What is ASD Simplified Technical English?
ASD Simplified Technical English is a set of Writing Rules and a Dictionary of controlled vocabulary. The Dictionary has sufficient words to express any technical sentence. The words were chosen for their simplicity and ease of recognition. When there are several words in English for a certain thing or action (synonyms), this Specification selects one of these synonyms to the exclusion of the others (whenever possible, “one word – one meaning”). For example, “start” was chosen instead of “begin”, “commence”, “initiate”, or “originate”. When there is a choice between American English and British English words and spelling, the American version is used (Merriam-Websters Dictionary). When there are several possible definitions of a word in English, the Specification selects one of these definitions to the exclusion of the others (whenever possible, “one word – one meaning”). For example, “to fall” has the definition of “to move down by the force of gravity”, not “decrease”. History of ASD
