atw: Re: Greek, etc

  • From: Warren Lewington <Warren.Lewington@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 8 May 2007 09:04:16 +1000

Bob is also pointing out another issue.
Writing in "International English." WE understand the abbreviations 
because we are brought up with them. 

That whole abbreviate things and shorten things can be a real worry. It 
does seem to be audience (and even generation) specific in some cases. For 
instance, when I was younger, @ was a term to abbreviate "around" or 
"about"; now look at the usage...
Another instance comes from my  first real gig doing stuff for 
translation, when the translator said no " n't" shortening, or 
abbreviations like "e.g:". It was something I was taught not to do from 
the very beginning of my technical writing career. Fortunately I didn't 
(thankfully) need to modify or edit my text very much. 

Just a thought.
Regards to all.
Warren Lewington
Technical Writer
Phone: 02 8572 3195
warren.lewington@xxxxxxxxxx
John Holland Water Projects
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