This article investigates the plain language practices of professional writers in Quebec, using a survey. We contacted 55 professional writers and asked them to complete an online survey about how they apply plain language in their work, and the type of writing assistance they would find useful. We also asked 40 of those writers to carry out a simplification task to see what kind of simplifications they were actually making. If the feelings about the reality of the writers’ work is in line with the literature, opinions on plain language guidelines are not. Most writers in our survey find them useful and precise enough, and this contrasts with reported criticisms of such guides. In the simplification task, we noticed that writers focus on th...
This report constitutes a kind of research overview, originally published in Swedish and intended fo...
Abstract: Defining the concept 'plain language' has been hugely problematic since the origins of the...
The Consumer Protection Act 68 of 2008 (CPA) came into full force in April 2011. An important coroll...
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to review the literature on plain language in Australia, the U...
{Excerpt} Many people write too much, bureaucratically, and obscurely. Using plain English will save...
La sensibilisation de l’État et de l’entreprise aux niveaux d’alphabétisme de la population favorise...
Three versions of a financial form were compared to each other with regard to usability, understandi...
When official publications supposed to inform the public do not do their job well the consequences c...
This paper presents the recommendations resulting from a research project that investigated the exte...
The complexity of legal language has often been pointed out by consumer organizations and legal expe...
International audienceIn February 2014, nearly 1,200 researchers from 60 countries took part in the ...
Since the birth of the plain language movement forty years ago, proponents of plain language have se...
While academics are very good at understanding complex problems, when it comes to explaining researc...
Text simplification techniques have been used for decades with multiple purposes and tested in vario...
This article is in German.In German public administration, attempts are regularly made to introduce ...
This report constitutes a kind of research overview, originally published in Swedish and intended fo...
Abstract: Defining the concept 'plain language' has been hugely problematic since the origins of the...
The Consumer Protection Act 68 of 2008 (CPA) came into full force in April 2011. An important coroll...
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to review the literature on plain language in Australia, the U...
{Excerpt} Many people write too much, bureaucratically, and obscurely. Using plain English will save...
La sensibilisation de l’État et de l’entreprise aux niveaux d’alphabétisme de la population favorise...
Three versions of a financial form were compared to each other with regard to usability, understandi...
When official publications supposed to inform the public do not do their job well the consequences c...
This paper presents the recommendations resulting from a research project that investigated the exte...
The complexity of legal language has often been pointed out by consumer organizations and legal expe...
International audienceIn February 2014, nearly 1,200 researchers from 60 countries took part in the ...
Since the birth of the plain language movement forty years ago, proponents of plain language have se...
While academics are very good at understanding complex problems, when it comes to explaining researc...
Text simplification techniques have been used for decades with multiple purposes and tested in vario...
This article is in German.In German public administration, attempts are regularly made to introduce ...
This report constitutes a kind of research overview, originally published in Swedish and intended fo...
Abstract: Defining the concept 'plain language' has been hugely problematic since the origins of the...
The Consumer Protection Act 68 of 2008 (CPA) came into full force in April 2011. An important coroll...