Negotiating Cultural Encounters
Narrating Intercultural Engineering and Technical Communication
Published on 2. April 2013
Book
Paperback/Softback
280 pages
978-1-118-06161-9 (ISBN)
Description
In today's global economy, effective intercultural communication is a critical skill for engineers and other technical experts. This timely book uses a narrative approach to present the challenges of intercultural communication in engineering, technical, and related professional fields. Each contributor offers first-hand experience and perspectives on the complexities and challenges of working with multicultural teams, international vendors, and diverse customers. Narratives cover a range of design, development, research, and documentation projects, and offer an authentic picture of the global workplace.
Reviews / Votes
"The book may be interesting for those already working in the field of technical communication, but would be perhaps more useful to students or to those preparing to become professionals dealing with textual (including graphical) material of various kinds." (Computing Reviews, 8 September 2014)More details
Product info
Paperback
Series
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
Photos: 50 B&W, 0 Color; Drawings: 25 B&W, 0 Color; Screen captures: 25 B&W, 0 Color
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
433 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-118-06161-9 (9781118061619)
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Han Yu | Gerald Savage
Negotiating Cultural Encounters
Narrating Intercultural Engineering and Technical Communication
E-Book
03/2013
Wiley-IEEE Press
€53.99
Available for download
Han Yu | Gerald Savage
Negotiating Cultural Encounters
Narrating Intercultural Engineering and Technical Communication
E-Book
03/2013
Wiley-IEEE Press
€53.99
Available for download
Persons
HAN YU is an Associate Professor of Technical Writing and Professional Communication in the English Department at Kansas State University. Dr. Yu has published numerous journal articles within this area.
GERALD SAVAGE is Professor Emeritus and former Internship Director and Technical Writing Program Director in the English Department at Illinois State University. Dr. Savage has published numerous books and articles on technical communication.
Content
Preface xi
A Note from the Series Editor xiii
INTRODUCTION 1
Han Yu and Gerald Savage
CHAPTER 1 Changing Times, Changing Style Guides 17
Jennifer O'Neill
CHAPTER 2 Concinnity of Assorted Nuts 41
Marina Lin
CHAPTER 3 Learning Curve 61
Vaishnavi Thogttluva Vijayaram
CHAPTER 4 Lost in Translation 81
Elena Groznaya
CHAPTER 5 Collective Learning in East Africa: Building and Transferring Technical Knowledge in Livestock Production 103
K. Alex Ilyasova and Cheryl Birkelo
CHAPTER 6 That's Worth Waiting For: GLDD's Spanish JSA Booklet 123
Christina Schulz
CHAPTER 7 Making Excellence a Habit across Intercultural Barriers 143
Saurabh Kudesia
CHAPTER 8 Crash of Cultures 167
Sam Racine
CHAPTER 9 Collaboration on a Pan-European Project Spanning 35 National Research and Education Networks across the European Union 185
Warren Singer
CHAPTER 10 Are Chinese Documents Ready for Global Audiences? 209
Melanie G. Flanders
CHAPTER 11 Subject Matter Expert Meets Technical Communicator: Stories of Mestiza Consciousness in the Automotive Industry 227
Angela M. Haas
CHAPTER 12 My Life as an EFL Trainer/Technical Translator in Shanghai, China 247
Huiling Ding
Index 263