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The elements of international English style : a guide to writing correspondence, reports, technical documents, and internet pages for a global audience / Edmond H. Weiss.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, ©2005.Description: 1 online resource (xvii, 162 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780765620217
  • 0765620219
  • 0765615711
  • 9780765615718
  • 128091257X
  • 9781280912573
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Elements of international English style.DDC classification:
  • 808/.042 22
LOC classification:
  • PE1421 .W39 2005eb
Online resources:
Contents:
The language of global business is international English -- Principles of simplicity -- Principles of clarity -- Reducing burdens -- Writing for translation -- Principles of correspondence -- Principles of cultural adaptation -- Appendixes : 1. Projects for students of international English -- 2. Sentences that need editing -- 3. Instructional / technical passages that overburden the reader -- 4. A portfolio of bad news letters -- 5. An internationalized website checklist.
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  • digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve
Summary: This handbook - for anyone who needs to write English correspondence for an international business audience - integrates the theory and controversies of intercultural communication with the practical skills of writing and editing English for those who read it as a second language.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

The language of global business is international English -- Principles of simplicity -- Principles of clarity -- Reducing burdens -- Writing for translation -- Principles of correspondence -- Principles of cultural adaptation -- Appendixes : 1. Projects for students of international English -- 2. Sentences that need editing -- 3. Instructional / technical passages that overburden the reader -- 4. A portfolio of bad news letters -- 5. An internationalized website checklist.

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This handbook - for anyone who needs to write English correspondence for an international business audience - integrates the theory and controversies of intercultural communication with the practical skills of writing and editing English for those who read it as a second language.

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