When we talk about the Internet today, we are not referring to the underlying network—i.e., the hardware consisting of cables, servers, routers, etc.—nor to the entirety of all services offered on the Internet, such as email, FTP, etc. As a rule, we are referring exclusively to a single service, the WWW (World Wide Web), in which all [...]
Ausgabedatum: Januar 2017 DIN ISO 16016: Technische Produktdokumentation - Schutzvermerke zur Beschränkung der Nutzung von Dokumenten und Produkten Dieser Norm-Entwurf legt Schutzvermerke fest, welche die missbräuchliche Nutzung von Dokumenten unterbinden soll. Die in diesem Norm-Entwurf festgelegten Schutzvermerke haben eine warnende sowie klarstellende Funktion. Der ausführliche schriftliche Schutzvermerk ist zusätzlich in diversen Sprachen übersetzt aufgenommen. Der [...]
Olaf Dömer How and when did you join tecteam? I have been dealing with the topics of law/standardization, product safety and risk assessment for many years. Since I originally did further training at tecteam in the 1990s, I have had loose contact over the years. Due to a search for a successor, it made sense to [...]
When you think of norms and other standards, you often get the impression that this is a rigid world and heavy fare. But if you take a closer look, you will discover unusual topics and the associated standards. From time to time in this blog, we will therefore also provide impressions from the curious part of the world of standards [...].
Our "System Day" series continues in 2017: at the end of February, attendees at tecteam were able to experience how bloXedia (CMS) and across (TMS) work and interact. In other words, what influence the creation of texts/information has on the translation problem and also what considerations are necessary before using these systems. This time, the participants were more [...]
Emil Kubica Wie und wann bist du zu tecteam gekommen? Von 1992 bis 1994 habe ich an der Weiterbildung zum Technischen Illustrator beim tecteam Bildungsinstitut teilgenommen. Nach meinem Praktikum in der tecteam GmbH, welches Bestandteil der Weiterbildung war, habe ich gute 5 Jahre in der Doku gearbeitet. Im März 1998 habe ich [...]
... und warum ist genau dieses Büro oder jener Freiberufler der Richtige? Bestmögliche Übersetzungsqualität, kurze Erstellungszeiten und geringe Kosten? Diese drei Faktoren sind kaum alle gleichermaßen zu erreichen. Wenn die Einkaufsabteilung eines Unternehmens für die Beschaffung der Übersetzungsdienstleistungen zuständig ist, liegt der Fokus häufig vor allem auf dem Preis – und die Qualität bleibt [...]
XML is a markup language that is used to enrich texts with additional semantic information. In contrast to other markup languages, the markup in XML is not fixed, but can be defined for each application in a separate DTD (Document Type Definition) - or more modernly in an XML Schema Definition. Alternatively, there are also standardized [...]
HG (Heinz-Günter) Halstenberg was not afraid to answer our questions. HG Halstenberg How and when did you join tecteam? After my time in the German army, I reoriented myself professionally and then completed full-time training as a technical editor at the tecteam training institute in 1997/98. Our course was one of the [...]
Around two thirds of all employees in technical documentation are career changers. More or less voluntarily. But what's it like when you want to get out of this industry? Somehow I can't shake off the feeling that you can't get out of this field. TD is a dead end, so to speak. Is this self-image correct? [...]
