Global Talk

The International Technical Communication SIG of STC is the professional organization focused on localization, translation, and cross cultural communication for technology.

Activities

The ITC SIG offers members the opportunity to work together toward a better understanding of the international marketplace for technical communication.

Members collaborate on Global Talk by contributing articles and news on localization, translation, and cross cultural communication. Members are invited to join our email list.

SIG leaders are working on global membership initiatives to expand STC membership and service to members worldwide.

At the STC annual conference, the ITC SIG hosts face-to-face meetings for members and prospective members and sponsors sessions and activities with vendors and related organizations. Activities have included the International Pavilion to showcase speakers and topics of interest to SIG members and all attendees, as well as progressions, networking lunches, and business meetings.  Contact ITC SIG manager Traci Nathans-Kelly for information about the current year’s planned activities.

How to join

Membership in the ITC SIG is open to STC members only. To see the chapters and SIGs you belong to, log in on the STC site and on the page that opens, click the link to manage your profile (also at STC Members > Member Services > Account Settings). To join the SIG, download the “membership upgrade or change form” (pdf).

Complete the form and return it to STC. Please provide an email address that you check often, because communication with members is by email. To join STC, download and complete a membership application or join online.

Mission

ITC SIG Mission: Develop and share information about internationalization, translation, localization, cross-cultural communication, and technical communication worldwide.

STC Mission: STC advances the theory and practice of technical communication across all user abilities and media so that both businesses and customers benefit from safe, appropriate, and effective use of products, information, and services.

Copyright statement

The ITC SIG web site and Global Talk invite members to submit 500 to 1000 word reviews and articles that they wish to be considered for publication. Note: By submitting an article, you implicitly grant a license to the ITC SIG web site and Global Talk to run the article and for other STC publications to reprint it without permission. Copyright is held by the writer. Please let the ITC SIG know if this article has run elsewhere, and if it has been submitted for consideration to other publications.

Publication policy

Submissions must be on the topics related to international and cross-cultural technical communication. The Administrators, Editors, and Authors may edit any submission. Edits may be checked with the submitter, or made without checking.

Reprint policy

Reprinting and re-posting of material by other organizations within STC are welcome. Links to material on this site and Global Talk are invited. Please credit the ITC SIG of STC.

ITC Bylaws

The ITC Bylaws, updated in 2007, are available in a PDF document.