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Re: Technical Writing in China

Subject: Re: Technical Writing in China
From: Sarah Stegall <siliconwriter -at- comcast -dot- net>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2005 13:57:45 -0800



On Sunday, February 20, 2005, at 12:57 PM, Bonnie Granat wrote:

Companies such as ZTE, in Shenzhen, China, employ English-speaking
technical writers. Would any US technical writer on this list, if
the technical writing climate in the US got very inhospitable,
consider moving there to work? That is, if the world market for
documents in English expands, would you consider going where
there's more work?

Nothing would please me more. I might finally get to use my Chinese. I studied Mandarin in college and would love to work in China. However, I doubt I could compete against people of Chinese descent who were born/raised in the US, such that their native tongues are BOTH English and Chinese. :-(


A related question to perhaps the younger writers and editors here:
If prosperity means freedom, and freedom means peace, does helping
other countries become more prosperous become something that you
might consider doing?

Since when does prosperity mean freedom? Prosperity and tyranny are old allies. It goes along with aristocracies, inherited wealth, and feudalism. If you mean *middle-class* prosperity, you are talking about prosperity supported by the rule of law, which means at least a kind of freedom. It is difficult for me to imagine, for example, an anarchy that is also prosperous--without the rule of law one cannot hold onto property save by force of arms, and trade becomes very difficult. From the phrasing of your question, I think you are asking if people on this list would be willing to help other countries become more prosperous. For myself, I can certainly answer yes, as I believe prosperous countries avoid war, which disrupts trade. I fail, however, to see that this is a question only of interest to younger writers/editors.


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Sarah Stegall munchkyn at munchkyn dot com


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