Technical translators get to read an awful lot of really bad writing, to the extent that we tend to enjoy good writing, even if the content isn’t particularly great: an annual report skilfully made rather than cobbled together out of clichés in order to mislead shareholders, a mission statement which is not a copy of [...]
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Neal Stephenson
September 22nd, 2011 · No Comments
Tags: Geekish · humour · Literature · Writing
“Pay the Writer!” says Harlan Ellison
October 30th, 2009 · No Comments
Tags: Freelancing · Writing
Opposing Orwell
January 12th, 2009 · 1 Comment
David Beaver has a post on Language Log about George Orwell’s 1946 essay Politics and the English Language. I find much to disagree with in Mr Beaver’s post, and Language Log’s Comments Policy says “blog comments should be short. If you have a lot to say, post it on your own blog and link to [...]
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Some Guidelines for Aspiring Writers
November 15th, 2008 · No Comments
Found on the web pages of Norman Fenton, a University of London researcher whose “Improving Your Technical Writing” I much recommend (and is by no means only applicable to technical writing – you can find it here). The guidlines are not to be taken as seriously: [ad#ad-1] Some Guidelines for Aspiring Writers 1. Verbs has [...]
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