Standards & Consultancy

At Shufrans, we work according to international technical documentation standards such as S1000D, S2000M, ATA-iSpec 2200 and Shipdex, while having the flexibility to deal with your specific requirements.

Technical Writing

An important aspect of content development is technical writing. At Shufrans TechDocs, we focus on clarity in documentation. Therefore, we ensure that language is not an obstacle for users to read and understand the information to be conveyed.

Simplified Technical English

ASD-STE100 Simplified Technical English (STE) is an international writing standard that helps to make technical documentation less ambiguous, easier to understand and faster to translate.

Certified ASD-STE100 Training

We are the global leader in ASD-STE100 training and consultancy. Our certified Simplified Technical English training workshops are conducted by seasoned industry experts.

I found all the STE rules to be highly beneficial for my work and certainly look forward to start applying Simplified English rules by using the ASD-STE100 specification. The two-day workshop conducted by Shumin has taught me how to use the STE rules correctly and apply them in the appropriate context. Everything has been explained very clearly.

Tina Kosman Safety Engineer, De Boer Machines
Frans was both consultant and trainer to my authoring team as we developed a version of STE specifically targeted for the information technology sector. His tremendous experience in the field and passion for conferring that knowledge to our writers was instrumental in our success in adapting the authoring process as well as the documentation itself. In the long run, controlled authoring initiatives are only as good as the writers themselves and the enthusiasm with which they adopt the changed working environment. I believe Frans was critical in assisting with the cultural reformation of my team. Top qualities: Great Results, Expert, High Integrity

Karen Toast Conger Director, Product Training & Publications, WatchGuard Technologies Inc.
The Simplified Technical English course content and requirements provided by Shumin Chen were an absolute good fit with the TCLoc Master's program. A technical communicator has to know about the existing specifications for technical documentation. Furthermore, this course helps the students to acquire new skills in order to enhance the accuracy and clarity of contents.

TCLoc Master's Student University of Strasbourg
This was a great course with very useful and practical knowledge for my work. Simplified Technical English (STE) encourages users to always refer to the approved list of verbs and nouns in the STE dictionary before writing their technical documentation. The active voice is also a very useful and powerful tool in sending loud and clear instructions to our users. Starting a warning or caution with a simple and clear command is also very crucial in my line of work. Shumin's delivery of the training is highly organised, and she has been most patient with our comments, questions, and feedback the whole time.

Abdel Alazeem Arafah Service Coordinator, NIMR Automotive
Frans is an exceptionnally talented linguist, in addition to an excellent marketing and technical representative for his company. Boeing has had the pleasure of working with Frans as the liaison for our activities and hopes to continue having him support us in that role and any future role he may have with the company.

Ligia McLean International Business Mgr., The Boeing Company
This course shares a good overview of structure, purpose, history, and contextual information about STE. The limited vocabulary and restricted list of words, short sentence constructions, active voice, and imperative verb usage are valuable takeaways messages to act upon in Simplified English. The examples used in this training are quite realistic and it is very likely that I will recommend this STE training to someone else.

Roland Kiser Terminology Coordinator, Schindler
Thanks for this course. I learned a lot and would have liked to spend more time improving these skills. My takeaway? Simplify and remove whatever is unnecessary.

TCLoc Master's Student University of Strasbourg
Frans provided a useful and insightful course about Simplified English. This course enabled Tellabs to start a terminology bank and to implement language checker software. I am impressed with Frans’ command of language, and the manner in which he trained our organization. I highly recommend Frans to anyone who wants to be in control of their language. Top Qualities: Personable, Expert, Good Value

Jon Jackson Technical Author, Tellabs Denmark
The introduction to STE gave me a more detailed idea about the STE concept. STE favours simple and short sentences to give the audience a clear idea of how information develops. It was also good to know that some verbs that ar evry commonly used in Schindler vocabulary are not acccepted in STE. Instead, shorter, simpler verbs can be good enough. To add, rules and tips provided during the training has been very helpful for my work. The exercises were practical and useful and I wish we had more time to go into more detail. Everything had been clearly explained and Shumin was very specific. I would most likely recommend this course to technical authors.

Corporate Technical Writer, Schindler Group
The course was intellectually challenging and stimulating. "Less is more" as an STE principle is something that I quite like :). For a beginner, there is quite a lot of material to process, and study in a short time. On the plus side, Shumin presented the material intelligibly and gave sufficient number of examples during her lectures. Her presentations were very well-prepared, and I enjoyed her classes. 🙂

TCLoc Master's Student Technical Communication and Localization