Re: writing for non-native speakers of English

[John Kohl <sasjqk -at- UNX -dot- SAS -dot- COM>]

In article <2 -dot- 2 -dot- 32 -dot- 19970909180801 -dot- 0091bc24 -at- devmail>, Wayne Douglass
<wayned -at- VERITY -dot- COM> writes:
|> At 01:39 PM 9/9/97 -0400, Michele Berkes wrote:
|>
|> >
|> >Well, I've gone on long enough. Opinions? Experiences? Anyone know of
|> >helpful resources? Authoritative research? Are there general rules to
|> >follow? Do the general rules for one group of languages contradict
|> >those for another (Germanic vs. Romance vs. ...)? Has anyone tried
|> >simplified English? Was it useful?
|> >
|> Two Resources:
|>
|> Go to the International Language Engineering Web site (http://www.ile.com/)
|> and get their free "Accent on Internationalization" brochure (it's also
|> available for download as a PDF file).

That is certainly a useful document overall, but (for the benefit of
Michele), I want to point out that it contains very little advice about
modifying writing STYLE to facilitate translation.

|> Look at Chapter 8 of Philip Rubens, ed., _Science and Technical Writing: A
|> Manual of Style_ (ISBN 0-8050-1831-X) for addressing nonnative readers. It's
|> the best advice in the shortest space (25 pages) I know.

I'll definitely request this through my company's library.  Thanks for
the tip!

Regards,

John Kohl

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