Shufra offers shared ASD-STE100 training class in Soest, the Netherlands

Shufra offers its certified, fully compliant shared ASD-STE100 Simplified Technical English training in Soest, the Netherlands on 1 and 2 December 2014. STE improves quality, both in the aviation and defence industries, where it is often mandatory for safety reasons, and in any other technical industries. The Shufra team trained over 160 companies worldwide in the correct and effective use of ASD-STE100 Simplified Technical English.

Background information on Simplified Technical English (ASD-STE100)

Simplified Technical English is an international aerospace and defence standard that helps to make technical documentation easy to understand and to manage. STE standardises vocabulary, grammar and style, while letting users control their specific terminology.

Benefits of using Simplified Technical English include compliance, quality, consistency and efficiency. This results in a shorter time-to-market, less downtime and considerable cost savings.

Training type

Day 1 – classroom-type instruction with exercises and tests.

Day 2 – workshop-type instruction and interaction, with exercises and tests. Attendees are encouraged to bring some of their own materials if possible.

Further information / registration

Please see www.shufra-consultancy.com or e-mail to info@shufra-consultancy.com.

This site is no longer maintained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:

http://www.shufrans-techdocs.com/upcoming-ste-training-locations/

Webinar: A practical overview of ASD-STE100 Simplified Technical English

• Date: 19-03-2014
• Location: Online
• Audience: LSPs and freelancers
• Price: € 40.00 (ex. 21% VAT)
• Organised by: 4TA Academy

Description: 

ASD-STE100 Simplified Technical English (STE) is a controlled language that is used to write technical manuals that can be more easily understood by an international audience. STE helps to make translations cheaper and more accurate. STE can easily be adapted to all technical industries and beyond. Dr. Frans Wijma will discuss how STE works in practice.

Programme:

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.

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:

http://www.shufrans-techdocs.com/upcoming-ste-training-locations/

Attend a 2-day workshop in Sevilla to master the ASD-STE100 specification

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. STE increasingly is a formal requirement for aircraft and defence maintenance documentation.

Dr Frans Wijma will teach participants how to correctly and effectively use STE in practice. He will also address some of the mistakes commonly found in technical writing and the frequently incorrect use of common STE writing rules.

For more information or to register, please visit http://www.shufra-consultancy.com/sevilla-training.php

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:

http://www.shufrans-techdocs.com/upcoming-ste-training-locations/

Attend a 2-day workshop in Dubai to master the ASD-STE100 specification

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. STE increasingly is a formal requirement for aircraft and defence maintenance documentation.

Dr Frans Wijma will teach participants how to correctly and effectively use STE in practice. He will also address some of the mistakes commonly found in technical writing and the frequently incorrect use of common STE writing rules.

For more information or to register, please visit www.shufra-consultancy.com/uae-training.php

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:

http://www.shufrans-techdocs.com/upcoming-ste-training-locations/

ASD-STE100 Simplified Technical English (STE) compliance check and editing services – get professional advice from the experts**

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, efficiency and readability are the main considerations for the use of STE, in many other industries, such as machinery, automotive, electronics, IT and medical equipment, another important consideration is to save on translation cost without compromising on translation quality.

With over 30 years of joint experience in technical documentation, we would like to invite you to send us some of your documents for a one-time free evaluation and a sample of the text rewritten in STE.

**This offer is valid only for technical companies, not for agencies. Files should be sent from a corporate e-mail account. Your data will remain confidential and will not be shared with third parties. Shufra Ltd. reserves the right to decline the evaluation at its discretion.

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:

http://www.shufrans-techdocs.com/upcoming-ste-training-locations/

Festive greetings from the team at Shufra

Multilingual documentation quality assurance

Rheinmetall AG, a global player in the markets for automotive components and defence equipment has selected Shufra Consultancy’s multilingual technical support capabilities for its Boxer ILS package. The Boxer is a  German-Dutch multirole armoured fighting vehicle designed to accomplish a number of operations through the use of replaceable mission modules.

One of Shufra’s technical experts was on-site to provide documentation consultancy and carry out technical editing and translation work as one of few companies worldwide that support technical translation work based on the S1000D international specification for technical publications in the required languages. 

As Europe’s foremost supplier of army technology and a longstanding partner of the armed forces, Rheinmetall AG prides itself in setting the global standard for product excellence. Said Dr Frans Wijma, owner of Shufra Consultancy, “We are very pleased to have Rheinmetall AG on board as a defence customer. This is a testament to Shufra’s professionalism and reputation in the fields of technical writing, multilingual documentation management, relevant standards and industry expertise. We will certainly continue to provide the highest quality technical content that reduces down-time and ensures round-the-clock operations in mission-critical operations.”

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:

www.shufrans-techdocs.com/upcoming-ste-training-locations/