Re: "Technical writer" in other languages

[Bruce Ashley <bashley -at- CREATEPRINT -dot- COM -dot- AU>]

In Spanish it is technico escritor. The e is the <alt 130> character. This translates as technical writer.
In German it is technischer Verfasser.

Both these translations were done on one of the sites kindly given by a list member.

Whilst not perfect and whilst it is limited to only a small number of languages, it may help.

The site is at http://babelfish.altavista.com .

Regards,

Bruce Ashley
OZ

-----Original Message-----

One of the problems that I have when I am describing our profession in
another language (French, Russian, Spanish) is that when I use the literal
translation for the word "technical writer," it comes out funny ("ecriteur
technique" in French, "escritor technico" in Spanish, "tekhnicheskii
pisatel'" in Russian). At least in Hebrew, which I also speak, the literal
translation "katav techni" is appropriate. How would one translate the word
"technical writer" or "technical writing" in French, Russian, or Spanish?
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