Thursday, August 20, 2015

This site is no longer maintained

You may be interested in the following links:

 
www.shufrans-techdocs.com for all technical documentation and publication needs.
www.asd-ste100.net for Simplified Technical English expertise.
www.asd-ste100.solutions for Simplified Technical English training & consultancy services.

International training workshops can be found here:

Saturday, April 18, 2015

3-day certified ASD-STE100 workshop in Suwon, South Korea

2015년 6월 1일~3일까지 수원에서 열리는 ASD-STE100 트레이닝 클래스에 여러분을 초대합니다.
In association with HansemEUG, we are pleased to offer our certified, fully compliant shared ASD-STE100 Simplified Technical English training in Suwon, South Korea on 1, 2, and 3 Jun 2015. This three-day professional training course is intended for technical authors to familiarise themselves with the ASD-STE100 controlled language specification through a series of classroom- and workshop-type instruction and interaction. STE improves quality, both in the aviation and defence industries, where it is often mandatory for safety reasons, and in any other technical industries. 

Simplified Technical English stresses on the use of unambiguous terminology where one word only has one meaning. This reduces the likelihood of using synonymous terms that can result in confusion. Optimum re-usability of technical terms on the word, phrase, and sentence levels is to be expected. This will greatly improve any product life-cycle management process.

HansemEUG is South Korea’s largest group of technical writers and is one of few manual development companies in Asia to author source documents in English. HansemEUG develops user manuals for a variety of industries since 1990. The industries that they serve include telecommunication, digital imaging, automation systems, and business machine products manufactured by global companies.

This site is no longer maintained

You may be interested in the following links:
www.shufrans-techdocs.com for all technical documentation and publication needs.
www.asd-ste100.net for Simplified Technical English expertise.
www.asd-ste100.solutions for Simplified Technical English training & consultancy services.

International training workshops can be found here:

Saturday, March 21, 2015

Woon een 2-daagse workshop bij in Soest om ASD-STE100 te leren

ASD-STE100 Simplified Technical English (STE) is een gecontroleerde taal die wordt gebruikt om technische handleidingen zodanig te schrijven dat ze gemakkelijker en beter worden begrepen door een internationaal publiek, waardoor de veiligheid en efficiency worden verbeterd. STE is veelal een officiële vereiste voor onderhoudshandleidingen in de luchtvaart- en defensiebranche, en kan eenvoudig worden toegepast in alle technische branches en daarbuiten.

STE is geen eenvoudige taal die u kunt leren door middel van zelfstudie. Deze door Shufra Consultancy en Triview gezamenlijk georganiseerde cursus biedt cursisten de mogelijkheid om elke afzonderlijke regel te leren en toe te passen in een praktische context. Mevrouw Shumin Chen zal deelnemers leren hoe zij STE op correcte en doeltreffende wijze kunnen toepassen in de praktijk. Ook zullen enkele fouten die regelmatig worden gemaakt in technisch schrijven en het vaak onjuiste gebruik van algemene STE-schrijfregels worden behandeld.

Cursusoverzicht
  • Praktisch overzicht van ASD-STE100 Simplified Technical English
  • Hoe STE zowel native speakers als niet-native speakers Engels helpt
  • Schrijfregels en de toepassing ervan in de praktijk
  • Het gebruik van de algemene vocabulaire
  • Omgaan met branchespecifieke terminologie
  • Hoe STE wordt gebruikt voor verschillende typen documentatie
  • De implementatie van STE met minimale verstoring van de lopende productie en bestaande
    documentatie
  • Praktijkoefeningen in STE redactie- en beoordelingswerk
Doelgroep
  • Compliance managers
  • CIO, COO, CTO
  • Klantenservicemanagers
  • Documentatiebeheerders
  • Redacteurs
  • Engineering managers
  • Ingenieurs en MKB-bedrijven die documentatie schrijven
  • ILS managers
  • Maintenance managers
  • Operation managers
  • Productmanagers
  • Projectmanagers
  • Kwaliteitsmanagers
  • Veiligheidsmanagers
  • Technisch schrijvers
  • Translation managers
  • Vertalers 
Cursusdatum en -locatie
Wij nodigen u graag uit voor onze aanstaande gecertificeerde ASD-STE100 training in Soest op 13 en 14 april 2015. Ook verzorgen wij graag een cursus op maat op uw locatie om in te spelen op uw specifieke behoeften.

Resultaat van de cursus
Onze interactieve cursus, oefeningen en workshop zullen deelnemers leren inhoud te standaardiseren
om:
  • Efficiënter te schrijven
  • Doeltreffender te communiceren met een wereldwijd publiek
  • De operationele veiligheid te verbeteren
  • Stilstandtijd te reduceren
  • Modulair schrijven en hergebruik te vereenvoudigen
  • Teamwerk te vereenvoudigen
  • Vertalen te vereenvoudigen
  • Een optimale consistentie te verkrijgen
  • Ondersteuning tijdens de levenscyclus van een product te optimaliseren
  • De kosten van het maken en onderhouden van technische publicaties te verlagen
Kwalificaties van de trainer
Mevrouw Chen heeft vele bedrijven ondersteund op het gebied van hun STE- en andere documentatiebehoeften, waar mogelijk op basis van normen. Hoewel STE werd ontwikkeld voor de lucht- en ruimtevaartbranche, en in het bijzonder voor onderhoudsdocumentatie voor vliegtuigen, heeft mevrouw Chen gemerkt dat het zeer zinvol is om deze beginselen ook toe te passen in andere branches en soorten documenten. Er zijn weinig of geen wijzigingen in de specificatie nodig om STE aan te passen aan uiteenlopende branches, van machinebouw tot IT, en van auto's tot medische apparatuur.

This site is no longer maintained

You may be interested in the following links:
www.shufrans-techdocs.com for all technical documentation and publication needs.
www.asd-ste100.net for Simplified Technical English expertise.
www.asd-ste100.solutions for Simplified Technical English training & consultancy services.

International training workshops can be found here:

Thursday, March 12, 2015

Simplified Technical English for quality assurance and improved safety

ASD-STE100 Simplified Technical English compliance is necessary for the aerospace and military industries. Technical documentation standards like S1000D and ATA iSpec 2200 also recommend the use of Simplified Technical English.

In our recent on-site ASD-STE100 training held in Ankara, Turkey, product support and manufacturing engineers learnt how to correctly and effectively use STE in practice. Using these rules, they were able to write clear, concise and accurate procedural and descriptive texts that ensure user safety and prevent equipment damage.

Within two days, participants quickly mastered the most essential STE rules and applied them consistently throughout their product documentation to achieve at least 85% of of the benefits and results of a typical ASD-STE100 implementation.

Simplified Technical English stresses on the use of unambiguous terminology where one word only has one meaning. This reduces the likelihood of using synonymous terms that can result in confusion. Optimum re-usability of technical terms on the word, phrase, and sentence levels is to be expected. This will greatly improve any product life-cycle management process.

To conclude, technical documentation becomes easier for non-native speakers of the English language to understand. The resulting text is much easier to translate which is especially relevant when machine translation is part of your localization strategy. Preparing your technical content with ASD-STE100 ensures quality at the source and prepares you for future-proof translation processes.

Said Ms Shumin Chen, principal ASD-STE100 trainer: “The benefits of implementing and writing in Simplified Technical English (STE) are manifold – audience engagement through high-quality content, improved product safety, lower life cycle cost and reduced logistics footprint!”

You may be interested in the following links:
www.shufrans-techdocs.com for all technical documentation and publication needs.
www.asd-ste100.net for Simplified Technical English expertise.
www.asd-ste100.solutions for Simplified Technical English training & consultancy services.

International training workshops can be found here:

Wednesday, February 25, 2015

Attend a 3-day certified ASD-STE100 workshop in St Petersburg, Russia

ASD-STE100 Simplified Technical English (STE) is a controlled language that is used to write technical manuals in such a way that they are more easily and accurately understood by an international audience, thus improving safety and efficiency. Often a formal requirement for aircraft and defence maintenance documentation, STE can easily be adapted to all technical industries and beyond.

Ms Shumin Chen will teach participants how to correctly and effectively use STE in practice. She will also address some of the mistakes commonly found in technical writing and the frequently incorrect use of common STE writing rules.

Course outline

  • Practical overview of ASD-STE100 Simplified Technical English
  • How STE helps both native & non-native speakers of English
  • Writing rules and how to apply them in practice
  • How to use the general vocabulary
  • How to deal with industry-specific terminology
  • How to use STE for various documentation types
  • How to implement STE with minimal disruption to on-going production and existing documentation
  • Hands-on STE editing and review
Shufra's training has been fully updated to support the latest version of the specification - Issue 6, January 2013.

Course date and location

We are pleased to invite you to participate in our upcoming certified ASD-STE100 training class in St Petersburg on 18, 19 and 20 May 2015. We will also be delighted to tailor a dedicated class at your premises to best meet your specific requirements.

Training outcome

Our interactive training, exercises and workshop will teach participants to standardise content to:
  • Author more efficiently
  • Communicate more effectively with a global audience
  • Improve operational safety
  • Reduce AOG / downtime
  • Facilitate modular writing and reuse
  • Facilitate teamwork
  • Facilitate translation
  • Maximise consistency
  • Optimise product lifecycle support
  • Reduce the cost of creating and maintaining technical publications
EGO Translating Company is our local partner that facilitates Shufra’s certified ASD-STE100 training in Russia. For more information or to register, please send your enquiries and feedback to Ms. Eugenia Gorodetskaya, Director of Marketing: eugenia.gorodetskaya@egotranslating.ru.

This site is no longer maintained

You may be interested in the following links:
www.shufrans-techdocs.com for all technical documentation and publication needs.
www.asd-ste100.net for Simplified Technical English expertise.
www.asd-ste100.solutions for Simplified Technical English training & consultancy services.

International training workshops can be found here:

Monday, January 19, 2015

Join a 2-day Simplified Technical English training workshop in Soest, the Netherlands

Shufra Consultancy and Triview, a market leader in the field of technical documentation creation will jointly organise an ASD-STE100 open training class on 13 and 14 April 2015.

Shufra's certified ASD-STE100 Simplified Technical English training course provides participants with highly objective, practical and achievable steps towards writing in a concise, clear and consistent manner. 

Course outline
·         Practical overview of ASD-STE100 Simplified Technical English
·         How STE helps both native & non-native speakers of English
·         Writing rules and how to apply them in practice
·         How to use the general vocabulary
·         How to deal with industry-specific terminology
·         How to use STE for various documentation types
·         How to implement STE with minimal disruption to on-going production and existing documentation
·         Hands-on STE editing and review

Training outcome
Our interactive training, exercises and workshop will teach technical writers to standardise content to:

·         Author more efficiently
·         Communicate more effectively with a global audience
·         Improve operational safety
·         Reduce AOG / downtime
·         Facilitate modular writing and reuse
·         Facilitate teamwork
·         Facilitate translation
·         Maximise consistency
·         Optimise product lifecycle support
·         Reduce the cost of creating and maintaining technical publications


STE is not an easy language to learn by self-study. This open training class will provide trainees with a great opportunity to learn and then apply each individual rule in a practical context.

To learn more about the relevant training outcome of this widely applied controlled language standard:
www.shufrans-techdocs.com for all technical documentation and publication needs.
www.asd-ste100.net for Simplified Technical English expertise.
www.asd-ste100.solutions for Simplified Technical English training & consultancy services.

International training workshops can be found here: