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Tech/Engineering - Transport / Transportation / Shipping / logistics | | German term or phrase: Redaktionelle Logistik | Is there such a thing as "editiorial logistics"? This company specializes in the prepartion of technical documentation (operating and maintenance instructions, etc. for logistics and other types of companies.
XX GmbH wurde Anfang 2002 gegründet und beschäftigt ca. 25 Mitarbeiter in den Bereichen Redaktionelle Logistik und Informationsmanagement.
Ob konventionell auf Papier oder digital: Unsere Redakteure erstellen für Sie die Dokumentation zu ihrem Produkt. Wir kennen und beachten dabei die geltenden Normen und Vorschriften. |
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| | logistics (technical) documentation | Explanation:
It´s my impression that German is somewhat idiosyncratic in the use of Redaktion and related forms. Here we have "Unsere Redakteure erstellen für Sie die Dokumentation zu ihrem Produkt." I wouldn´t call them editors, I would translate it "Our technical writers create the documentation for your product."
The discipline in general is known to me as "technical writing" and the people who do it as "technical writers".
Since your first para. focuses on logistics documentation, I get the idea of "Logistics technical writing" but that seems too clumsy for me (11 Google hits", though somehow "software technical writing is ok (1090 Google hits), so I propose "logistics (technical) documentation" - the "technical" may be redundant, but a firm might well want to stress its technical focus. |
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Chris Rowson
Local time: 10:47
| Grading comment In my particular case, it turned out to be important to get the word "logistics" into the translation.
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10 mins confidence:   peer agreement (net): +1 editorial management
Explanation:
I agree that "editorial logistics" doesn't sound right. In the specific context that you have given you could use "editorial and information management (services)"
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A quick check on Google hits for \"editorial management\" yielded 5790 - it\'s certainly an established term that includes
conferences
e.g. Program Development & Editorial Management Services Centennial Conferences
www.centennialconferences.com/page4.htm
Grad school programmes
Certificate of Accomplishment in Editorial Management
grad.usda.gov/about_us/cert_edit_mgmt.cfm
and an academic institute
American Business Media Publishing/Editorial Management Institute
www.mediamanagement.northwestern.edu/ web/seminars/magazine/abm.html
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31 mins confidence: editorial logisitics
Explanation:
for which there are 13 google hits, however, I am not sure if there is a difference between editorial management and editorial logistics
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or \"Content Management\"
see link: http://www.relog.de/ for the company Redaktionelle Logistiks, they specialize in content management
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5 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): +1 logistics (technical) documentation
Explanation:
It´s my impression that German is somewhat idiosyncratic in the use of Redaktion and related forms. Here we have "Unsere Redakteure erstellen für Sie die Dokumentation zu ihrem Produkt." I wouldn´t call them editors, I would translate it "Our technical writers create the documentation for your product."
The discipline in general is known to me as "technical writing" and the people who do it as "technical writers".
Since your first para. focuses on logistics documentation, I get the idea of "Logistics technical writing" but that seems too clumsy for me (11 Google hits", though somehow "software technical writing is ok (1090 Google hits), so I propose "logistics (technical) documentation" - the "technical" may be redundant, but a firm might well want to stress its technical focus.
| Chris Rowson
Local time: 10:47
Native speaker of:  English
PRO pts in category: 4
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| | Grading comment | In my particular case, it turned out to be important to get the word "logistics" into the translation. |
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