The Global English Style Guide provides guidelines for writing clear documentation for a global audience, focusing on clarity, consistency, and translatability. It aims to eliminate misunderstandings in translation and make documentation more accessible to non-native speakers. The guide includes prioritization for translation types and specific examples for improving language use, sentence structure, punctuation, and terminology.

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

2. OverviewThe Global English Style Guide: Writing Clear, Translatable Documentation for a Global Market

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?

6. Goals of Global EnglishEliminate misunderstandings in translation

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

8. Make sentence structure easier to analyze and comprehend

9. Eliminate inconsistencies Benefits of Global EnglishLess liability from incorrect translation

10. Reduced need for technical support

11. More consistent use of terminology

12. Improved searching for terms

13. Less work for translatorsPrioritized GuidelinesGuidelines include a priority for the purpose of the document:

14. For example,

15. “HT1” means high priority for human translation

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

17. “MT3” means low priority for machine translationExample Guidelines: HT16.1 Don’t use a telegraphic writing style(i.e., don’t omit articles or other syntactic cues)LABEL option not supported for file format

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