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Technical Writing in French in Canada: Results of Two Surveys

Author(s) -

Pamela J. Russell,

Hélène Cajolet-Laganière,

Jacqueline Bossé-Andrieu

Publication year - 1995

Publication title -

discourse and writing/rédactologie

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 2563-7320

DOI - 10.31468/cjsdwr.400

Subject(s) - computer science

Most North American research into technical writing explores the profession as it is practised in English; investigation of technical writing in languages other than English centres mainly on technical translation. This paper points out that in Canada, and primarily in Quebec, there is a considerable body of technical documentation written originally in French. Through an analysis of two surveys conducted by the authors it attempts to identify who these French-language professional and technical writers are, where and under what conditions they work, and what type of training they have. 49

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