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What is Simplified Technical English?

Simplified Technical English (STE) is an international standard (ASD-STE100) that helps to make technical documentation easy to understand. Simplified Technical English standardises vocabulary, grammar and style, while letting users control their specific terminology. Although Simplified Technical English originates from the aerospace and defence industries, it can easily be customised and applied to any other industry. The Aerospace and Defense Industries Association of Europe (ASD) and S1000D require the use of ASD-STE100 Simplified Technical English.

Write clear and translatable documentation for a global market
Using guidelines from the ASD-STE100 specification, writers and editors can take document clarity and consistency to the next level. Text written in Simplified Technical English shows improved readability and translatability. These benefits should not be overlooked as products and their accompanying documentation are increasingly shipped to many countries worldwide where English is not the main language used. Consequently, whether the majority of your audience is made up of native or non-native speakers of the English language, getting your message across clearly becomes faster and easier. Text based on Simplified Technical English is also cheaper and faster to translate. Users of your documentation will benefit from higher translation quality, and mistranslations become less of a concern.
Save costs using established standards for your documentation processes
Injuries, losses and costly legal liabilities can happen as a result of unclear documentation and ambiguous translations. Simplified Technical English is based on standardised terminology and simple grammar rules. Consistent terminology facilitates your task of indexing and helps users to find pertinent information faster by eliminating unnecessary synonyms and spelling variants. Grammar rules for instance, promote the use of the active voice and simple present tense to clearly identify the doer of a particular action so as to avoid miscommunication and ambiguous translations during the localization process. We at Shufra are committed to helping you work according to international standards, while having the flexibility to deal with your specific requirements. We take these requirements and your expectations seriously and build on your feedback and trust. In this way, we strive to establish long-term partnerships with our customers to mutual benefit.
Align people and your documentation strategy on a global scale
Live up to your customers' expectations while achieving your business objectives. Our customised training solutions will help you expand your knowledge of the fundamental principles of documentation management, as well as highlight the importance of Simplified Technical English writing rules and terminology management to help you capitalise on your existing legacy documentation and translation memory databases. Your team of writers will learn to improve overall text readability through a range of interactive Simplified Technical English workshops and rewriting training exercises.

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What is Simplified Technical English?

Write clear and translatable documentation for a global market

Save costs using established standards for your documentation processes

Align people and your documentation strategy on a global scale

Language for all industries

Use Simplified English to achieve:

Latest news

Simplified English links

Global events