Technical writing newsletter 12: September 2005
Document status: archived
Business development
Digital South Yorkshire says our new "training course for Software Developers is a great success".
Case studies are a great way of communicating your marketing message. The Professional Contractors Group (www.ipse.co.uk) is the representative body for the freelance business community in the UK. It protects and promotes the interests of this community. PCG features TechScribe as a case study in its marketing packs.
Translation
Machine translation is useful if you need just a rough translation of text. SDL offers a free translation service.
For professional translation, you need a human translator. The North West Translators Network is a group of independent translators. See https://nwtn.org.uk/ for a directory of members.
Techniques
Do images of screens in your printed documents suffer from strange patterns? That's called moiré, and 'How to remove moiré from screenshots' tells you how to eliminate it.