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I have a slightly unusual problem that I haven't seen discussed here before.
I moved to France a number of years ago, learned French, met the love of my
life, and stayed here. Now, I've been a technical writer most of that time,
and have also been doing quite a bit of French-English translation. As a
good tech writer should, I've been keeping up to date with tools,
technologies etc.
All well and good, except... last Monday, for the first time in a while, I
wrote a few pages of text. Text that was not instructional. This one had
proper paragraphs and everything. However, when I read back over it, it
sounded a bit like, well, franglais. Sentence structure, phrasing, choice of
words, ...all had definitely been influenced by the French all around me.
Now, since I have no intention of leaving France, I want to know what I can
do to maintain my written English to a certain standard. I'm very aware that
if my English deterioriates, my chances of earning a living will too.
So....what can I do? I still read mostly in English. Are there any specific
books that might help? Or any other tips/suggestions?
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