Presented at the 2010 Korea Technical Communication Association (KTCA) summit. An introduction to the Global English Style Guide as a valuable tool for non-native writers and technical communicators creating content for global audiences.

1. Introducing the Global English Style Guide Edwin HollonSenior Technical CommunicatorHansem EZUserGuides, Inc.

3. John R. Kohl, Linguistic Engineer

4. Copyright © 2008 by SAS InstituteWhat is “Global English?”Written English that an author has optimized for a global audience by following guidelines that go beyond what is found in conventional style guides.

5. Why Global English?

7. Eliminate terms or grammar that is unfamiliar to non-native speakers

8. Make sentence structure easier to analyze and comprehend

10. Reduced need for technical support

11. More consistent use of terminology

12. Improved searching for terms

14. For example,

15. “HT1” means high priority for human translation

16. “NN2” means medium priority for non-native speakers

18. The LABEL option is not supported for this file format.

19. The following features improve usability of the product for users who have disabilities.

21. The MDDB Report Viewer is a component of the Application Dispatcher.

22. You might want to use a third party application such as WinZip to archive the project.

24. This report compares the salaries of employees who have the same education level, grouped by department.

25. When you hover over a menu item, a white underline appears.

27. If Chocolate Bits is set to NO, then there are no chocolate bits in the sample batch of ice cream. Therefore, the selections for Enough Bits and Size of Bits are grayed to prevent users from entering irrelevant data. (20+19 words)

28. With design-time controls, you control the look and feel of your Web pages in a WYSIWYG editor environment, and at the same time use all the functionality of SAS/IntrNet software in your Web pages. (35 words)

30. We recommendthat you use the Web version of the application.

31. By default, a command bar is displayed at the top of the window. Alternatively, you can selectto display a floating command dialog box instead.

33. Artificial Neural Network forecasting works only in Version 7.0.

34. The fact is that everyone is not getting rich. On the contrary, the world is full of disappointed investors.

36. However, these take into account the needs of non-native speakers and translators

37. Intended to supplement (or, in a few cases, override) the standard rules of American English

41. Make translation more efficient and reduce translation costs

42. Make information more accessible and understandable for all readers

44. In the figure, the main parts of the portal are numbered, and explanations are provided below.9.6 Eliminate incorrect technical terms

45. Useful Appendixes

46. Questions or Comments? Thank you for attending