User Guides, Manuals, and Technical Writing A Guide to Professional English /
This book is intended for anyone whose job involves writing formal documentation. It is aimed at non-native speakers of English, but should also be of use for native speakers who have no training in technical writing. Technical writing is a skill that you can learn and this book outlines some simple...
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| Формат: | Электронный ресурс eКнига |
| Язык: | English |
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New York, NY :
Springer New York : Imprint: Springer,
2014.
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| Редактирование: | 1st ed. 2014. |
| Серии: | Guides to Professional English
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| Online-ссылка: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-0641-3 |
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Оглавление:
- Part I. Structure and Content of a Manual
- Title, Table of Contents, About, Introduction, Product Overview, What's in the Box
- Key Features
- Installation: Getting Started
- Instructions: Procedures
- Troubleshooting
- Warnings and Recommendations
- Updates, Warranty, Contact Details
- Part II. Writing Clearly, Concisely and Unambiguously
- Writing from a Reader Perspective
- Avoiding Redundancy and Long Sentences
- Word Order
- Terminology
- Avoiding Ambiguity
- Automatic Translation
- Part III. Layout and Order of Information
- Layout
- Headings
- Punctuation
- Capitalization
- Abbreviations and Acronyms
- Bullets
- Figures, Tables and Captions
- Dates and Numbers
- Giving Examples
- Referencing
- Spelling
- Part IV. Typical Mistakes
- Comparisons
- Definite Article (The), Indefinite Article (A, An), One
- Genitive
- Infinitive vs. Gerund
- Negotiations
- Passive vs. Active
- Pronouns
- Vocabulary.