RE: What to look for in a technical editor

[France Baril <Barilf -at- ixiasoft -dot- com>]

Mark Baker said:

  Engineers, who want to learn
  the internal operations of everything,
  cannot conceive that the general
  public is not like them in this respect.
  It is this failure of imagination,
  not poor language skills that make
  them (often) poor communicators.

Well, sometimes the opposite can be true!!!!!!

Writers and editors who do not want to learn the internal operations of
everything cannot conceive that their technical audience is not like them in
this respect. It is this failure of imagination, not poor language skills
that make them (often) poor communicators.

My conclusion: You should know your subject, but more importantly you should
know your audience needs and interests!


France Baril
Rédactrice Technique / Technical Writer 
IXIASOFT 
(514) 279-4942 
france -dot- baril -at- ixiasoft -dot- com 


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