BASICS OF TECHINICAL ENGLISH CODE 6465

2. PRESENTED BY
ZAHID MEHMOOD
SENIOR HEADMASTER)
GOVT.MUSLIM HIGH SCHOOL NAROWAL
NAROWAL

3. TECHNICAL ENGLISH
 Technical writing in English is a specific
writing for a specific audience.
 It fulfills the specific needs of the students
in their practical life in future
 It is audience’s centered and practical in
nature.

4. INTRODUCTION TO
TECHNICAL WRITING
OBJECTIVES
 After going through this unit, students will be able
to:
 1. Explain technical writing and its purposes.
 2. Differentiate among different types of technical
documents.
 3. Describe technical readers.
 4. Discuss technical writing approaches.

5. Purpose
 Accurate, concise and objective based message.
 Factual and Impersonal
 For use of professionals like engineers, scientists,
and technicians
 Direct, simple, and clear communication.

6. AUDIENCE AND
COMMUNICATION
 Technical Readers :Enough knowledge about the
content
 Managerial Readers : Do not need the technical
detail and depth
 General Readers. Least technical knowledge and
understanding of particular subject

7. EXPRESSING
VERSUS
IMPRESSING

8. THE TECHNICAL WRITING APPROACH
 SHORTER SENTENCES :
 Only carry what you need and not a bit more.
 Never allow sentences to become more complicated than is
absolutely necessary

9. ACTIVE LANGUAGE
 Active
and
Passive Voice

10. SUPPRESSED VERBS
 Turning a verb into a noun suppresses the verb's ability
to act
 active verbs are turned into nouns and used with state-
of-being verb forms
 noun endings such as -tion,-ance, -ment, ing, -al, and
–ancy
 Perform= performance ; stable=Stabilization

11. NEEDLESS VERBS
 PERSONAL VERSUS IMPESONAL
CONSTRUCTIONS
Debatable but impersonal is preferred

12. MAKING VERBS FROM ADJECTIVES AND NOUNS
 Nouns
 Position service immunity
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 Adjectives
 Final Formal Local
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 Verbs
 ... to position the stylus.
 ... to service the compressor.
 ... to immunize only the primary grades.
 ... to finalize the stress tests.
 ... to formalize the procedures.
 ... to localize the anesthetic.
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13. USE OF PAST AND PRESENT TENSE
 Describe completed action in the past tense
 Describe principles, instructions, and conclusions in
the present tense

14. BREVITY : Brevity is the soul of wit.
Shakespeare

15. REDUNDACY AND CLICHES
 Redundancy occurs when statements are repeated needlessly
 This needless repetition comes in the form of affected writing and
clichés
 At this point in time at this time
 During the course of during
 In the vast majority of cases in most cases
 On a weekly basis weekly
 Until such time as until
 Due to the fact that due to
 Very necessary necessary
 Few in number few
 Square in shape square
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16. AFFECTED AND VAGUE WORDS
 Pure and direct language
 Clarity of thought
 Easy to understand

17. GOBBLEDYGOOK
 Gobbledygook is a particular fondness for buzzwords,
redundancy, and overstatement
 gobbledygook signals poor writing and an inability to
express yourself