Technical writing for finance: one for the Friday files

[Geoff Hart <ghart -at- videotron -dot- ca>]

Dan Goldstein noted: <<As Gene already pointed out yesterday on  
TECHWR-L, this isn't technical writing. Not even close.>>

Did Gene post it there? Sorry. I never saw the message. (I'm getting  
the impression that not all techwr-l mail is getting past my ISP.  
Again. <sigh>)

In any event, I'm afraid I must dispute your point. "Technical" has  
its roots in the Greek word "techne", which means an "art"; more  
recently (i.e., since the 20th century?), "technical" has taken on  
the meaning of writing in any discipline that has its own  
standardized jargon. So yes, financial marketing prose is technical  
communication... just not necessarily a form we're all familiar with  
or would approve of.


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