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primig
2014-04-17, 04:30 PM
Time to brush up those report writing skills? 4 books here, details below.

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A guide to Technical Report Writing - The Institution of Engineering and Technology
The need for skilled report writing, far from decreasing, has grown since the first edition of this Guide nearly twenty years ago. The courses on the same subject held regularly at the IET are popular, and increasingly are asked for by companies who want such training for groups of engineers. In this revision, the bibliography has been updated. For the rest, the ten laws of good report writing remain the same and as important as ever.

The Elements of INTERNATIONAL ENGLISH Style, A GUIDE TO WRITING CORRESPONDENCE, REPORTS, TECHNICAL DOCUMENTS, and INTERNET PAGES FOR A GLOBAL AUDIENCE - EDMOND H. WEISS
Equally useful for students and professionals in business communication, marketing communication, and international business, The Elements of International English Style is filled with realistic examples, problems, and projects, including: 57 specific tactics to internationalize one's English; hundreds of before-and-after comparisons showing the effects of editing for an international audience; models of international correspondence; practical discussion questions and work projects; useful resources for further study, including books, articles, and websites.
Business and technical documents intended for those who read English as their second language must be unusually simple, unambiguous, and literal. Ideally, they should be edited for ease of translation. They must also be free of cultural irritants and distractions. Every native speaker of English (E1) must learn to edit and revise documents meant for international readers.


How to Write Technical Reports: Understandable Structure, Good Design, Convincing Presentation 2010 Edition by Hering, Lutz, Hering, Heike published by Springer (2010)
Writing technical reports conveys the important and necessary knowledge of writing and presenting technical and scientific work. It answers typical questions about the formal layout and structure, typically arising during the writing process. In addition, it provides many tips ands tricks as well as examples from the real life. Thanks to it clear and easy writing, the book is perfectly suitable for autodidacts. This practical guide through technical writing is based on the fifth edition of very successful German book by the same authors.

How to Write Reports and Proposals (Creating Success)
Getting a message across on paper and presenting a proposal in a clear and persuasive form are vital skills for anyone in business. "How to Write Reports and Proposals" provides practical advice on how to impress, convince and persuade your colleagues or clients. It will help you: improve your writing skills; think constructively before writing; create a good report; produce persuasive proposals; use clear and distinctive language; and, present numbers, graphs and charts effectively. Full of checklists, exercises and examples, "How To Write Reports and Proposals" is essential reading and will help you to put over a good case with style.