Technical Communication in Germany: Academic, Industrial, Professional

摘要

Technical communication in Germany faces some unique problems arising from the nature of German culture and language. Typically, the German orientation to writing is writer-based, not reader-base.d The development of hte profession shows many characteristics similr to the development in the U.S. yet with many different focuses in education, in industrial practice, and in professional organizations. It is a profession "on the way to recognition."