Measuring the translatability of simplified english in procedural documents

IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 4-12

  Spyridakis, Jan H ^a,b   Holmback, Heather ^b,c   Shubert, Serena K ^b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c BOEING COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Airline industry; Chinese; English; Japanese; Manuals; Simplified English; Spanish; Translation

Indexed keywords

AIR TRANSPORTATION; EFFICIENCY; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; STANDARDIZATION;

TRANSLATION (LANGUAGES);

EID: 0031102585     PISSN: 03611434     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/47.557512     Document Type: Article

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