atw: Re: Simplified English for mining industry documentation

I remember Rob McKilliam mentioning this topic on a training course he ran
about 10 - 15 years ago.
His problem was that people from around the world and from different states
but all in the mining industry referred to "the thing" by a variety of
jargon terms, all correct but quiet inconsistent.
His solution was to have large exploded diagams with the standard name on
each part.

He mentioned Catapillar and how they went to a single set of terms, and this
was to make transalation easier.

I have been trying to set a single set of terms at the place where I am
currently working, and the all in brawls have been fun.  The old documents
had a variety of terms for the same item, up to five variations on the one
page.  I am not making this up.

Bob Trussler




On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 12:52 PM, Jill Nicholson <jpnicho@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> That rang a bell John - I investigated it when it was AECMA (a while ago
> now) and before it cost $200. I still have a very basic doc explaining what
> it is.
> Jill
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> > There is always the ASD-STE100. Written for the aerospace industry but =
> > generally usable in most military and large structured commercial =
> > organisations.
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> > John Bennett
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> > [mailto:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jill Nicholson
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> > Subject: atw: Re: Simplified English for mining industry documentation
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> > I have investigated the Boeing one as I teach Aerospace engineers. I =
> > found=20
> > it far too restrictive and decided to leave it out of the teaching =
> > syllabus.
> > The Aus mining industry did not have one a few years ago when I dealt =
> > with=20
> > them. It could be that the big US based companies may now have one,
> but=20
> > adaptation to Aus English is often not done.
> > Cheers
> > Jill
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> > From: "Geoffrey Marnell" <geoffrey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> > Sent: Friday, June 20, 2008 9:17 AM
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> >> Hi austechies,
> >>
> >> Does anyone know if a simplified English is used anywhere in the =
> > mining
> >> industry in Australia? By "simplified English" I mean a controlled =
> > sub-set
> >> of English vocabulary and grammar from which technical writers in the
> >> industry shall not deviate. The European Aerospace industry has one;=20
> >> Boeing
> >> has one; and Caterpillar was, I think, the first to develop one.
> >>
> >> Cheers
> >>
> >> Geoffrey Marnell
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