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Technical Translation: Usability Strategies for Translating Technical Documentation
TECHNICAL TRANSLATION
Technical Translation
Usability Strategies for Translating Technical
Documentation
JODY BYRNE
University of Sheffield, UK
A C.I.P. Catalogue record for this book is available from the Library of Congress.
ISBN-10 1-4020-4652-9 (HB)
ISBN-13 978-1-4020-4652-0 (HB)
ISBN-10 1-4020-4653-7 (e-books)
ISBN-13 978-1-4020-4653-7 (e-books)
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P.O. Box 17, 3300 AA Dordrecht, The Netherlands.
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© 2006 Springer
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Printed in the Netherlands.
Contents
Preface...........................................................................................................ix
Acknowledgements
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Technical Translation................................................................................... 1
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The Reality of Technical Translation .............................................. 7
The Aim of Technical Translation
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The Translator s Role
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Theory in Technical Translation .................................................... 21
Conclusions................................................................................... 44
Technical Communication .........................................................................47
The Nature of Technical Documentation ...................................... 48
Typical Technical Documents ....................................................... 50
Software Documentation ............................................................... 52
Software User Guides .................................................................... 57
Software User Guides & Quality .................................................... 64
Assessing User Guide Quality......................................................... 92
Conclusions................................................................................... 94
Understanding Users....................................................................................97
Usability ........................................................................................ 97
The Human Cognitive System..................................................... 100
The Importance of Technical Translation........................................
Some Misconceptions
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