Translation Quality Assurance: what you can expectEwa Erdmann
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This document discusses what clients can expect from translation services. It explains that translators rely on specialized resources like literature, glossaries, and terminology databases to accurately translate technical texts. It also notes that translators may need to ask clients follow-up questions to clarify meanings or confirm facts. Finally, it outlines the translation process as involving rendering meaning from one language to another, maintaining consistency and text function, and editing to ensure quality.
Chapter 5: Teamwork and Global Considerationsjoancrittenden
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This document discusses the technical writing process. It identifies the key stages as researching, planning, drafting, and revising. Critical thinking and audience analysis are important. Technical writing often involves collaborating with experts and colleagues. Documents must have the proper format and distribution method. The writing process is illustrated through the example of a working writer. Key questions are provided to guide writers at each stage of researching, planning, drafting, revising, and proofreading a document. Digital tools can support the technical writing process.
This document discusses principles of technical writing. It provides 6 principles: 1) use good grammar, with subject-verb agreement as an example; 2) write concisely using fewer words to express ideas; 3) use the active voice where the subject performs the action; 4) use positive statements to phrase instructions; 5) use short sentences for easier understanding; and 6) use standard punctuation expected by readers. Examples are given to illustrate some of the principles.
StyleScorer is an innovative technology that provides linguistic style analysis as part of the Welocalize weMT suite of language automation tools. By comparing a single test document to a set of two or more training documents, StyleScorer evaluates how closely they match in terms of writing style.
Section 508 of the U.S. Rehabilitation Act of 1973. Section 508 mandates that digital content be accessible to all people, even those with disabilities. Digital content is deemed to be accessible if it can be used as effectively by people with disabilities as by those without. Section 508 lays out guidelines for making content accessible to all. Many of the changes you can make to your content in order to enhance its utility for people with disabilities can provide value elsewhere. For example, making your content more accessible to the vision-impaired can also make your content more accessible and consumable for voice interfaces and chatbots. Attend this session to explore with Joe Gelb how making content accessible to everyone can provide your organization with hidden benefits and aid in the adoption of emerging content delivery channels. Discover how bringing your company's accessibility team into the mix can help you move intelligent assistant projects forward and ascribe greater monetary value to your content. November 29, 2017
The document provides tips for creating an effective resume, including using a resume profile or summary tailored to the specific job, including all relevant contact information, highlighting key details with subtle color, keeping the resume concise under two pages, customizing a resume template, using active language and concise descriptions of achievements, and thoroughly proofreading for errors.
How to Write College Papers: Main Body ParagraphsStephen Beale
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A detailed guide to main body paragraphs including topic sentences, supporting sentences and ideas, concluding sentences, paraphrasing and referencing.
Translation Quality Assurance: what you can expectEwa Erdmann
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This document discusses what clients can expect from translation services. It explains that translators rely on specialized resources like literature, glossaries, and terminology databases to accurately translate technical texts. It also notes that translators may need to ask clients follow-up questions to clarify meanings or confirm facts. Finally, it outlines the translation process as involving rendering meaning from one language to another, maintaining consistency and text function, and editing to ensure quality.
Chapter 5: Teamwork and Global Considerationsjoancrittenden
Â
This document discusses the technical writing process. It identifies the key stages as researching, planning, drafting, and revising. Critical thinking and audience analysis are important. Technical writing often involves collaborating with experts and colleagues. Documents must have the proper format and distribution method. The writing process is illustrated through the example of a working writer. Key questions are provided to guide writers at each stage of researching, planning, drafting, revising, and proofreading a document. Digital tools can support the technical writing process.
This document discusses principles of technical writing. It provides 6 principles: 1) use good grammar, with subject-verb agreement as an example; 2) write concisely using fewer words to express ideas; 3) use the active voice where the subject performs the action; 4) use positive statements to phrase instructions; 5) use short sentences for easier understanding; and 6) use standard punctuation expected by readers. Examples are given to illustrate some of the principles.
StyleScorer is an innovative technology that provides linguistic style analysis as part of the Welocalize weMT suite of language automation tools. By comparing a single test document to a set of two or more training documents, StyleScorer evaluates how closely they match in terms of writing style.
Section 508 of the U.S. Rehabilitation Act of 1973. Section 508 mandates that digital content be accessible to all people, even those with disabilities. Digital content is deemed to be accessible if it can be used as effectively by people with disabilities as by those without. Section 508 lays out guidelines for making content accessible to all. Many of the changes you can make to your content in order to enhance its utility for people with disabilities can provide value elsewhere. For example, making your content more accessible to the vision-impaired can also make your content more accessible and consumable for voice interfaces and chatbots. Attend this session to explore with Joe Gelb how making content accessible to everyone can provide your organization with hidden benefits and aid in the adoption of emerging content delivery channels. Discover how bringing your company's accessibility team into the mix can help you move intelligent assistant projects forward and ascribe greater monetary value to your content. November 29, 2017
The document provides tips for creating an effective resume, including using a resume profile or summary tailored to the specific job, including all relevant contact information, highlighting key details with subtle color, keeping the resume concise under two pages, customizing a resume template, using active language and concise descriptions of achievements, and thoroughly proofreading for errors.
How to Write College Papers: Main Body ParagraphsStephen Beale
Â
A detailed guide to main body paragraphs including topic sentences, supporting sentences and ideas, concluding sentences, paraphrasing and referencing.
The document discusses key features of effective body paragraphs in essays, including topic sentences, supporting sentences, and concluding sentences. It provides definitions and examples of each. A topic sentence should express the main idea of the paragraph in a complete sentence. Supporting sentences then provide additional details and explanation relating to the topic sentence. The paragraph concludes with a sentence that summarizes or leaves the reader with a final thought. Good paragraphs also demonstrate unity by keeping all sentences focused on the single topic or idea introduced in the topic sentence.
The document discusses technical writing, defining it as writing used by experts and specialists in fields like science, technology, and business to communicate technical information to intended audiences. It explains that technical writing aims for clarity, conciseness, accuracy, organization, and ethics, and involves prewriting, writing, and rewriting processes. The goals of technical writing are to clearly and concisely communicate specialized information to intended readers or audiences in an accurate and organized manner that follows ethical standards.
The document provides guidance on writing coherent documents, including revising the overall document structure and flow, creating effective titles, using headings to structure information in a hierarchy, formatting paragraphs and emphasizing coherence through techniques like transitional words and phrases. It discusses evaluating elements like titles, headings, paragraphs and overall document design.
The document provides guidance on writing coherent documents, including revising the document as a whole, creating effective titles, writing coherent paragraphs, emphasizing coherence through transitional words and phrases, and creating a coherent design. It discusses evaluating elements like titles, headings, and paragraphs and provides tips for improving coherence, such as avoiding long noun strings in headings, emphasizing the topic sentence and support in paragraphs, and using headers, footers, and consistent styles.
This document discusses the use of computers in writing processes and business communication. It outlines how computers can be used for note-taking, outlining, researching, report generation, word processing, and email communication. Computers allow users to identify, organize, edit and share information electronically. However, computers cannot replace fundamental writing skills. The document provides examples of how word processing software, outlining programs, email, and other tools can enhance writing and communication processes while following basic guidelines for polite and effective electronic exchanges.
The document discusses ethics in technical communication and identifies key issues. It covers recognizing unethical workplace behaviors, understanding potential abuses of communication, relying on critical thinking for ethical decisions, differentiating ethics from legal guidelines, avoiding plagiarism, and deciding when to report ethical violations. The chapter provides learning objectives and review questions to help technical writers approach situations ethically.
Documentation Workbook Series. Step 3 Presenting Information (Technical Writing)Adrienne Bellehumeur
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This booklet is part of Step 3 Presenting of the five-step documentation process (Step 1 â Capturing Information, Step 2 â Structuring Information, Step 3 â Presenting Information, Step 4 âCommunicating Information, Step 5 â Storing and Maintaining Information). This booklet provides some basic tips, techniques, approaches and exercises for understanding and practicing effective technical writing.
Content Analyst - Conceptualizing LSI Based Text Analytics White PaperJohn Felahi
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- The document discusses the evolution of text analytics technologies from early keyword indexing to more advanced mathematical approaches like latent semantic indexing (LSI).
- It explains that early keyword indexing focused only on word frequencies and occurrences, which could lead to false positives and did not capture the conceptual meaning of documents.
- More advanced approaches like LSI use linear algebraic calculations to analyze word co-occurrences across large document sets and derive the conceptual relationships between terms and topics in a way that better mirrors human understanding.
Measuring web content readability and consistency for universitiesVisibleThread
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Clear & consistent web content is critical for universities where student acquisition and retention are big drivers. Poor content reflects badly on your institution, and puts a cognitive burden on students trying to complete tasks online. It can even lead to lost business.
For example; prospective international students conducting online research may churn to another college based on complex content on your âstudent admissionâ pages. Content that is often overly legalese and lifted from hard copy brochures. When you have thousands of pages, spread across multiple domains, measuring this complex stuff is really hard.
We presented this deck as part of the TerminalFourâs user conference in Boston & Dublin, Nov 2013. If youâre on a university marketing team and need to identify & fix poor content that impacts site experience, youâll find this useful.
We show an example case study from the University of the Arts London. They identified complex content on highly trafficked parts of the site using VisibleThread Clarity Grader. They also used âdictionary scansâ to pick up outdated & inconsistent brand references in the web copy. Something that normally would take days to do.
Measuring Web Content Readability & Consistency - with VisibleThread Clarity ...Clarity Grader
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Is your web content clear and consistent? Scan 1000s of pages of your web content in minutes and review any clarity and consistency issues.
We highlight hard to understand web copy, benchmark your web site against industry peers, and promote transparent web communications while eliminating hours of manual effort.
Customizable "control dictionaries" replace the highly manual process used today by marketing teams:
ď§ Education Institutions can check that course names are consistently represented, and college / university brand names are correct. Off brand dictionaries include unapproved or old course names.
ď§ Financial Institutions verify consistent representation of currency rates across their own & affiliate sites. Dictionaries in this context include search terms like"$", "ÂŁ" etc.
ď§ Digital Agencies support client brand engagements and drive new client business. They build clarity league tables for sector competitors.
An overview of some core concept in natural language processing, some example (experimental for now!) use cases, and a brief survey of some tools I have explored.
This document discusses text analysis tools and techniques. It provides an overview of 8 popular text analysis tools, including MonkeyLearn, Aylien, IBM Watson, Thematic, Google Cloud NLP, Amazon Comprehend, MeaningCloud, and Lexalytics. It then describes 5 common text analysis techniques: information extraction, categorization, clustering, visualization, and summarization. Finally, it outlines 7 basic functions of text analytics: language identification, tokenization, sentence breaking, part-of-speech tagging, chunking, syntax parsing, and sentence chaining.
The document discusses assessing technical and user documentation for a web development and database administration course. It defines documentation and its purposes, and describes the types of documentation including user documentation and technical documentation. User documentation aims to assist end-users, while technical documentation provides details for development teams. The document also covers reviewing documentation for accuracy, completeness, conciseness and quality; types of documentation reviews; and the documentation review process.
God søk er essentielt for et godt intranett. Likevel investeres det hverken i nødvendig teknologi eller kompetanseutvikling pü søk. Resultatet er skremmende: dobbeltarbeid, dürlige beslutninger, forsinkelser og overskridelser, kaste bort ansattes tid pü leting etter informasjon, treg respons pü marked, konkurrenter osv. Med forholdsvis enkle grep kan du gjøre noe med dette i dag.
- Hjelp - intranettet flyter over av innhold
- Sammenhengen mellom søk, informasjon, arkitektur og â¨hyperkoblinger
- Viktigheten av kontekst
- Hva har tillit ĂĽ gjøre med søk Â
- Hva med mobilen og søk
- Eksempler pü dürlig och god søk
Use Listening Strategies Based on Purpose, Familiarity with the Topic and Levels of Difficulty of Short Texts Listened to provides directions to answer questions about listening strategies. The document contains true/false and multiple choice questions about listening, types of listening like appreciative, empathetic and comprehensive listening. It also defines listening and differentiates it from hearing. Key details include different types of listening, factors that affect listening effectiveness and listening being an important skill.
five best practices for technical writingservicesNitor
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What exactly is Technical Writing? What are the types of documents that come under the purview of technical writing? And why do we say that it is it important to follow rules and plan your initiatives?
Elqano provides an artificial intelligence solution for knowledge management that pushes relevant information to employees based on their roles and needs. Using machine learning, Elqano analyzes existing documents and employee profiles to automatically classify and tag information. It then recommends the most pertinent documents to each employee through a personalized interface. Traditional knowledge management tools failed to gain widespread adoption, but Elqano aims to solve this by focusing on intuitive usability and delivering information proactively without requiring employee searches. The goal is to connect employees to the knowledge they need, increase productivity, and facilitate knowledge sharing across organizations.
The document discusses technical writing for consultants, covering topics such as composing, revising, creating effective sentences, and appropriate word choice. It provides principles for composing documents, including assessing the situation and reader, establishing focus, and drafting and revising. Specific tips are given for developing effective sentences, choosing precise wording, and applying these skills to proposals, technical studies, and correspondence. Mastering these composition and language skills can help consultants increase persuasiveness, approval rates, and client satisfaction.
Chapter 4 Using an Appropriate StyleFIRST FORMAL LETTER ASSIG.docxrobertad6
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Chapter 4: Using an Appropriate Style
FIRST FORMAL LETTER ASSIGNMENT:
With the knowledge you learned in chapter 4, and from the PowerPoint Presentation (see Course Documents for Week #4), redo the letter mentioned below. Make up names, inside address, etc. and construct a full block letter. (ALSO SEE WEEK #4 - BONUS CHAPTER âAâ⌠Online.)
Scenario: construct a full block letter
1. Type in the letter below.
2. Now, using Word proofing tools, mark-up (edit) the letter for changes to be made.
3. Finally, retype the edited letter. The first page of this assignment will be your edits followed by the final, corrected letterâie. just one file to upload.
(REMEMBER: Check your spelling and grammar. Due date is on the syllabus.)
Announcing a Merger
Relevant Concepts: You-viewpoint, effective word choice, active verbs, economical wording
The following letter announces to customers the merger of two cellular service companies.
Applying what Chapter 4 says about using the you-viewpoint and a clear, interesting style, mark up the message to indicate where and why it needs improvement. Then, retype the final letter. You are turning in ONLY one file with both the edited and final copies.
Dear Customer,
First, I would like to start by thanking you for being a customer of Speed mobile service. As you know, at Speed, we are committed to delivering exceptional value through our state-ofthe-art products, services, and experiences. An important step was recently taken to leverage our assets and bolster our business.
As you may have heard, Speed will combine with NationalPS to create a bigger, better, bolder wireless provider. The combined entity will be a new, publicly traded company called Speed that will be the premier challenger in the marketplace by providing the best value. The merger will become effective on 1 July 2014,
Here is how we're going to the next level with this game-changing transaction:
¡ We will be rolling out a national NTE network with even greater speed and capacity. This will provide access to a denser, higher-capacity network, including deep LTE coverage in key metropolitan areas.
¡ We will be able to expand our broad device portfolio to offer more products, services, and devices.
¡ We're going to continue to change the way wireless is done with our creative, compelling, and unique 4G plans, including the industry's first Any Device plan.
This is a terrific opportunity for two companies that share a common commitment to innovation and customer service to come together to improve wireless communication.
We couldn't be more excited about what the future holds for Speed.
Regards,
Sam Williams, President & CEO
Speed
11/8/2018 IEB Wireframe
http://textflow.mheducation.com/parser.php?secload=4.2&fake&print 1/13
SELECTING APPROPRIATE WORDS
Choosing the best words requires thinking about what you want to achieve and with whom. Do you and your
readers know each other, or are you writing to strangers? How well educated are your readers, a.
The document discusses key features of effective body paragraphs in essays, including topic sentences, supporting sentences, and concluding sentences. It provides definitions and examples of each. A topic sentence should express the main idea of the paragraph in a complete sentence. Supporting sentences then provide additional details and explanation relating to the topic sentence. The paragraph concludes with a sentence that summarizes or leaves the reader with a final thought. Good paragraphs also demonstrate unity by keeping all sentences focused on the single topic or idea introduced in the topic sentence.
The document discusses technical writing, defining it as writing used by experts and specialists in fields like science, technology, and business to communicate technical information to intended audiences. It explains that technical writing aims for clarity, conciseness, accuracy, organization, and ethics, and involves prewriting, writing, and rewriting processes. The goals of technical writing are to clearly and concisely communicate specialized information to intended readers or audiences in an accurate and organized manner that follows ethical standards.
The document provides guidance on writing coherent documents, including revising the overall document structure and flow, creating effective titles, using headings to structure information in a hierarchy, formatting paragraphs and emphasizing coherence through techniques like transitional words and phrases. It discusses evaluating elements like titles, headings, paragraphs and overall document design.
The document provides guidance on writing coherent documents, including revising the document as a whole, creating effective titles, writing coherent paragraphs, emphasizing coherence through transitional words and phrases, and creating a coherent design. It discusses evaluating elements like titles, headings, and paragraphs and provides tips for improving coherence, such as avoiding long noun strings in headings, emphasizing the topic sentence and support in paragraphs, and using headers, footers, and consistent styles.
This document discusses the use of computers in writing processes and business communication. It outlines how computers can be used for note-taking, outlining, researching, report generation, word processing, and email communication. Computers allow users to identify, organize, edit and share information electronically. However, computers cannot replace fundamental writing skills. The document provides examples of how word processing software, outlining programs, email, and other tools can enhance writing and communication processes while following basic guidelines for polite and effective electronic exchanges.
The document discusses ethics in technical communication and identifies key issues. It covers recognizing unethical workplace behaviors, understanding potential abuses of communication, relying on critical thinking for ethical decisions, differentiating ethics from legal guidelines, avoiding plagiarism, and deciding when to report ethical violations. The chapter provides learning objectives and review questions to help technical writers approach situations ethically.
Documentation Workbook Series. Step 3 Presenting Information (Technical Writing)Adrienne Bellehumeur
Â
This booklet is part of Step 3 Presenting of the five-step documentation process (Step 1 â Capturing Information, Step 2 â Structuring Information, Step 3 â Presenting Information, Step 4 âCommunicating Information, Step 5 â Storing and Maintaining Information). This booklet provides some basic tips, techniques, approaches and exercises for understanding and practicing effective technical writing.
Content Analyst - Conceptualizing LSI Based Text Analytics White PaperJohn Felahi
Â
- The document discusses the evolution of text analytics technologies from early keyword indexing to more advanced mathematical approaches like latent semantic indexing (LSI).
- It explains that early keyword indexing focused only on word frequencies and occurrences, which could lead to false positives and did not capture the conceptual meaning of documents.
- More advanced approaches like LSI use linear algebraic calculations to analyze word co-occurrences across large document sets and derive the conceptual relationships between terms and topics in a way that better mirrors human understanding.
Measuring web content readability and consistency for universitiesVisibleThread
Â
Clear & consistent web content is critical for universities where student acquisition and retention are big drivers. Poor content reflects badly on your institution, and puts a cognitive burden on students trying to complete tasks online. It can even lead to lost business.
For example; prospective international students conducting online research may churn to another college based on complex content on your âstudent admissionâ pages. Content that is often overly legalese and lifted from hard copy brochures. When you have thousands of pages, spread across multiple domains, measuring this complex stuff is really hard.
We presented this deck as part of the TerminalFourâs user conference in Boston & Dublin, Nov 2013. If youâre on a university marketing team and need to identify & fix poor content that impacts site experience, youâll find this useful.
We show an example case study from the University of the Arts London. They identified complex content on highly trafficked parts of the site using VisibleThread Clarity Grader. They also used âdictionary scansâ to pick up outdated & inconsistent brand references in the web copy. Something that normally would take days to do.
Measuring Web Content Readability & Consistency - with VisibleThread Clarity ...Clarity Grader
Â
Is your web content clear and consistent? Scan 1000s of pages of your web content in minutes and review any clarity and consistency issues.
We highlight hard to understand web copy, benchmark your web site against industry peers, and promote transparent web communications while eliminating hours of manual effort.
Customizable "control dictionaries" replace the highly manual process used today by marketing teams:
ď§ Education Institutions can check that course names are consistently represented, and college / university brand names are correct. Off brand dictionaries include unapproved or old course names.
ď§ Financial Institutions verify consistent representation of currency rates across their own & affiliate sites. Dictionaries in this context include search terms like"$", "ÂŁ" etc.
ď§ Digital Agencies support client brand engagements and drive new client business. They build clarity league tables for sector competitors.
An overview of some core concept in natural language processing, some example (experimental for now!) use cases, and a brief survey of some tools I have explored.
This document discusses text analysis tools and techniques. It provides an overview of 8 popular text analysis tools, including MonkeyLearn, Aylien, IBM Watson, Thematic, Google Cloud NLP, Amazon Comprehend, MeaningCloud, and Lexalytics. It then describes 5 common text analysis techniques: information extraction, categorization, clustering, visualization, and summarization. Finally, it outlines 7 basic functions of text analytics: language identification, tokenization, sentence breaking, part-of-speech tagging, chunking, syntax parsing, and sentence chaining.
The document discusses assessing technical and user documentation for a web development and database administration course. It defines documentation and its purposes, and describes the types of documentation including user documentation and technical documentation. User documentation aims to assist end-users, while technical documentation provides details for development teams. The document also covers reviewing documentation for accuracy, completeness, conciseness and quality; types of documentation reviews; and the documentation review process.
God søk er essentielt for et godt intranett. Likevel investeres det hverken i nødvendig teknologi eller kompetanseutvikling pü søk. Resultatet er skremmende: dobbeltarbeid, dürlige beslutninger, forsinkelser og overskridelser, kaste bort ansattes tid pü leting etter informasjon, treg respons pü marked, konkurrenter osv. Med forholdsvis enkle grep kan du gjøre noe med dette i dag.
- Hjelp - intranettet flyter over av innhold
- Sammenhengen mellom søk, informasjon, arkitektur og â¨hyperkoblinger
- Viktigheten av kontekst
- Hva har tillit ĂĽ gjøre med søk Â
- Hva med mobilen og søk
- Eksempler pü dürlig och god søk
Use Listening Strategies Based on Purpose, Familiarity with the Topic and Levels of Difficulty of Short Texts Listened to provides directions to answer questions about listening strategies. The document contains true/false and multiple choice questions about listening, types of listening like appreciative, empathetic and comprehensive listening. It also defines listening and differentiates it from hearing. Key details include different types of listening, factors that affect listening effectiveness and listening being an important skill.
five best practices for technical writingservicesNitor
Â
What exactly is Technical Writing? What are the types of documents that come under the purview of technical writing? And why do we say that it is it important to follow rules and plan your initiatives?
Elqano provides an artificial intelligence solution for knowledge management that pushes relevant information to employees based on their roles and needs. Using machine learning, Elqano analyzes existing documents and employee profiles to automatically classify and tag information. It then recommends the most pertinent documents to each employee through a personalized interface. Traditional knowledge management tools failed to gain widespread adoption, but Elqano aims to solve this by focusing on intuitive usability and delivering information proactively without requiring employee searches. The goal is to connect employees to the knowledge they need, increase productivity, and facilitate knowledge sharing across organizations.
The document discusses technical writing for consultants, covering topics such as composing, revising, creating effective sentences, and appropriate word choice. It provides principles for composing documents, including assessing the situation and reader, establishing focus, and drafting and revising. Specific tips are given for developing effective sentences, choosing precise wording, and applying these skills to proposals, technical studies, and correspondence. Mastering these composition and language skills can help consultants increase persuasiveness, approval rates, and client satisfaction.
Chapter 4 Using an Appropriate StyleFIRST FORMAL LETTER ASSIG.docxrobertad6
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Chapter 4: Using an Appropriate Style
FIRST FORMAL LETTER ASSIGNMENT:
With the knowledge you learned in chapter 4, and from the PowerPoint Presentation (see Course Documents for Week #4), redo the letter mentioned below. Make up names, inside address, etc. and construct a full block letter. (ALSO SEE WEEK #4 - BONUS CHAPTER âAâ⌠Online.)
Scenario: construct a full block letter
1. Type in the letter below.
2. Now, using Word proofing tools, mark-up (edit) the letter for changes to be made.
3. Finally, retype the edited letter. The first page of this assignment will be your edits followed by the final, corrected letterâie. just one file to upload.
(REMEMBER: Check your spelling and grammar. Due date is on the syllabus.)
Announcing a Merger
Relevant Concepts: You-viewpoint, effective word choice, active verbs, economical wording
The following letter announces to customers the merger of two cellular service companies.
Applying what Chapter 4 says about using the you-viewpoint and a clear, interesting style, mark up the message to indicate where and why it needs improvement. Then, retype the final letter. You are turning in ONLY one file with both the edited and final copies.
Dear Customer,
First, I would like to start by thanking you for being a customer of Speed mobile service. As you know, at Speed, we are committed to delivering exceptional value through our state-ofthe-art products, services, and experiences. An important step was recently taken to leverage our assets and bolster our business.
As you may have heard, Speed will combine with NationalPS to create a bigger, better, bolder wireless provider. The combined entity will be a new, publicly traded company called Speed that will be the premier challenger in the marketplace by providing the best value. The merger will become effective on 1 July 2014,
Here is how we're going to the next level with this game-changing transaction:
¡ We will be rolling out a national NTE network with even greater speed and capacity. This will provide access to a denser, higher-capacity network, including deep LTE coverage in key metropolitan areas.
¡ We will be able to expand our broad device portfolio to offer more products, services, and devices.
¡ We're going to continue to change the way wireless is done with our creative, compelling, and unique 4G plans, including the industry's first Any Device plan.
This is a terrific opportunity for two companies that share a common commitment to innovation and customer service to come together to improve wireless communication.
We couldn't be more excited about what the future holds for Speed.
Regards,
Sam Williams, President & CEO
Speed
11/8/2018 IEB Wireframe
http://textflow.mheducation.com/parser.php?secload=4.2&fake&print 1/13
SELECTING APPROPRIATE WORDS
Choosing the best words requires thinking about what you want to achieve and with whom. Do you and your
readers know each other, or are you writing to strangers? How well educated are your readers, a.
The document provides guidance on best practices for writing content. It discusses 9 great practices for writing content, including writing with the reader's end goal in mind, using clear headlines and subheadings, writing in an active voice, making content eye-scannable, searchable, and cross-referenced. It also recommends encouraging editing for accuracy and using a pre-publication checklist. The overall message is that content should be written with the reader in mind, be easy to understand and find, and be accurate.
As more and more organizations move from recognizing that unstructured data exists, and remains untapped, the field of semantic technology and text analysis capabilities is
1. The theme is "The M8" which is the known or given information. The rheme is "goes from Edinburgh to Glasgow" which is the new information about the theme.
2. The theme is "The motorway from Edinburgh to Glasgow" which is the known information. The rheme is "is called the M8" which is the new information about the theme.
The document provides guidance on best practices for writing content. It discusses the importance of considering the reader and their goals, using clear headlines and organization, writing in an active voice, making content scannable and searchable through keywords, cross-referencing related content with hyperlinks, encouraging editing for accuracy, and using a pre-publication checklist. The 9 great practices for writing content are outlined, with explanations and examples for each.
TrustArc Webinar - 2024 Global Privacy SurveyTrustArc
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How does your privacy program stack up against your peers? What challenges are privacy teams tackling and prioritizing in 2024?
In the fifth annual Global Privacy Benchmarks Survey, we asked over 1,800 global privacy professionals and business executives to share their perspectives on the current state of privacy inside and outside of their organizations. This yearâs report focused on emerging areas of importance for privacy and compliance professionals, including considerations and implications of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies, building brand trust, and different approaches for achieving higher privacy competence scores.
See how organizational priorities and strategic approaches to data security and privacy are evolving around the globe.
This webinar will review:
- The top 10 privacy insights from the fifth annual Global Privacy Benchmarks Survey
- The top challenges for privacy leaders, practitioners, and organizations in 2024
- Key themes to consider in developing and maintaining your privacy program
Threats to mobile devices are more prevalent and increasing in scope and complexity. Users of mobile devices desire to take full advantage of the features
available on those devices, but many of the features provide convenience and capability but sacrifice security. This best practices guide outlines steps the users can take to better protect personal devices and information.
In the rapidly evolving landscape of technologies, XML continues to play a vital role in structuring, storing, and transporting data across diverse systems. The recent advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) present new methodologies for enhancing XML development workflows, introducing efficiency, automation, and intelligent capabilities. This presentation will outline the scope and perspective of utilizing AI in XML development. The potential benefits and the possible pitfalls will be highlighted, providing a balanced view of the subject.
We will explore the capabilities of AI in understanding XML markup languages and autonomously creating structured XML content. Additionally, we will examine the capacity of AI to enrich plain text with appropriate XML markup. Practical examples and methodological guidelines will be provided to elucidate how AI can be effectively prompted to interpret and generate accurate XML markup.
Further emphasis will be placed on the role of AI in developing XSLT, or schemas such as XSD and Schematron. We will address the techniques and strategies adopted to create prompts for generating code, explaining code, or refactoring the code, and the results achieved.
The discussion will extend to how AI can be used to transform XML content. In particular, the focus will be on the use of AI XPath extension functions in XSLT, Schematron, Schematron Quick Fixes, or for XML content refactoring.
The presentation aims to deliver a comprehensive overview of AI usage in XML development, providing attendees with the necessary knowledge to make informed decisions. Whether youâre at the early stages of adopting AI or considering integrating it in advanced XML development, this presentation will cover all levels of expertise.
By highlighting the potential advantages and challenges of integrating AI with XML development tools and languages, the presentation seeks to inspire thoughtful conversation around the future of XML development. Weâll not only delve into the technical aspects of AI-powered XML development but also discuss practical implications and possible future directions.
Building RAG with self-deployed Milvus vector database and Snowpark Container...Zilliz
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This talk will give hands-on advice on building RAG applications with an open-source Milvus database deployed as a docker container. We will also introduce the integration of Milvus with Snowpark Container Services.
Encryption in Microsoft 365 - ExpertsLive Netherlands 2024Albert Hoitingh
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In this session I delve into the encryption technology used in Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Purview. Including the concepts of Customer Key and Double Key Encryption.
Unlock the Future of Search with MongoDB Atlas_ Vector Search Unleashed.pdfMalak Abu Hammad
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Discover how MongoDB Atlas and vector search technology can revolutionize your application's search capabilities. This comprehensive presentation covers:
* What is Vector Search?
* Importance and benefits of vector search
* Practical use cases across various industries
* Step-by-step implementation guide
* Live demos with code snippets
* Enhancing LLM capabilities with vector search
* Best practices and optimization strategies
Perfect for developers, AI enthusiasts, and tech leaders. Learn how to leverage MongoDB Atlas to deliver highly relevant, context-aware search results, transforming your data retrieval process. Stay ahead in tech innovation and maximize the potential of your applications.
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Enchancing adoption of Open Source Libraries. A case study on Albumentations.AIVladimir Iglovikov, Ph.D.
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Presented by Vladimir Iglovikov:
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/iglovikov/
- https://x.com/viglovikov
- https://www.instagram.com/ternaus/
This presentation delves into the journey of Albumentations.ai, a highly successful open-source library for data augmentation.
Created out of a necessity for superior performance in Kaggle competitions, Albumentations has grown to become a widely used tool among data scientists and machine learning practitioners.
This case study covers various aspects, including:
People: The contributors and community that have supported Albumentations.
Metrics: The success indicators such as downloads, daily active users, GitHub stars, and financial contributions.
Challenges: The hurdles in monetizing open-source projects and measuring user engagement.
Development Practices: Best practices for creating, maintaining, and scaling open-source libraries, including code hygiene, CI/CD, and fast iteration.
Community Building: Strategies for making adoption easy, iterating quickly, and fostering a vibrant, engaged community.
Marketing: Both online and offline marketing tactics, focusing on real, impactful interactions and collaborations.
Mental Health: Maintaining balance and not feeling pressured by user demands.
Key insights include the importance of automation, making the adoption process seamless, and leveraging offline interactions for marketing. The presentation also emphasizes the need for continuous small improvements and building a friendly, inclusive community that contributes to the project's growth.
Vladimir Iglovikov brings his extensive experience as a Kaggle Grandmaster, ex-Staff ML Engineer at Lyft, sharing valuable lessons and practical advice for anyone looking to enhance the adoption of their open-source projects.
Explore more about Albumentations and join the community at:
GitHub: https://github.com/albumentations-team/albumentations
Website: https://albumentations.ai/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/100504475
Twitter: https://x.com/albumentations
Introducing Milvus Lite: Easy-to-Install, Easy-to-Use vector database for you...Zilliz
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Join us to introduce Milvus Lite, a vector database that can run on notebooks and laptops, share the same API with Milvus, and integrate with every popular GenAI framework. This webinar is perfect for developers seeking easy-to-use, well-integrated vector databases for their GenAI apps.
Climate Impact of Software Testing at Nordic Testing DaysKari Kakkonen
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My slides at Nordic Testing Days 6.6.2024
Climate impact / sustainability of software testing discussed on the talk. ICT and testing must carry their part of global responsibility to help with the climat warming. We can minimize the carbon footprint but we can also have a carbon handprint, a positive impact on the climate. Quality characteristics can be added with sustainability, and then measured continuously. Test environments can be used less, and in smaller scale and on demand. Test techniques can be used in optimizing or minimizing number of tests. Test automation can be used to speed up testing.
Unlocking Productivity: Leveraging the Potential of Copilot in Microsoft 365, a presentation by Christoforos Vlachos, Senior Solutions Manager â Modern Workplace, Uni Systems
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 6DianaGray10
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Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 6. In this session, we will cover Test Automation with generative AI and Open AI.
UiPath Test Automation with generative AI and Open AI webinar offers an in-depth exploration of leveraging cutting-edge technologies for test automation within the UiPath platform. Attendees will delve into the integration of generative AI, a test automation solution, with Open AI advanced natural language processing capabilities.
Throughout the session, participants will discover how this synergy empowers testers to automate repetitive tasks, enhance testing accuracy, and expedite the software testing life cycle. Topics covered include the seamless integration process, practical use cases, and the benefits of harnessing AI-driven automation for UiPath testing initiatives. By attending this webinar, testers, and automation professionals can gain valuable insights into harnessing the power of AI to optimize their test automation workflows within the UiPath ecosystem, ultimately driving efficiency and quality in software development processes.
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into integrating generative AI.
2. Understanding how this integration enhances test automation within the UiPath platform
3. Practical demonstrations
4. Exploration of real-world use cases illustrating the benefits of AI-driven test automation for UiPath
Topics covered:
What is generative AI
Test Automation with generative AI and Open AI.
UiPath integration with generative AI
Speaker:
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
Why You Should Replace Windows 11 with Nitrux Linux 3.5.0 for enhanced perfor...SOFTTECHHUB
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The choice of an operating system plays a pivotal role in shaping our computing experience. For decades, Microsoft's Windows has dominated the market, offering a familiar and widely adopted platform for personal and professional use. However, as technological advancements continue to push the boundaries of innovation, alternative operating systems have emerged, challenging the status quo and offering users a fresh perspective on computing.
One such alternative that has garnered significant attention and acclaim is Nitrux Linux 3.5.0, a sleek, powerful, and user-friendly Linux distribution that promises to redefine the way we interact with our devices. With its focus on performance, security, and customization, Nitrux Linux presents a compelling case for those seeking to break free from the constraints of proprietary software and embrace the freedom and flexibility of open-source computing.
Removing Uninteresting Bytes in Software FuzzingAftab Hussain
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Imagine a world where software fuzzing, the process of mutating bytes in test seeds to uncover hidden and erroneous program behaviors, becomes faster and more effective. A lot depends on the initial seeds, which can significantly dictate the trajectory of a fuzzing campaign, particularly in terms of how long it takes to uncover interesting behaviour in your code. We introduce DIAR, a technique designed to speedup fuzzing campaigns by pinpointing and eliminating those uninteresting bytes in the seeds. Picture this: instead of wasting valuable resources on meaningless mutations in large, bloated seeds, DIAR removes the unnecessary bytes, streamlining the entire process.
In this work, we equipped AFL, a popular fuzzer, with DIAR and examined two critical Linux libraries -- Libxml's xmllint, a tool for parsing xml documents, and Binutil's readelf, an essential debugging and security analysis command-line tool used to display detailed information about ELF (Executable and Linkable Format). Our preliminary results show that AFL+DIAR does not only discover new paths more quickly but also achieves higher coverage overall. This work thus showcases how starting with lean and optimized seeds can lead to faster, more comprehensive fuzzing campaigns -- and DIAR helps you find such seeds.
- These are slides of the talk given at IEEE International Conference on Software Testing Verification and Validation Workshop, ICSTW 2022.
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Pakdata Cf is a groundbreaking system designed to streamline and facilitate access to CNIC information. This innovative platform leverages advanced technology to provide users with efficient and secure access to their CNIC details.
âBuilding and Scaling AI Applications with the Nx AI Manager,â a Presentation...Edge AI and Vision Alliance
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Robin van Emden, Senior Director of Data Science at Network Optix, presents the âBuilding and Scaling AI Applications with the Nx AI Manager,â tutorial at the May 2024 Embedded Vision Summit.
In this presentation, van Emden covers the basics of scaling edge AI solutions using the Nx tool kit. He emphasizes the process of developing AI models and deploying them globally. He also showcases the conversion of AI models and the creation of effective edge AI pipelines, with a focus on pre-processing, model conversion, selecting the appropriate inference engine for the target hardware and post-processing.
van Emden shows how Nx can simplify the developerâs life and facilitate a rapid transition from concept to production-ready applications.He provides valuable insights into developing scalable and efficient edge AI solutions, with a strong focus on practical implementation.
Cosa hanno in comune un mattoncino Lego e la backdoor XZ?Speck&Tech
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ABSTRACT: A prima vista, un mattoncino Lego e la backdoor XZ potrebbero avere in comune il fatto di essere entrambi blocchi di costruzione, o dipendenze di progetti creativi e software. La realtà è che un mattoncino Lego e il caso della backdoor XZ hanno molto di piÚ di tutto ciò in comune.
Partecipate alla presentazione per immergervi in una storia di interoperabilitĂ , standard e formati aperti, per poi discutere del ruolo importante che i contributori hanno in una comunitĂ open source sostenibile.
BIO: Sostenitrice del software libero e dei formati standard e aperti. à stata un membro attivo dei progetti Fedora e openSUSE e ha co-fondato l'Associazione LibreItalia dove è stata coinvolta in diversi eventi, migrazioni e formazione relativi a LibreOffice. In precedenza ha lavorato a migrazioni e corsi di formazione su LibreOffice per diverse amministrazioni pubbliche e privati. Da gennaio 2020 lavora in SUSE come Software Release Engineer per Uyuni e SUSE Manager e quando non segue la sua passione per i computer e per Geeko coltiva la sua curiosità per l'astronomia (da cui deriva il suo nickname deneb_alpha).
2. Readability
⢠Readability
⢠Flesch Reading Ease
⢠Why should you care about Readability?
⢠Elements
⢠Ranking â Whatâs important to you?
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3. Readability
âReadability is the ease with which a reader can understand a written text.â Wikipedia
For the last decade and more, there has been a push to improve readability. Much of this push was driven by
the Plain Writing Act of 2010. Reference: https://www.plainlanguage.gov/law/
In 2011 the Federal Government released a Plain language Guidelines document that provides details on
simplifying your content. The Guidelines address various elements of sentences and paragraphs. See link for
the Plain language Guidelines pdf https://www.plainlanguage.gov/media/FederalPLGuidelines.pdf
4. Flesch Reading Ease
Since 2011, companies have developed software tools that measure the complexity of textual content. The
most common formula for measuring readability is the Flesch Reading Ease. The higher the score, the easier
the material is to read.
Readability Information test score reference window in the New Edition of Professional Document Analyzer.
5. Flesch Reading Ease
Some real-world examples of Flesch Reading Ease readability approximation scores:
65 Reader's Digest magazine
52 Time magazine
30 Harvard Law Review
57.9 Moby Dick (ref. Amazon)
Complexity is affective by the number of syllables in the words and the number of words per sentence, as
shown in the formula below.
6. Why should you care about Readability?
You want your readers to clearly understand the information you and your team are providing. This is essential
when you are responding to a Request for Proposal (RFP). An overly complex proposal may cause you to lose the
contract.
Your material should be written in mind of the people who will be reading it. The more educated your audience
is, the more complex your content can be. However, you should still attempt to write as clearly as possible.
Certainly, not everyone who is educated can easily understand complex content. For example, people who have
a reading disorder, such as Dyslexia have an average or above-average intelligence.
Famous Dyslexics:
Albert Einstein
Leonardo da Vinci
John F. Kennedy
George W. Bush
7. Elements
When testing textual content, the Flesch Reading Ease score is typically the primary factor in determining if
the content should be rewritten for improved simplicity.
However, there are other textual elements that should be qualified for measurement. Such as the following
elements:
Long Sentences
Complex Words
Passive Voice
Adverbs
Terms that should be avoided
8. Elements
Atebionâs New Edition of the Professional Document Analyzer captures textual elements (denoted in the
previous slide) during the QC Readability Analysis process.
9. Ranking â What is important to you?
Capturing the quantity sum of each element (e.g. Long Sentences) creates its own complexity in determining what should be rewritten.
Atebion addresses this issue by providing an overall Ranking for each paragraph or numbered segment.
However, Atebionâs Ranking may not reflect you or your teamsâ preferences. That is why we give you the ability to define what is
important to you per element (e.g. Not Important, Important, Somewhat Important, and Very Important).
Being able to quickly identify what should be rewritten when a limited time restraint exists is critical.
10. Summary
Running a readability analysis of all your essential documents will improve your companyâs overall
reputation. Therefore, ensuring that your companyâs information is easily understood.
Before writing, knowing your audience is critical to your success. Do your research on who will be reading
your document. For a large audience, keep your textual content as simple as possible.
Using a readability analysis tool that provides you the flexibility to adjust âwhat is important to youâ
spotlights areas that should be addressed. Plus gives you the ability to do this quickly.