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Subject:Re: "Technical writer" in other languages From:Joanne Tait <jtait -at- SHOWBASE -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 29 Sep 1998 14:27:19 -0400
Jim Chevallier wrote:
>
>In a message dated 98-09-28 22:44:53 EDT, chatan -at- IDI -dot- ORG -dot- IL writes:
>
><< the word "technical writer," it comes out funny ("ecriteur
> technique" in French, >>
>Huh? 'Writer' is 'ecrivain'; 'writing' is 'ecriture'. 'Ecriteur' does not so
>far as I know exist.
>
>'Ecrivain technique' - literal translation. If I'm wrong, none of my French
>friends or relatives has seen fit to correct me.
*****
Actually, the term we use in Quebec is Rédacteur technique (that's with
an e-acute if it doesn't show properly on screen).
Cheers,
Joanne Tait
Technical Writer/Webmaster
ShowBase Inc.
>21A Park St.
>Aylmer, Quebec
>Canada J9H 4J6
>Tel: 1 800 685-9888 ext. 247
>Fax: (819) 685-2244
>E-mail: jtait -at- showbase -dot- com
>http://www.ShowBase.com
>
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