@theclarityeditor
Editor and plain language advocate. Edits for the social sciences and international development. Based in Bangkok/Tokyo. AmE/Japanese speaker (and some Spanish, German & Thai). Amateur classical singer. https://linktr.ee/theclarityeditor
Banner with the text “IWriteWell.ca” above scattered Scrabble tiles. On the right, tiles spell “PLAIN” vertically and “LANGUAGE” horizontally, while other letter tiles are loosely arranged across the bottom.
Check out my new online course: How to use plain language to improve accessibility and inclusion. Register now at https//plainlanguageacademy.com. #PlainLanguage #accessibility #inclusion
Today is the 36th anniversary of the Capitol Crawl and disabled people are still fighting for basic rights in a society that's actively working to undermine them, surrounded by systemic disablism.
(This is a corrected thread TY to the person who flagged that I said 26th, not 36th!)
Had to call customer service and was greeted by the most joyful human who also promptly resolved my issue. Thanks, Chasta (no idea how to spell your name but anyway).
#TinyJoys
Are you writing to your user’s stress level? Did you know reading comprehension goes down when people are stressed? Are you adjusting your reading level and formatting to cope with stress? Tune in to find out what you should do instead.
#compassionatedesign #plainlanguage #UXdesign
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Hooray! It’s publication day! 📖 “Plain Language for Translators” is now available from Routledge. You can use the code below for a 20% discount, and please ask your library to acquire a copy too. #PlainLanguage
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An low-level aerial view of the Fukushima Daiichi Power Plant. The ripples on the water at top left and bottom center are the rapidly approaching tsunami.
An astonishing color photograph taken from atop a nearby low-rise building showing dark, angry-looking ocean water overtopping a breakwater along a Japanese highway and rapidly flooding the roadway and submerging multiple vehicles.
A screenshot from a live television image of a large, dark cloud rising in the distance from the remains of one of the Fukushima reactor buildings following a powerful hydrogen explosion.
An overhead satellite view of the Fukushima Daiichi Power Plant showing three of the six reactor buildings clearly destroyed by hydrogen explosions.
OTD 15 yrs ago, the massive Tōhoku earthquake in Japan (magnitude 9-9.1) triggered a 15-meter tsunami that killed 19,747 people, injured 6,242, and left 2,556 missing. It also swamped and ultimately led to the meltdown and total destruction of three of the six Fukushima Daiichi Power Plant reactors.
Some people have disabilities that are directly based on the way they understand and interpret numbers. In this post, Ricky Onsman explains some of these disabilities, who is affects and how, and what web creators can do about it.
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I hope they get sued the heck out of them!
A11yNYC with Blake Bertuccelli-Booth and Dylan Isaac. "PDF to Accessible Markdown: Introducing Equalify Reflow, an Open Source AI Tool."
Making PDFs accessible slowing you down? Learn how open‑source AI turns them into accessible, dynamic content. Join us online + NYC on Apr 7!
Pre-approved for IAAP CAECs.
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#Accessibility
Word 365's grammar checker suggested I change "After this is done, you assholes are buying me a new one" to "After this is done, your assholes are buying me a new one."
Okay this one had me cracking up. #editorlife #amediting
Closeup of crocheted lacey pattern with repeated fan-like motifs.
I may be late for #showMeYourKnits lace but am slowly working on this shawl. I didn't think I'd be able to manage this thin yarn but am very happy to find I could! #crochet 🧶
"Likely" "apparent" - way to fudge.
Ha first time as an editor that I've encountered a non-breaking hyphen in the text. Impressed that the authors took the time to use it. #AmEditing #Edibuddies
Trump Writes Netanyahu Strongly Worded Check
Trump Writes Netanyahu Strongly Worded Check
Grammarly's presentation of something they call Expert Review, including my name (plus Stephen King's, plus Mary Norris's), though to be sure I've never been contacted by Grammarly, much less compensated.
What in the absolute fuck is this.
That's what I was expecting to find 😂
In Memorandum > In Memoriam
#AmEditing
Text on an academic article about "Moving Things: Moving Cartloads of Treasures from Venice to Ethiopia, ca. 1400" pasted into Grammarly in a Browser. It offers to invoke the digital ghosts of David Abulafia, Barry Flood and Chris Wickham to give me "expert feedback".
Using Grammarly for the first time in forever ... WHAT?
As a non-native speaker writing primarily in English, I used to use it to check prepositions, point out too long/convoluted sentences etc.
It now offers to summon colleagues both living and dead to "expert review" the piece???
What?
- contextualized ("a contextualized overview")
I understand the intent behind the word, but I find it meaningless. Is it possible to create an overview (in this example) that does not consider context? #AmEditing #PlainLanguage
Anne still wins Best Brontë for me. See also below. 😁
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#Edibuddies
When writing alt text, ask yourself if you would picture an approximation of the image if it was described to you over the phone using the alt text you've written. Doing that exercise can be a good way to determine if you're on the right track.
"Democrat-appointed" sounds more natural to me than "Democratic-appointed" and Perplexity agreed, but N-gram shows that "Democratic-appointed" is more commonly used. Recognizing what to check and where is one of the many skills editors need 💡 #AmEditing #Edibuddies books.google.com/ngrams/graph...
whyyyyyyyy am i editing in figma so often these days 💔. note to others: let editors work in the word doc before the designer gets involved 🙏 #amediting
Blue and white patterned ceramic teapot in the shape of an octopus with head to the right and legs to the left
Octopus Teapot by Japanese ceramic artist Keiko Masumoto #womensart
It was line editing but I ended up having to check a lot of internal discrepancies - so flipping back and forth and guessing what they may have intended and suggesting solutions took a lot of brain power 💪 😁
Ha, was going to add "co-creating" to this list then realized I'd already put it at the top 😆 #AmEditing #PlainLanguage
I edited really hard yesterday. Today, my brain feels depleted. Editing is hard work, my friends! #AmEditing #edibuddies
I highly recommend this free intro to privacy and risks of genAI. It takes just 30 minutes to complete. I now feel more confident about what to be careful of. #AmLearning #FreeTraining #genAI
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