Elke Erdmann

Elke Erdmann is a technical communicator at Rohde & Schwarz. She has accumulated 20 years of practical experience at a variety of firms in technical editing, as well as in introducing content management systems, process definitions and creating authoring guidelines. ••••• Kristina Johnson Coenen studied creative writing and international relations in the U.S. and Belgium. After receiving a Fulbright scholarship, she worked as a foreign language assistant and taught English as a foreign language for several years in a row. She has worked as a technical communicator for 5 years, currently at Bosch Automotive Service Solutions GmbH. ••••• Dr. Lisa Link is Professor of Technical Communication and Language Processing in the study of International Technical Communication at the University of Applied Sciences at Flensburg. Her research focuses on communication optimization, work processes in technical communication and intercultural communication. ••••• James Longbotham studied linguistics and, since 2009, works as a linguistic engineer and project manager at Acrolinx GmbH. He also works as a translator and proofreader on a freelance basis. ••••• Dr. Markus Nickl founded doctima GmbH in 1998. Comprehensibility, editorial processes, and social media are key aspects of his work. He publishes regularly on these topics. Markus Nickl advises tekom members in the tekom WebForum on text comprehension and other language issues. Since 2012, he has served as an Honorary Professor at the University of Aarhus. ••••• Ursula Reuther studied applied linguistics and translation studies and has worked for research and industry in the field of language technology since 1986 at IAI Saarbrücken. Since 2012, she has been a member of the institution’s management. Since September 2011, she has also worked for Congree Language Technology GmbH in sales and consulting. Her work and interests focus on language standardization and Controlled Language and Terminology. ••••• Andrea Schöffer is a technical communicator and translator at Grundfos Water Treatment. She has 25 years experience in translating technical texts and has been writing English manuals in collaboration with native English speakers for five years. In the technical editing department at Grundfos, she is responsible for managing terminology and language checking of English and German documents. ••••• Dr. Melanie Siegel is Professor of Information Science at the University of Darmstadt. She has worked for 20 years in the theory and practical application of computational linguistics and language technology. Stations: University of Bielefeld, DFKI and Saarland University, Acrolinx GmbH.