RE: Improving (maintaining) writing standards

["diotima" <diotima -at- myway -dot- com>]

are you ready for the best answer?



enseignez l'anglais! teach/tutor english! don't make excuses. you know full well that there is no better way to learn something than to teach it.



that will be one truffle, please. ;)



i as well intend to end up in france within the next 3-5 years. i hope to find opportunities such as those you have found.



bonne chance,

diotima







 --- On Tue 11/30, Anne Scully < mujamas -at- hotmail -dot- com > wrote:

From: Anne Scully [mailto: mujamas -at- hotmail -dot- com]

To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com

Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 14:31:37 +0100

Subject: Improving (maintaining) writing standards



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

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