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Subject:Re: Technical Writer in other languages From:"Jens Reineking" <J -dot- Reineking -at- interkomelectronic -dot- de> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Thu, 4 Aug 2005 14:35:28 +0200 (CEST)
Another term which _may_ be used here in Germany is "Technikredakteur". But this is much less
common than "Technischer Redakteur". All job offerings for example I've read in the past months
were looking for a "Technische/r Redakteur/in" (which includes both the male and femal form of the
term).
The reasoning behind "Technikredakteur" iis that we are not technical editors, i.e. the editors
are not technical (as in robots, cyborgs, computers). But it seems to be a loosing battle.
If you have any specific vocabulary questions concerning German, please contact me. Or go to http://dict.leo.org for a very good and free online-dictionary.
HTH,
Jens
<zitiere wer="punit shrivastava">
> Hi Jens,
> Thanks for the reply. First I was looking for an answer as I need to
> work on some local words used for technical writer in Germany, Spain
> and France; that is why such a question. I tried searching but
> couldn't find a satisfactory answer, so thought may be soemone knowing
> german or working in germany can answer it.
> Here we have tech writer/author/editor etc. That is why it got more
> confusing to find term in foreign lang. For me Technical Writer fits
> the bill for different activities covered in this profession.
> The experienced might havea different view.
>
> Regards
> Punit S
>
> On 8/4/05, Jens Reineking <J -dot- Reineking -at- interkomelectronic -dot- de> wrote:
>> Germany: Technischer Redakteur, literally Technical Editor
>> Great Britain: Technical Author (as far as I know)
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