Technical documentation (TD) must be understandable. Requirements for this can be found in German and European liability law, in the German Product Safety Act and the associated regulations, and in relevant EU directives. And since most technical documents are translated into several languages due to the internationalization of markets, comprehensibility is also important for this reason. Comprehensible texts Easier comprehensibility of [...]
Fachkräftemangel als Chance: Quereinstieg in die Technische Dokumentation In Zeiten des Fachkräftemangels haben viele Branchen Probleme, offene Stellen zu besetzen – dieses Problem betrifft natürlich auch die Technische Dokumentation. Was also tun, wenn auf dem Arbeitsmarkt keine Technischen Redakteurinnen/Redakteure zu bekommen sind? Genau – man bildet sie selbst aus! Als Marktführer für die Aus- [...]
A digression inspired by the tekom 2021 annual conference "Dear female readers, you are included" ... What was considered a practicable solution a few years ago to explain the use of the generic masculine in the text that follows is now increasingly understood as a way around inclusive language. One thing is certain: there is no getting around the issue, even [...]
Are you already familiar with our new training courses? On the one hand, we offer the "Basic package for newcomers and career changers in technical documentation", a kind of crash course for the typical basic activities of a technical writer. On the other hand, the topic of mobile technical documentation is becoming increasingly important. You should therefore attend the seminar "Mobile Technical Documentation [...]
