Technical writing & Translation: a cooperation between American and French students

28 avril 2014

Some ideas for the future...

Here is a list of some ideas for the next year project: - Unfortunately we did not hae access to a platform which could have made easier the communication - I would have appreciate to be able to communicate a little bit more with the American students...

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28 avril 2014

Conclusion

Working with foreign student was very interesting. Indeed, we had to be professional so it was a good training for our future job. Then, we had to work on a document written by foreign people who had another point of view due to their culture and who...

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28 avril 2014

Page layout

At the beginning we were not sure to keep the page layout but we finally decided not to change it. At the end of the project, we standardized the typography.

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28 avril 2014

Communication

We chose to communicate using emails. However, it was quite difficult to respect our deadlines because we had to wait for some time before having an answer. Concerning communication between Solène and I, it was quite simple because we had class together...

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28 avril 2014

Terminology

After finishing translating the document, we read the two parts and we had to agree on the terminology. We both made some changes to have a coherent result. We had a discussion on what verbal form we should choose: using the “vous” or adopting the infinitive...

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28 avril 2014

What is a piston ...?

I had no idea of what a piston looked like and when and where we used it. First of all, I did some basic research on the web to collect some pieces of information. At this point I knew that pistons were used in engines and that we could install a piston...

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28 avril 2014

Organization

Solène and I chose to divide the document into two parts so that each of us had to translate one of these parts. So, as soon as the two American students answered us, we decided to start translating and we determined some deadlines. On April 9th, we met...

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28 avril 2014

Discovery of the Subject

On the 28th of March, we received the final version of the document and we discovered that it dealt with mechanics, more precisely how to install a piston. I have to say that I was a little bit surprise when I read the document, first of all because I...

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28 avril 2014

Initial Contact

On the 5th of March, Solène and I sent an email to the two American students working with us. We introduced ourselves, explained what we were currently studying and invite them to let us know what they chose to write about. The two of them started working...

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28 avril 2014

Discovery of the Project

At the beginning of the semester, Pr Minacori told us that she has been managing a project for several years. In this project, French student would translate into French a technical document that English speaking students would have written. Last semester,...

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