Warum Übersetzer und Redakteure überraschend viel gemeinsam haben Übersetzer und Redakteure machen technische Informationen zugänglich. Aber es gibt noch mehr Parallelen zwischen beiden Berufsfeldern, wie ich auf meinem Weg von der Fachübersetzerin zur Technischen Redakteurin feststellen konnte. Acht Monate Theorie lernen und dann drei Monate als Praktikantin wieder „erste“ Berufserfahrungen sammeln – lohnen sich die [...]
The job description of a technical writer seems less attractive to many school leavers, the number of students on degree courses is falling - and at the same time, the shortage of skilled workers is becoming increasingly apparent. This is precisely why there is enormous potential in this career! Silent heroes of digitalization Technical editors are the silent heroes of digitalization. They make complex content understandable, write precise instructions and [...]
SCHEMA ST4 editing system - 7 days of practice Participants learn about the diverse tasks and possibilities of content management and apply them in practice. They will practice creating structures, modularizing and classifying content, publishing documents and much more in SCHEMA ST4. Introduction | User interface and data organization | Text content [...]
Years ago, statements such as "technical documentation is changing" could be read at conferences and in specialist articles. - Today, however, this is truer than ever: in view of technological developments, for example in the field of robotics, increasingly large amounts of data need to be managed, and the creation of technical documentation is becoming more complex as a result. Augmented reality, [...]
Since 1998, Emil Kubica has seen many changes in the training of technical editors. Now what is probably the last change for him professionally has taken place; he has been in well-deserved retirement since the beginning of February. For him privately, it will certainly be more of a restless retirement: "Now it's time to tinker and do DIY. It will be boring [...]
What is the core of terminology work? How does terminology work, what is the point of it all? And finally: What does this have to do with awareness? Warming up and warming up for terminology Shortly before Christmas 2020, I was given the opportunity to present a one-hour introduction to terminology for RWTH Aachen University in an online guest lecture. The audience was [...]
As a result of the coronavirus crisis, most companies sent their employees to work from home. Many of them returned to video conferencing shortly afterwards - they met "face to face" via Zoom Cloud Meetings, Microsoft Teams or GoToWebinar to clarify important matters without having to leave their own four walls. [...]
There are many ways to become a technical editor, including virtual ones. I found my way to becoming a technical editor through further training that did not take the form of classroom teaching, but - apart from the internship - took place exclusively online. The Internet makes it possible! Each participant in the course was equipped with a computer at a location of their training provider [...]
"Hello, you haven't unlocked the screen." The seminar is called "HTML seminar" or more correctly "Website design with HTML". The topic is rather dry and theoretical. The participants' prior knowledge ranges from "What is this? What do I need it for?" and "I used to develop websites myself." This requires a didactic balancing act on the part of the lecturer, because after all [...]
Everyone is talking about the women's quota, at tecteam it is a reality. The editorial team consists of 40 specialists, 18 of whom are women, which is a quota of 45%. The 35 technical editors are supported by five technical illustrators. In the further training of technical editors, the proportion of women in [...]
