Date of issue: October 2017 DIN ISO 3864-2: Graphical symbols - Safety colors and safety signs - Part 2: Design principles for safety signs for application to products A revised version of DIN ISO 3864-2 is now available as a standard. DIN ISO 3864-2 has been adopted unchanged from ISO 3864-2. Furthermore, the changes made in May [...]
Working with CAD data has changed significantly over the last 20 years. Time and again, I hear companies say "Everything used to be better!" when it comes to CAD data. But is that really the case? Was everything really better in the past? I know it like this: to this day, development and [...]
Here we once again present a few curious finds from the field of standardization. Once again, there is a standard that stands out because of its title: DIN 38414-21:1996-02: "German standard method for the analysis of water, waste water and sludge - Sludge and sediments (Group S) - Part 21 : Determination of 6 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) [...]
Die tekom-Tagung steht - wie jedes Jahr - vor der Tür und ist "das Branchen-Ereignis" für alle die etwas mit der Technischen Kommunikation zu tun haben oder in Zukunft haben wollen. Manchmal stelle ich mir die Frage, handelt es sich bei der Tagung um eine Veranstaltung, die einfach nur immer wieder da ist oder [...]
Intelligent information management and new training concepts Dortmund, October 04, 2017. tecteam GmbH will once again be presenting its range of services, from services to training, at this year's tekom annual conference. At the tecteam stand 2/E02, visitors can find out about the impact of Industry 4.0 on technical communication. The economy is on the threshold of the fourth industrial [...]
Our Master's degree course in Technical Communication and Media Management has a new look with the 31st course (starting on 16.10.2017). Together with Danube University Krems, tecteam has redesigned the Master's program. Studying while working Do you want to study while working - but have doubted whether you can do it? In the field of adult education, professional [...]
Michael Becker is the owner of the Dortmund advertising agency *signgroup and has been working as a lecturer for the tecteam Bildungsinstitut since October 1995. We are always happy to draw on his extensive experience and skills in the media sector. In this blog post, we would like to give you an insight into Mr. Becker's work and ask him about his view of the current [...]
Date of issue: July 2017 DIN ISO 18587: Translation services - Post-editing of machine translations - Requirements DIN ISO 18587 was published as a draft in July. This standard deals with the post-editing of purely machine-produced translations. The standard deals with the part of the process that begins when the machine-generated translation is [...]
Nicole Kühn Wie und wann bist du zu tecteam gekommen? Bei tecteam begonnen habe ich mit einem Praktikum. Nach dem BA in Mehrsprachiger Kommunikation und dem MA in Terminologie und Sprachtechnologie bin ich irgendwie in der Freiberuflichkeit gelandet und war als Terminologin tätig. Da ich aber gerne in die Festanstellung wollte und [...]
3D-Bilder sind beeindruckend und können im Arbeitsalltag auch nützlich sein. Aber wer hat schon immer eine 3D-Kamera dabei? Man kann 3D-Bilder aber auch mit einer einfachen Digitalkamera oder einem Smartphone und anschließender Nachbearbeitung mit Photoshop auf sehr einfache Weise erstellen. Im Nachfolgenden wird beschrieben, worauf man beim Fotografieren achten muss und wie man anschließend [...]
