Managing Complexity: A Technical Communication Translation Case Study in Multilateral International Collaboration

Bruce Maylath Dakota State University ; Sonia Vandepitte Ghent University ; Patricia Minacori Délégation Paris 7 ; Suvi Isohella University of Vaasa ; Birthe Mousten Aarhus University ; John Humbley Université Paris Cité

Abstract

This article discusses the largest and most complex international learning-by-doing project to date—a project involving translation from Danish and Dutch into English and editing into American English alongside a project involving writing, usability testing, and translation from English into Dutch and into French. The complexity of the undertaking proved to be a central element in the students' learning, as the collaboration closely resembles the complexity of international documentation workplaces of language service providers.

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Technical Communication Quarterly
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2013-01-01
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10.1080/10572252.2013.730967
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