ASD-STE100 Simplified Technical English

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An ASD-STE100 Simplified Technical English is a controlled natural language for technical documentation.



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2023

  • (Wikipedia, 2023) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simplified_Technical_English Retrieved:2023-8-22.
    • ASD-STE100 Simplified Technical English (STE) is an international specification for the preparation of technical documentation in a controlled language. STE as a controlled language was developed in the early 1980s (as AECMA Simplified English) to help second-language speakers of English to unambiguously understand technical manuals written in English. It was initially applicable to civil aircraft maintenance documentation. It then became a requirement for defense projects, including land and sea vehicles. Today, many maintenance and technical manuals are written in STE, in a wide range of other industries.

2023

  • (Wikipedia, 2023) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simplified_Technical_English#Writing_rules Retrieved:2023-8-22.
    • The writing rules differentiate between two types of topics: procedural and descriptive writing. The rules also cover aspects of grammar and style. A non-exhaustive list of the writing rules includes the concepts that follow:
      • Use the approved words and only as the part of speech and meaning given in the dictionary.
      • Make instructions as clear and specific as possible.
      • Do not write noun clusters that have more than three words.
      • Use the approved forms of the verb to make only:
      • Do not use helping verbs to make complex verb structures.
      • Use the "-ing" form of a verb only as a technical name or as a modifier in a technical name.
      • Do not use passive voice in procedures.
      • Use the active voice as much as possible in descriptive texts.
      • Write short sentences: no more than 20 words in instructions (procedures) and no more than 25 words in descriptive texts.
      • Do not omit parts of the sentence (e.g. verb, subject, article) to make your text shorter.
      • Use vertical lists for complex text.
      • Write one instruction per sentence.
      • Write only one topic per paragraph.
      • Do not write more than 6 sentences in each paragraph.
      • Start safety instructions with a clear command or condition.

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