Jargon, avoiding

Japanese surnames, 91 Jargon, avoidance, 12 Journal abbreviation field, format when citing periodicals, 177—182... 

Technical language and jargon are useful as professional shorthand, but they are barriers to successful communication with the public. Use simple, nontechnical language and vivid, concrete images that communicate on a personal level. Avoid distant, abstract, unfeeling language about deaths, injuries, and illnesses. 

Warning and instructional signs and instruction should be primarily provided in the national language of the country of operation. They should be concise and direct. Use of jargon, slang or local dialect references should always be avoided, as these may not always be correctly interpreted. Abbreviations should be avoided unless the abbreviation is commonly known and used by the population, versus the descriptive word or words. 

In order to be sure of good quality analytical data, the analyst is recommended to construct a Levich plot such as that shown in Figure 7.5 before starting a series of analyses analysts will avoid those rotation speeds represented on the graph as turbulent flow. In the jargon of the subject, the analyst may say that a laminar regime is maintained. 

Try writing some bad sentences. Use unnecessary words and repetition, jargon, pretentious words, unclear pronoun references, and ambiguous words. Avoid exact words and phrases, and repeat the same sentence structure. By trying to write poorly, you ll get a better sense of what to avoid in your writing. 

Word Choice Precise and careful word choice avoids jargon and pretentious language. Most words are exact and appropriate an occasionally ineffective word choice. Mix of general and specific words some pretentious language or jargon. Mostly general inexact words word choice sometimes inappropriate. Word choice often ineffective or inappropriate. 

Avoid jargon specific to the process that the intended reader may not understand. One good guide is to try to have the written report intelligible to the technical-minded layperson. 

Describe your experiments in sufficient detail to ensure that others can replicate your findings. Avoid codes or your own jargon, unless you have clearly defined the term in writing. Many biochemical experiments involve many operations that, while combined in different ways, should be clearly described in their order of execution for each experiment. 

Toxicology reports require a surprisingly limited vocabulary. Simple terms should always be preferred over complicated ones. Jargon should be avoided. Abbreviations and acronyms should be defined the first time they are used in each section of the report. Some technical or medical terms are unavoidable, but the author should ensure that all of the terms used can be found in a basic medical dictionary. Do not assume that the reader has an in-depth knowledge of the subject. 

As in the previous editions, it was my aim to write a compact, interesting and easily readable book, and to avoid specialist jargon and technical details as far as possible, but without losing sight of my own interests. I hope that the reader will profit from this effort. I thank Mrs A. R. Knecht, who. in addition to her other duties, advanced the production of this new edition through her great... 

Jargon consists of technical or specialized terms used in specific fields. If your audience isn t in the field, you ll probably lose them. It s best to avoid jargon as much as possible. When you do use jargon, make sure to define the terms so your reader can follow your message. Otherwise, you re just wasting your time. 

Papers from the primary literature are selected carefully. Generally they are short. Reviews are avoided, though the articles need to be readable by a novice. The best papers are cross-disciplinary, in part because of my desire to emphasize the connection to other fields, but also because the interdisciplinary nature of the professional audience tends to promote clearer exposition and limits the use of jargon that can be confusing to the novice. 

A word about style. 1 have tried to avoid flogging dead horses or belaboring the obvious to be honest about the inevitable simplifications to write simply and without jargon to respect the reader s intelligence as well as his ignorance. I rely on exam-... 

Requirements should be defined precisely vague statements, ambiguity, and jargon should therefore be avoided. The use of diagrams is often useful. The scope for readers to make assumptions or misinterpret should be minimized. 

I Avoid slang, jargon, and acronyms unless you know the other person will understand you. 

Avoid needless jargon, unfamiliar acronyms and vague abbreviations. If abbreviations and acronyms are necessary, be sure they are well defined. 

Spell out all terms in the title, and avoid jargon, symbols, formulas, and abbreviations. Whenever possible, use words rather than expressions containing superscripts, subscripts, or other special notations. Do not cite company names, specific trademarks, or brand names of chemicals, drugs, materials, or instruments. 

To achieve the aim stated above I try to avoid specialist jargon or, if it is important, to define and explain the special terminology that the reader will meet in the latest scientific journals, providing the connection back to the concepts familiar to people with a physics, chemistry or biology backgroimd. The policy planner and assessor will similarly find the newest ideas and methods in these fields linked back to conventional economy and to environmental and planning sciences. 

Wherever possible, avoid jargon—that is, words and phrases that are unnecessarily technical, pretentious, or abstract. 

Avoid language that is sexist, trendy, or that tries to hide truth behind jargon or euphemisms. 

Some nouns may be used as adjectives modifying other nouns horse show, movie star, or theater seats. But some nouns used as adjectives sound awkward or like jargon. To avoid such awkwardness, you may need to change the noun to an appropriate adjective or reword the sentence. 

The use of appropriate vocabulary and avoidance of jargon is important. Often words that are second nature to the pharmacist may be totally alien to the patient. For example, if a pharmacist or pharmacy technician advised a patient that there is a PIL enclosed with their medication, instead of saying there is a patient information leaflet enclosed, it may lead to confusion. To a patient the term PIL is likely to mean a pharmaceutical form (a pill) and they will probably think of a tablet or more likely the contraceptive pill. 

Response In layman terms candidate was able to show the features and benefits of his copy machine. Avoided —Jargon" and was able to communicate his product in a methodical way. 

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