Controlled language
A controlled language is a natural language such as B. German or English , which is restricted according to certain rules. The aim is to make technical documentation and manuals easier to understand, to make documentation processes more efficient and, as part of translation- friendly writing, to simplify translations. For this purpose, technical terms, vocabulary (general core vocabulary), language style, grammar , sentence structure (e.g. length of sentences and paragraphs, use of active in instructions) are defined or restricted.
So-called language test programs (English: Controlled Language Checker or Conformance Checker) can check compliance with the rules. In this way, you support the technical writer in writing in controlled language.
The set of rules of a controlled language can be so limited that it can be reliably processed automatically, i.e. it becomes a formal language that still contains enough elements of natural language to be easily understood by humans.
Examples of controlled languages
- German
- English
- Attempto Controlled English (ACE)
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Caterpillar Technical English (CTE),
Caterpillar Fundamental English (CFE) - Controlled English - Océ
- Controlled English Grammar (COGRAM) - Alcatel
- Controlled Automotive Service Language (CASL) - General Motors
- Ericsson English
- Easy English - IBM
- Gellish
- Globish
- International Service Language - Kodak
- Nortel Standard English (NSE)
-
Simplified (Technical) English
- AECMA SE - Association Européenne des Constructeurs de Matériel Aérospacial
- ASD STE - Aerospace and Defense Industries Association of Europe
- Sun Controlled English - Sun Microsystems
- Xerox Multilingual Customized English
- other languages
- Français Rationalisé (FR) - Dassault Aerospace
- Scania Swedish
Web link
- Article with examples at doku.info ( Memento from March 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ^ Uwe Muegge: Controlled Language: Does My Company Need It? In: Tcworld (2009-04); Language Tech News (2009-07)
- ^ Nexus: German as a documentation language: Controlled German
- ^ Anne Lehrndorfer (1996): Kontrollierter Deutsch. Linguistic and linguistic psychological guidelines for a (machine) controlled language in technical documentation. ISBN 3823350803