Preparing technical communication students to play a role on the translation team

    Authors

    M. Flammia

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    IEEE Trans. Prof. Commun.

    Keywords

    culture; international communication; technical communication; curriculum; translation; Communication; Engineering, Multidisciplinary

    Abstract

    Technical communicators need to be Prepared for the challenges of international Communication. This tutorial focuses on the need for technical communication faculty to prepare students to be skilled intercultural communicators and to play a role on the translation team. The tutorial begins with a discussion of the importance of writing for translation in the international workplace and then presents specific assignments designed to instruct students in intercultural communication and give them experience writing for translation. In addition to introducing Students to the cultural issues that impact the creation of documentation for international audiences, these assignments also serve to reinforce core skills recognized as vital to professional success in the field of technical communication. Taken together these assignments can be used as the basis for a Course in international technical communication. Art appendix to the tutorial includes numerous resources available to faculty who want either to develop a course in international technical communication or to include some of the assignments in existing technical communication courses.

    Journal Title

    Ieee Transactions on Professional Communication

    Volume

    48

    Issue/Number

    4

    Publication Date

    1-1-2005

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    401

    Last Page

    412

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000233755500005

    ISSN

    0361-1434

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