User Language and Developer Language: How Technical Writers Can Become "Polyglots"
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Easy
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40 min
One of the informal definitions of technical writing is translation from the developer language to the user language. Why technical writers should understand both sides and be a link in their communication? How can technical writers immerse themselves into a complex technical product and become a full-fledged member of the development process, and still remember about user needs? Let's talk about why it is important to really know what you are writing about and how to acquire this knowledge. We will also consider examples of documents where knowledgeable translation from the developer language to the user language is most relevant.