Dr. Frans Wijma from Shufra Ltd. will provide the audience with a practical introduction of ASD-STE100 Simplified Technical English (STE).
Frans will explain the situation that caused major aerospace
manufacturers to work together in order to develop a standardised,
controlled form of English to be used for aircraft maintenance
documentation. Frans will discuss how the vocabulary and syntax were
restricted while making sure that the remaining vocabulary and syntax
would be sufficiently versatile to write meaningful documents about
complex equipment.
Given the success of STE and its adaptability, it was over time applied
to various document types, and increasingly also in other (mainly
technical) industries. Where in the aerospace and defence industries,
safety and readability are the main considerations for the use of STE,
in many other industries the main consideration is to save on
translation cost without compromising on translation quality.
Frans will detail the essential steps of an STE implementation and
discuss how STE can be gradually introduced without disrupting on-going
production or affecting existing documentation.
Frans will share the feedback received from many companies and
individual participants and tell about his experiences with some initial
resistance, criticism of some of the rules and the gradual “conversion”
to becoming true STE practitioners. Frans will also tell about the
different ways in which STE helps technical writers with English as
their native language as well as those for whom English is a second
language.
Frans will be happy to take and answer your questions towards the end of the webinar or any time thereafter.
Speaker profile:
Dr. Frans Wijma, CEO and senior trainer & consultant at Shufra
Ltd., has a background in electrical engineering and linguistics. He
worked as a technical translator and multilingual technical writer
before he became involved with large aerospace documentation projects
and thus with STE around 15 years ago.
Frans has supported various aerospace companies with their STE and
other documentation needs, based on standards where possible. Customers
included Boeing, Eurocopter, EADS, Rolls-Royce, Embraer, TAI, Beriev and
SAAB.
Although STE was developed for the aerospace industry, more
specifically for aircraft maintenance documentation, Frans found that it
made a lot of sense to apply the same principles to other industries
and types of documents as well. Few if any changes to the specification
are necessary to adapt STE to industries ranging from machinery to IT,
automotive to medical equipment.
Meanwhile, Frans provided training to people from more than 160
companies worldwide, mostly on-site with the customer. Non-aerospace
customers include Kubota, Rheinmetall, Samsung, Tetra Pak and
Volkswagen.
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