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. [...]
Date of issue: December 2020 DIN EN ISO 16972: Respiratory protective devices - Terms and graphic symbols This international standard lists terms and graphic symbols for respiratory protective devices. It replaces the European standard EN 132. The standard is available in German and English. DIN EN ISO 7010/A1: Graphical symbols - Safety colors and safety signs - Registered safety signs [...]
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 [...]
How was the tekom annual conference 2020? We'll still be asking ourselves that in a few years' time! The tekom Annual Conference 2020 is over, but the experiences from the digital event will have a lasting impact on technical communication. We would like to take this opportunity to thank the organizers and all the other people who [...]
Date of issue: May 2020 DIN ISO 26162-1: Management of terminology resources - Terminology databases - Part 1: Design This standard specifies general principles for the creation of terminology databases. It is intended to enable the creation, processing and use of high-quality terminology. The target group of this standard are terminologists, translators, interpreters, technical writers and language planners. The standard can be used for the creation [...]
On 26.02.2020, the IHK Dortmund, represented by Dipl.-Kfm. Michael Ifland, presented tecteam with a certificate of honor for the 25th anniversary of the educational institute. Managing Directors Herbert Herzke and Horst-Henning Kleiner were delighted with this visit and the appreciation of the IHK. The IHK also published the following article about tecteam in "RUHR Wirtschaft - the regional business magazine" [...]
Roland Gleißner How and when did you join tecteam? In a previous life, I studied biology because I found it fascinating that a DNA molecule can store information. I then studied a section of this molecule comprising almost one thousand base pairs in great detail. In doing so, I realized that I needed more and more [...]
What can modern product documentation look like in the age of digitalization? This question occupied the interested audience at the tecteam System Day on Thursday, September 27, 2018. Rainer Börsig, CTO of Fischer Information Technology AG, highlighted the topic in a presentation from various aspects: from information acquisition to management to the use of information. The audience [...]
Trotz Rückgangs der Arbeitslosenzahlen haben es ältere Menschen überdurchschnittlich schwer, einen Job zu finden. Beim Weg zurück ins Arbeitsleben fangen viele wieder ganz unten an – selbst, wenn sie eine gute berufliche Qualifikation mitbringen. Einige bleiben sogar ganz auf der Strecke. Es entsteht schnell ein gewisser Grundverdacht: „Mit dem kann was nicht stimmen!“ Die [...]
