’s beside the point. As a … Continue reading
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Tagged Content management, Content Rules, Content Rules Inc., content strategy, digital literacy, education, global content, global content management systems, global content strategy, global delivery, global ready content, global terminology management systems, globalization, Learning, localisation, localization, localization and translation workflow, localized content, machine translation, managing terminology, Methods and Theories, mobile, single sourcing, singular experience, structured authoring, structured content, tech comm, TechCommGeekMom, Technical communication, technical communications, technical writing, terminology, terminology management, terminology management systems, The Content Wrangler, transcreation, translated content, translation, translation and localization workflow, Translation memory, Val Swisher, XML Press
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