Thursday, September 08, 2005

Hinglish and English

There has been an interesting debate going on in one of the online forums for Indian Technical Writers on the differences between Indian and the UK Technical writers. The biggest differences seem to be the cultural differences and work practices (how debates are resolved etc,), and that Indian English ("Hinglish") is different to British or American English. The primary differences are in the writing styles and the terminology.

It was also argued that Indian Technical Writers haven't had the benefit of studying technical communication to graduate or post-graduate level, and that Indian writers are generally younger than UK/US technical writers.