authordesk

“Applying standards throughout the entire company with authordesk.“

Jan Grüter | Product Manager

authordesk – Authors Support, controlled language and Terminology all in one

Different ways of saying the same thing – at the word level we are talking about synonyms. But certainly more often there are entire sentences with a different structure that mean the same thing.

Your benefits

Your documents consist of uniform terminology and syntax.
You minimize your translation costs.
The fuzzy search allows you to find terms and sentences despite spelling mistakes.

Increased quality through standardization

In technical writing it often occurs that numerous source-language text variants are produced for one and the same set of facts, which are then translated into numerous languages. This is clarified by an example:

Switch on device at main switch.n
Switch on the device at the main switch.
Switch on the device via the main switch.
Switch on the device with the main switch.

One could continue this example as long as one wished. With authordesk, you have the opportunity to significantly increase your efficiency in text creation. The standardization of contents results in a uniform style and in documents that are “cut from the same mold”.

While you write, authordesk suggests entire sentences or individual terms that you can adopt into your document with a simple click of the mouse. You increase the reuse of sentences and therefore the quality of your texts, since non-valid sentences or terms are also shown and can simply be replaced. The suggestions can be shown to the author in real-time or alternatively, the entire document can be checked via a batch process.

authordesk can be run as an independent system or fully integrated into the docuglobe and xr editorial systems.

Fuzzy search

authordesk finds content regardless of spelling, typing or hyphenation errors. Furthermore, context-related terms are also easily found.

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Webinars, Seminars and workshops

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Webinars

The 60-minute webinars are free of charge. Please register at least 15 minutes beforehand.

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If you don't have time for the webinar - just register anyway. You will receive a recording of the webinar after the event.

Please note that our webinars are held in German.

Currently we don't offer specific Webinars.

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Seminars and Workshops

All seminars take place from 9:30 am to 4:00 pm. The registration fee is €380 plus VAT per person and includes beverages and a joint lunch.

The minimum number of participants is 5 persons. Please register by emailing This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. specifying your name, your company, the name of the seminar, its location and date.

Please note that our seminars are currently only available in German.

You can choose from a variety of seminar topics and workshops related to authordesk as well as to our other systems and services.

Of course, we also offer individual content tailored specifically to your needs - feel free to contact us for advice:

Consulting Seminar/Workshop

We make every effort to implement in-person training sessions as requested even as the coronavirus incidence rates are currently very high. To this end, we strictly follow the specifications set out by the relevant Federal States where the event is to take place.

Inside the training facilities, no masks need to be worn if a minimum distance of 1.5 meters can be maintained. Unless this is possible, a mask is required to be worn even during the training session.

If in-person training is not possible, various platforms are available for online training such as Teams, Skype for Business, Teamviewer, GoToWebinar or GoToMeeting.

It is also possible to schedule training sessions at short notice – please feel free to contact us.

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