[HN Gopher] Simplified Technical English
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       Simplified Technical English
        
       Author : pachico
       Score  : 43 points
       Date   : 2024-04-15 07:26 UTC (15 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.asd-ste100.org)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.asd-ste100.org)
        
       | dang wrote:
       | Url changed from
       | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simplified_Technical_English.
        
         | bsimpson wrote:
         | In this case, the Wikipedia page gives better information and
         | examples than the canonical page.
        
       | CobrastanJorji wrote:
       | It will never cease to amaze me that standards bodies whose sole
       | purpose is to help everyone coordinate by creating and
       | distributing a standardizing document that everyone involved
       | should read and conform to are so reluctant to share the
       | document. Here, they offer to email it to you if you ask nicely
       | in the form of emailing an Excel file, and that's unusually
       | permissive. Surely some of these standards bodies should be
       | interested in proactively telling people what their standards
       | are.
        
       | n_plus_1_acc wrote:
       | Sounds interesting, but the website is lacking. I'd've liked to
       | see real-life examples of texts rewritten using STE, as well as
       | comparisons to other widely-used style guides. And just give me a
       | fcking download link.
        
       | arp242 wrote:
       | Actual spec, for those who don't feel like emailing an Excel file
       | to get their free copy: https://technicalwritingexpert.com/wp-
       | content/uploads/2021/1...
        
         | CobrastanJorji wrote:
         | While I appreciate this being shared, I sure hope the nice
         | people at technicalwritingexpert.com have the "written
         | authority of an officer of ASD" to reproduce and/or publish
         | this information!
        
       | CobrastanJorji wrote:
       | It's interesting to me how doing this for technical documentation
       | feels like a smart idea and makes me happy, but doing this for
       | non-technical communication immediately sets off every 1984-style
       | dystopia alarm in my brain.
        
       | LAC-Tech wrote:
       | I like the idea of these. As a native English speaker I'd be more
       | comfortable with a sort of code/dialect switch when talking to
       | ESL speakers, rather than worrying about them when I talk
       | normally.
       | 
       | Like let me keep my language the way I want to speak it, and let
       | me use this with a broader audience for the purpose of global
       | communication.
        
       | mik1998 wrote:
       | Reads very nicely but I can't imagine someone checking the
       | dictionary for every verb or noun they use in order to determine
       | whether it is approved.
        
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