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Subject:Re: "Technical writer" in other languages From:Fabien Vais <phantoms -at- POP -dot- TOTAL -dot- NET> Date:Tue, 29 Sep 1998 06:06:11 -0400
At least in French, I can tell you the correct term is "Rédacteur
technique", although just like English, there are many other terms used:
communicateur technique, etc.
Fabien Vais
At 06:20 PM 9/28/98 +0200, you wrote:
>One of the problems that I have when I am describing our profession in
>another language (French, Russian, Spanish) is that when I use the literal
>translation for the word "technical writer," it comes out funny ("ecriteur
>technique" in French, "escritor technico" in Spanish, "tekhnicheskii
>pisatel'" in Russian). At least in Hebrew, which I also speak, the literal
>translation "katav techni" is appropriate. How would one translate the word
>"technical writer" or "technical writing" in French, Russian, or Spanish?
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