Hélène Cajolet-Laganière

Pour une approche plus ouverte du français et de sa variation géographique, pour une meilleure prise en compte des contextes québécois, canadien et nord-américain

This new dictionary offers a general, modern and open description of the French language that reflects the Quebec, Canadian and North American reality in all facets of daily and professional life (flora and fauna, education, medicine, law, culture, food etc.), while also creating bridges with the world French speaking nations (Francophonie). The online dictionary dissemination is user-centered. The various features enable quick access to words and entries, easy reading and information decoding due to a tooltips system and a vast hyperlink network. In order to remain an interactive reference tool, Usito is always in touch witch users and provides them with a direct comments transmission channel.

Technical Writing in French in Canada: Results of Two Surveys

Most North American research into technical writing explores the profession as it is practised in English; investigation of technical writing in languages other than English centres mainly on technical translation. This paper points out that in Canada, and primarily in Quebec, there is a considerable body of technical documentation written originally in French. Through an analysis of two surveys conducted by the authors it attempts to identify who these French-language professional and technical writers are, where and under what conditions they work, and what type of training they have. 49