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Translatable But Debatable - Teken
The Academy of the Hebrew Language lists sixty phrases including the word תקן, and in more than fifty of them the translation uses "standard." But reader Jonathan Danilowitz points out that there is “trouble when it refers to the number of employees for a certain task — ‘standard’ doesn't work— or for the time allowed for something, or quantities for various purposes.”
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Resilience Tip - Shifting from "But" to "And"
There are several common tendencies we humans have that constrict rather than expand our thinking. One of these is the tendency to respond to another person's communication with
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Photos from the 6th Annual Techshoret Convention
Nadina Rosentuler and Sharon Mink posted some nice photos at http://elephant.org.il/elephant_event_photos/techshoret_conference/
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Resilience Tip - Road Runner and Communicating in Present
Remember the Road Runner cartoons where Road Runner would suddenly change direction from what Wile E. Coyote expected, and Wile E. Coyote would go plunging off into some danger? And just in case you are unfamiliar with this American cultural icon, remember a time when you were meeting up with someone and then slipped as you
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Mike Altman to represent Elephant at Techshoret Convention in Jerusalem
If you will be at the convention, look for Mike. In addition to enjoying the convention, he will be there to answer questions about the Elephant organization and help members.
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Suite Solutions Extends Discount to Elephant Members for DITA Quick Start Workshop
Suite Solutions announced that it will extend a 10% discount to its upcoming DITA Quick Start Workshop (April 13-15). This workshop is now being offered in Israel after a number of successful engagements in the U.S. For more information listed on the Elephant site, click here.
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Translatable but Debatable: גיבוש, לגבש
At the convention, when someone at the microphone remarked on the overuse of "crystallize" as a translation for gibush, a British-accented shout came from somewhere in the audience, “Formulate!”
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Reporting for the Salary and Rate Survey
The reporting period has started for the salary and rate surveys for technical writers, marcom writers and copy editors. Links to each survey are located in the right column. You must be logged in to participate. If you do not have a username and password, you can create one for free at http://elephant.org.il/register .
This is the most accurate survey of salaries and freelance rates for technical writers, marcom writers and copy editors working in Israel.
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Being Proactive - Finding Freelance Technical Writing and Editing Opportunities
Professional conferences and workshops are great opportunities for freelance technical writers and copy editors. The presenters often need your professional services and
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Job Fair - Date moved to December
October 27 2009
(edited 4 months, 2 weeks ago)People & Computers’ annual job fair for Israeli High Tech Professionals will be held at Airport City on December 8th 2009. This is useful for anyone looking for a high tech job in Israel, in particular people who are in:
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Call for Papers (SwSTE 2010 IEEE Conference)
SwSTE 2010 is a biennial International IEEE Conference held in Israel (Herzelia on June 15+16 2010). It is a very professional and prestige conference, which interests and draws approximately 300 participants from the Israeli Hi-Tech industry. Click here to download Call for Papers...
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Promoting Your Business
According to Hillel Porath of Gavoah Marketing, "attracting clients is probably one of the hardest aspects in running a small business". For many of us, he is right. With his permission I've uploaded a copy of his 11 page list of recommendations that I think is worth reading. Click here to download...
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Technical Writing and Tennis
As one of your technical writing colleagues I was proud to be representing Israel in the recent Maccabiah games, competing against British, Australian, Canadian, Argentinean and other Israeli players.
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The Hardware Hunt
The Hardware Hunt
Only after a thorough understanding of how a computer works and boots will you be ready to shop for components and a respective operating system (OS). The hardware (HW) and OS go together because the final OS that you want on your computer often determines the type of HW that you will want to choose.
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Quiet in the South
January 21 2009
(edited 1 year ago)
Tags:Sunday 18th January, a group of soldiers and an electrician stopped by to do maintenance work on the local bomb shelter. It was very much appreciated as there was no lighting or plumbing. They gave it a much needed coat of paint, repaired the electricals and fitted lamps.
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Welcome Home?!?
January 9 2009
(edited 1 year ago)
Tags:My welcoming when approaching Ashqelon railway station last Sunday night was the announcement of the colour red and for everybody to lie flat on the train floor. It seems as though the sounds of rockets exploding have become part of our lives here. I pray daily for our soldiers who are confronted by death traps for the safety of the nation.
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Mouse Euthanasia with Camtasia
December 31 2008
(edited 1 year ago)
Tags:Hi, you keyboard whiz readers! I needed to make a change in this month's featured application at the last minute. Because of some previous damage to my computer, the Captivate download did not work properly. No matter! Camtasia is an excellent tool that can do a lot of what Captivate does for less money. Unfortunately, Camtasia is no longer freeware, but you can download a 30-day trial version, as I did.
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Eye Spy
"You know your teacher is possessed by Beelzebub when his or her head rotates 360 degrees at the blackboard. But is this what it takes to effectively keep watch over a classroom while a teacher unveils a frontal lesson? All adults who work with kids instinctively understand that they love to deny their mischievous behavior when the teacher isn't looking. It's one of the hallmarks of adolescent classroom acuity. Lest you grow eyes in the back of your head, educators are in a significantly vulnerable position. So how does one fight back?
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התשתית החוקית, האתית והמעשית
תיאור של תהליך הגישור בפרק זה מתייחס לגישור באופן כללי כשיטה ליישוב סכסוכים בתחומים רבים – סכסוכים עסקיים ומסחריים, סכסוכים בצרכנות, בין שכנים, בין קרובי משפחה ועוד.
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All About Indexing #8: Starting An Indexing Business, Part 2: Marketing
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Creating Your Home Court Advantage
June 19 2008
(edited 1 year ago)
Tags:You may root for your home team, but how often do you root for yourself? How to develop self-talk that is positive and genuine.
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Guide for the Perplexed: Where the How-To’s Are, and Office 2007 Commands
June 16 2008
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Tags:Drop in for a roundup of helpful Web sites that offer instructional content in textual form, news about a Microsoft Office add-in that helps you adapt to Office 2007, and all about run-time environments in Linux.
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Thanks for Reading
With the column of June 1, “The Final Why,” The Why of Style has concluded a two-year fortnighly run. Any future columns will be occasional. My e-mail address remains open for questions and comments: . Thanks for reading, and particular thanks to those who wrote in from time to time. — Mark L. Levinson
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Play Music and Get a Date at the Tool Bar & Grill
June 9 2008
(edited 1 year ago)
Tags:Wherein Jonathan recommends a great simple media player and a Web site that can get you out of trouble, and Mark reviews Linux calendar utilities.
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The Final Why
“When we didn’t have a manual yet, when we didn’t know what to name the commands on our menus, when we needed our business cards spelled right, we couldn’t have done without you,” the boss said. “But now the product is in release, and I don’t see the ROI from fine-polishing the error messages.”
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What the Romans Knew
Memory improvement techniques are based on finding memory pegs, on which to hang the things one wants to remember. The principle of memory pegs is simple...
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What is PDC all about?
April 19 2008
(edited 8 months, 2 weeks ago)
Tags:TheP eopleD evelopmentC olumns help you maximize your chances for success. These columns are currently broken into 2 groups that appear 3 times per month.
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Loops
Excerpted from my book FrameScript for Newbies Copyright [7/17/2007] by Paul Schnall
Loops are a way of moving through a book or document and running lines of code on each object of a particular type. For example, looping through every paragraph (paragraph being the object) in a document and searching for a specific word or text is easily done using this construct.
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Create Screencasts and Quick Video Captures with Jing (Totally Free)
Jing,a new project by TechSmith, is a tool that allows you to quickly capture video or an image from your computer and share it with others, such as project team members or customers.
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God and the Technical Writer
And in the beginning there was nothing. And then one day a huge bang was heard that echoed round the universe and when the smoke had cleared, all that could be seen was a giant Product Manager and a petite Technical Writer
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