4-01 (December 2001)
France
by Marie-Louise Flacke
INTECOM
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4-01 (December 2001)
France
by Marie-Louise Flacke
INTECOM
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The CRT (Conseil des Rédacteurs Techniques in France) is showing a new look in 2001: a new logo, a new website and a discussion list.
Members have been active using our Forum
discussion list, sharing questions, experience and
stories. This list is open to all INTECOM members.
Access to the list is granted by sending a request
to crt@conseil.org. The list welcomes posts in
English and French.
Although CRT is small in numbers, it is already acquainted with the "big" sister societies, such as tekom (Germany), ISTC (Great Britain) and other Technical Communicator groups in Europe. We were very pleased with the initial contacts made in Brussels early in 2001 aimed at establishing a new umbrella organization for technical communicators in Europe (see the previous page).
Together with tekom (Germany) and Tecom (Switzerland), CRT invites Technical Communicators to participate in the first bilingual (German-French) Conference on Ergonomics in Technical Documentation to take place in Zurich in April 2002. To ensure proper translation, tekom invited fellow translators/ interpreters from the University of Magdeburg (Germany) to join the conference and provide simultaneous translation.
Like most of its fellow societies, CRT suffers from a lack of visibility. The profession is generally not recognized in France. To increase the business awareness for good documentation, CRT plans to add more content to its website and to conduct a survey to identify those in France acting as technical writers but who are not aware of the profession. Articles in the French-speaking press are also being considered.
Training in France is provided by 7 academic institutions and addresses various aspects of Technical Communication such as Localization/Translation, Documentation management, and bilingual training.
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