Designing Multilingual Experiences In Technical Communication

Author : Laura Gonzales
Publisher : University Press of Colorado
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2022-11-14
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781646422760

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Designing Multilingual Experiences in Technical Communication by Laura Gonzales Pdf

As technical communicators continue advocating for justice, the field should pay closer attention to how language diversity shapes all research and praxis in contemporary global contexts. Designing Multilingual Experiences in Technical Communication provides frameworks, strategies, and best practices for researchers engaging in projects with multilingual communities. Through grounded case studies of multilingual technical communication projects in the US, Mexico, and Nepal, Laura Gonzales illustrates the multiple tensions at play in transnational research and demonstrates how technical communicators can leverage contemporary translation practices and methodologies to engage in research with multilingual communities that is justice-driven, participatory, and reciprocal. Designing Multilingual Experiences in Technical Communication is of value to researchers and students across fields who are interested in designing projects alongside multilingual communities from historically marginalized backgrounds.

Author : Ray Gallon
Publisher : XML Press
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2016-05-13
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781492017240

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The Language of Technical Communication by Ray Gallon Pdf

The Language of Technical Communication has a dual objective: to define the terms that form the core of technical communication as it is practiced today, while predicting where the field will go in the future. The choice of terms defined in this book followed two overarching principles: include all aspects of the discipline of technical communication, not just technical writing, and select terms that will be relevant into the foreseeable future.The Language of Technical Communication is a collaborative effort with fifty-two expert contributors, all known for their depth of knowleEA Digital (delivered electronically)e. You will probably recognize many of their names, and you will probably want to learn more about the ones who are new to you. Each contributed term has a concise definition, an importance statement, and an essay that describes why technical communicators need to know that term. You will find well understood terms, such as content reuse and minimalist design, alongside new terms, such as the Internet of Things and augmented reality. They span the depth and breadth, as well as the past and future, of technical communication.

Author : Han Yu,Gerald Savage
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2013-03-05
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781118504819

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Negotiating Cultural Encounters by Han Yu,Gerald Savage Pdf

Discusses the challenges of intercultural communication in engineering, technical, and related professional fields Given today's globalized technical and engineering environment, intercultural communication is an essential topic for engineers, other technical professionals, and technical communicators to learn. Engineering programs, in particular, need to think about how to address the ABET requirement for students to develop global competence and communication skills. This book will help readers learn what intercultural communication is like in the workplace which is an important first step in gaining intercultural competence. Through narratives based on the real experiences of working professionals, Negotiating Cultural Encounters: Narrating Intercultural Engineering and Technical Communication covers a range of design, development, research, and documentation projects offering an authentic picture of today's international workplace. Narrative contributors present firsthand experience and perspectives on the complexities and challenges of working with multicultural team members, international vendors, and diverse customers; additional suggested readings and discussion questions provide students with information on relevant cultural factors and invite them to think deeply and critically about the narratives. This collection of narratives: Responds to the need for updated firsthand information in intercultural communication and will help us prepare workplace professionals Covers various topics such as designing e-commerce websites, localizing technical documentation, and translating workplace safety materials Provides hands-on studies of intercultural professional communication in the workplace Is targeted toward institutions that train engineers for technical communication tasks in diverse sociocultural environments Presents contributions from a diverse group of professionals Recommends additional material for further pursuit A book unlike any other in its field, Negotiating Cultural Encounters is ideal for all engineering and technical communication professionals seeking to better communicate their ideas and thoughts in the multicultural workplaces of the world.

Author : Michael J. Albers,Beth Mazur
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0805841407

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Content & Complexity by Michael J. Albers,Beth Mazur Pdf

Information design is an emerging area in technical communication, garnering increased attention in recent times as more information is presented through both old and new media. In this volume, editors Michael J. Albers and Beth Mazur bring together scholars and practitioners to explore the issues facing those in this exciting new field. Treating information as it applies to technical communication, with a special emphasis on computer-centric industries, this volume delves into the role of information design in assisting with concepts, such as usability, documenting procedures, and designing for users. Influential members in the technical communication field examine such issues as the application of information design in structuring technical material; innovative ways of integrating information design within development methodologies and social aspects of the workplace; and theoretical approaches that include a practical application of information design, emphasizing the intersection of information design theories and workplace reality. This collection approaches information design from the language-based technical communication side, emphasizing the role of content as it relates to complexity in information design. As such, it treats as paramount the rhetorical and contextual strategies required for the effective design and transmission of information. Content and Complexity: Information Design in Technical Communication explores both theoretical perspectives, as well as the practicalities of information design in areas relevant to technical communicators. This integration of theoretical and applied components make it a practical resource for students, educators, academic researchers, and practitioners in the technical communication and information design fields.

Author : James Rushing Daniel,Katherine Helen Malcolm,Candice Rai
Publisher : University Press of Colorado
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2022-03-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781646421732

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Writing Across Difference by James Rushing Daniel,Katherine Helen Malcolm,Candice Rai Pdf

As the nation becomes increasingly divided by economic inequality, racial injustice, xenophobic violence, and authoritarian governance, scholars in writing studies have strived to develop responsive theories and practices to engage students, teachers, administrators, and citizens in the crisis of division and to begin the complicated work of radically transforming our inequitable institutions and society. Writing Across Difference is one of the first collections to gather scholars from across the field engaged in offering theoretical, methodological, and pedagogical resources for understanding, interrogating, negotiating, and writing across difference. No text in composition has made such a sweeping attempt to place the multiple areas of translingualism, anti-racism, anticolonialism, interdisciplinarity, and disability into conversation or to represent the field as broadly unified around the concept of difference. The chapters in this book specifically explore how monolingual ideology is maintained in institutions and how translingual strategies can (re)include difference; how narrative-based interventions can promote writing across difference in classrooms and institutions by complicating dominant discourses; and how challenging dominant logics of class, race, ability, and disciplinarity can present opportunities for countering divisiveness. Writing Across Difference offers writing scholars a sustained intellectual encounter with the crisis of difference and foregrounds the possibilities such an encounter offers for collective action toward a more inclusive and equitable society. It presents a variety of approaches for intervening in classrooms and institutions in the interest of focalizing, understanding, negotiating, and bridging difference. The book will be a valuable resource to those disturbed by the bigotry, violence, and fanaticism that mark our political culture and who are seeking inspiration, models, and methods for collective response. Contributors: Anis Bawarshi, Jonathan Benda, Megan Callow, James Rushing Daniel, Cherice Escobar Jones, Laura Gonzales, Juan Guerra, Stephanie Kerschbaum, Katie Malcolm, Nadya Pittendrigh, Mya Poe, Candice Rai, Iris Ruiz, Ann Shivers-McNair, Neil Simpkins, Alison Y. L. Stephens, Sumyat Thu, Katherine Xue, Shui-yin Sharon Yam

Author : Mousten, Birthe,Vandepitte, Sonia,Arnó, Elisabet,Maylath, Bruce
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 430 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2018-04-13
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781522541554

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Multilingual Writing and Pedagogical Cooperation in Virtual Learning Environments by Mousten, Birthe,Vandepitte, Sonia,Arnó, Elisabet,Maylath, Bruce Pdf

Modern technology has enhanced many aspects of life, including classroom education. By offering virtual learning experiences, educational systems can become more efficient and effective at teaching the student population. Multilingual Writing and Pedagogical Cooperation in Virtual Learning Environments is a critical scholarly resource that examines experiences with virtual networks and their advantages for universities and students in the domains of writing, translation, and usability testing. Featuring coverage on a broad range of topics such as collaborative writing, project-based learning, and writing and translation practices, this book is geared towards administrators, teachers, professors, academicians, practitioners, and researchers seeking current research on multilingual writing and pedagogical cooperation in virtual learning environments.

Author : Michael J. Albers,Mary Beth Mazur
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2003-02-12
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 1410607402

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Content and Complexity by Michael J. Albers,Mary Beth Mazur Pdf

Information design is an emerging area in technical communication, garnering increased attention in recent times as more information is presented through both old and new media. In this volume, editors Michael J. Albers and Beth Mazur bring together scholars and practitioners to explore the issues facing those in this exciting new field. Treating information as it applies to technical communication, with a special emphasis on computer-centric industries, this volume delves into the role of information design in assisting with concepts, such as usability, documenting procedures, and designing for users. Influential members in the technical communication field examine such issues as the application of information design in structuring technical material; innovative ways of integrating information design within development methodologies and social aspects of the workplace; and theoretical approaches that include a practical application of information design, emphasizing the intersection of information design theories and workplace reality. This collection approaches information design from the language-based technical communication side, emphasizing the role of content as it relates to complexity in information design. As such, it treats as paramount the rhetorical and contextual strategies required for the effective design and transmission of information. Content and Complexity: Information Design in Technical Communication explores both theoretical perspectives, as well as the practicalities of information design in areas relevant to technical communicators. This integration of theoretical and applied components make it a practical resource for students, educators, academic researchers, and practitioners in the technical communication and information design fields.

Author : John M. Lannon,Laura J. Gurak,Don Klepp
Publisher : Pearson Education Canada
Page : 634 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2014-02-18
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780205990696

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Technical Communications, Sixth Canadian Edition, by John M. Lannon,Laura J. Gurak,Don Klepp Pdf

Note: If you are purchasing an electronic version, MyWritingLab does not come automatically packaged with it. To purchase MyWritingLab, please visit www.mywritinglab.com or you can purchase a package of the physical text and MyWritingLab by searching for ISBN 10: 0205991939/ ISBN 13: 9780205991938. Technical Communication continues to be the best selling technical and professional communication studies text in the market. The sixth edition offers new material in response to the rapid changes taking place in communications technology, and looks at how those changes have altered the way that technical communicators complete their tasks. With its focus on practical applications and advice on communications analysis, writing processes, document structures, and effective language, the book functions as a workplace tool that students can use for many years in their career.

Author : Barbara Mirel,Rachel Spilka
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0805835172

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Reshaping Technical Communication by Barbara Mirel,Rachel Spilka Pdf

This anthology brings together voices from industry and academia in a call for elevating the status, identity, value, and influence of technical communicators. Editors Barbara Mirel and Rachel Spilka assert that technical communicators must depart from their traditional roles, moving instead in a more influential and expansive direction. To help readers explore the possibilities, contributions from innovative thinkers and leaders in technical communication propose ways to redefine the field's identity and purposes and to expand the parameters of its work. The chapters included here all point toward new directions for greater growth and influence of the field. Contributors depart from traditional ideas and solutions and discuss new and in some cases radical points, provoking further thought and discussion. Its exploration of fresh territory uncovers new research topics and directions, and provides an examination of both internal, industry-academia relationships and external relationships between technical communicators and other professionals. In its entirety, this collection represents an inclusive vision for the future, targeting such wide-ranging issues as creating effective professional organizations, disseminating research to diverse audiences, transitioning to more influential job roles, exerting leadership in usability, and creating hybrid identities and collaborative programs between industry and academic to support them. The diverse voices from industry and academia will inspire readers to think differently about the discipline's identity and direction, and to build on the ideas they find herein to effect change within their own spheres. As required reading for academics and professionals in technical communication, this collection is a critical step in reshaping and reinvigorating the technical communication field to ensure its survival and growth in the 21st century.

Author : Aaron Marcus
Publisher : Springer
Page : 637 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2013-07-03
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783642392412

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Design, User Experience, and Usability: Health, Learning, Playing, Cultural, and Cross-Cultural User Experience by Aaron Marcus Pdf

The four-volume set LNCS 8012, 8013, 8014 and 8015 constitutes the proceedings of the Second International Conference on Design, User Experience, and Usability, DUXU 2013, held as part of the 15th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2013, held in Las Vegas, USA in July 2013, jointly with 12 other thematically similar conferences. The total of 1666 papers and 303 posters presented at the HCII 2013 conferences was carefully reviewed and selected from 5210 submissions. These papers address the latest research and development efforts and highlight the human aspects of design and use of computing systems. The papers accepted for presentation thoroughly cover the entire field of Human-Computer Interaction, addressing major advances in knowledge and effective use of computers in a variety of application areas. The total of 282 contributions included in the DUXU proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected for inclusion in this four-volume set. The 67 papers included in this volume are organized in the following topical sections: cross-cultural and intercultural user experience; designing for the learning and culture experience; designing for the health and quality of life experience; and games and gamification.

Author : Rachel Spilka
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2009-12-04
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781135236762

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Digital Literacy for Technical Communication by Rachel Spilka Pdf

Digital Literacy for Technical Communication helps technical communicators make better sense of technology’s impact on their work, so they can identify new ways to adapt, adjust, and evolve, fulfilling their own professional potential. This collection is comprised of three sections, each designed to explore answers to these questions: How has technical communication work changed in response to the current (digital) writing environment? What is important, foundational knowledge in our field that all technical communicators need to learn? How can we revise past theories or develop new ones to better understand how technology has transformed our work? Bringing together highly-regarded specialists in digital literacy, this anthology will serve as an indispensible resource for scholars, students, and practitioners. It illuminates technology’s impact on their work and prepares them to respond to the constant changes and challenges in the new digital universe.

Author : Laura Gonzales
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 135 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : COMPUTERS
ISBN : 0472900862

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Sites of Translation by Laura Gonzales Pdf

Author : Johndan Johnson-Eilola,Stuart A. Selber
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 531 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2012-12-26
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780226924083

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Solving Problems in Technical Communication by Johndan Johnson-Eilola,Stuart A. Selber Pdf

The field of technical communication is rapidly expanding in both the academic world and the private sector, yet a problematic divide remains between theory and practice. Here Stuart A. Selber and Johndan Johnson-Eilola, both respected scholars and teachers of technical communication, effectively bridge that gap. Solving Problems in Technical Communication collects the latest research and theory in the field and applies it to real-world problems faced by practitioners—problems involving ethics, intercultural communication, new media, and other areas that determine the boundaries of the discipline. The book is structured in four parts, offering an overview of the field, situating it historically and culturally, reviewing various theoretical approaches to technical communication, and examining how the field can be advanced by drawing on diverse perspectives. Timely, informed, and practical, Solving Problems in Technical Communication will be an essential tool for undergraduates and graduate students as they begin the transition from classroom to career.

Author : Agnes Kukulska-Hulme
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 173 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Computer science literature
ISBN : 9780195108385

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Language and Communication by Agnes Kukulska-Hulme Pdf

Computer interfaces and documentation are notoriously difficult for any user, regardless of his or her level of experience. Advances in technology are not making applications more friendly. Introducing concepts from linguistics and language teaching, Language and Communication proposes a new approach to computer interface design. The book explains for the first time why the much hyped user-friendly interface is treated with such derision by the user community. The author argues that software and hardware designers should consider such fundamental language concepts as meaning, context, function, variety, and equivalence. She goes on to show how imagining an interface as a new language can be an invaluable design exercise, calling into question deeply held beliefs and assumptions about what users will or will not understand. Written for a wide range of computer scientists and professionals, and presuming no prior knowledge of language-related terminology, this volume is a key step in the on-going information revolution.

Author : Barry Thatcher,Kirk St. Amant,Charles H Sides
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2017-03-02
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781351841382

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Teaching Intercultural Rhetoric and Technical Communication by Barry Thatcher,Kirk St. Amant,Charles H Sides Pdf

In today's integrated global economy, technical communicators often collaborate in international production teams, work with experts in overseas subject matter, or coordinate documentation for the international release of products. Working effectively in such situations requires technical communicators to acquire a specialized knowledge of culture and communication. This book provides readers with the information needed to integrate aspects of intercultural communication into different educational settings.