Élise Cossette

So much of working in content is embracing the fact that you don’t know and lobbying for getting the time to figure it out. I love that.

J'adore cette initiative! Comment prononcer le nom d'une nation autochtone.

@afhill @supergovernance Oh yes! That's what keeps me awake at night 😆 The translation is not necessarily a bad starting point, but it should be more often considered as such: a starting point. I know @clearerworld has similar thoughts on this!

@eliseco7 @supergovernance I find this a fascinating topic - and challenging when we have a single website (canada.ca) with .. translated terms.. even if a mental model or concept may be different.

j’ai écrit un petit livre qui sortira chez @memoiredencrier le 27 avril

@clearerworld Ooh! Je vais assurément y jeter un coup d'oeil. Très belle initiative!

@eliseco7 ... And some info about a course I created a few years ago, ‘Intro to clear communication for translators.’

This! Amazing work for designing bilingual content. I always talk about how such a feedback loop helps improve both languages. So happy to see this 😍

@clearerworld Yess! Such a good blog post. I read it a while back and was really happy to find similar findings. I even quoted you recently for how you describe similarly the process, "using the translation as a starting point" 🙌🏻😊

@eliseco7 Looks fantastic! In case it’s of interest... Thoughts on a similar issue/process: ivacheung.com/2014/07/domini… ...

@Gemma_CDPS @helivans @GwennoEdwards @Dyn_Drwg @RobertMills Omg this is so exciting! 🤩

@helivans @GwennoEdwards @Dyn_Drwg @RobertMills I’m really looking forward to this too! This will be an excellent follow on from the session with @eliseco7, showing how multi-lingual content design works in practice 😍

Really looking forward to a session tomorrow with the Designing Bilingual Services Community of Practice. @GwennoEdwards @Dyn_Drwg @RobertMills and Manon from our translation team talking about writing content together - translator, user researcher and content designer. 🤩

Our team at @CDS_GC is hiring a new CEO – if it's you, or someone you know, send in an application by March 7: digital.canada.ca/careers/positi… #GCdigital

Yes! It's far from being the work of a single person! @peripherlvision helped a lot move the vision forward as lead content designer. As well as @KeithEmmerson with who @BrazeauAnik and I started diving more deeply into the challenges of bilingual content design 2 years ago 🙌🏻

Thanks so much for the opportunity! Really enjoyed meeting you all and learn about our shared challenges. And congrats for live tweeting in both languages, it's not easy 👏

Tomorrow, I'll be sharing how we build bilingual services at @CDS_GC @SNC_GC with the community of practice of Wales. I really look forward to connecting with another bilingual community and share experiences!

@SmartMouthWords @emanelfy @aaronsnow @willguv @LocalGovDrupal @DivaDiamond101 @CakeContent @_RhiannonLawson @markconroy @anatolep @BrazeauAnik Happy to connect as well. As @SmartMouthWords said, I'm giving a presentation on this topic tomorrow to the 'Building bilingual services' community of practice of gov.wales.

@emanelfy @aaronsnow @willguv @LocalGovDrupal @DivaDiamond101 @CakeContent @_RhiannonLawson @markconroy @anatolep @BrazeauAnik @eliseco7 Happy to chat @_RhiannonLawson. I know @eliseco7 has been talking to a group from Wales about bilingual content design.

📣 Calling all content folks. Do you know any bilingual content designers? My former colleague @_RhiannonLawson would like to chat to someone about creating content in 2 languages - not just translating from one to the other #contentdesign #content #govcontent

@clearerworld @quidampepin @tomomiq Un peu en lien avec l'insécurité linguistique; je me demande si demander "do you understand French" au lieu de "do you speak French" serait à explorer pour favoriser les conversations bilingues (anglo parle anglais, franco parle français). Moins performatif, moins de pression?

@quidampepin @eliseco7 @tomomiq Merci pour les pistes de solution et de réflexion! Je n’avais pas fait le lien avec l’insécurité linguistique. Évident, pourtant! (Mon cerveau de fin de semaine tourne au ralenti... ;-)

‘When teams have a dominant language that isn’t native or non-native to all of its members, we need deliberate structures to embrace that language diversity.’ Surely applies to the Canadian gov., with its English/French bilingual workplaces Any thoughts, @quidampepin @eliseco7

.@candiwrites on when playing devil's advocate in design is inappropriate: bit.ly/3mxzIGj #UX

Yes! So glad that @joepairman shows how a passive-voice verb can help a paragraph flow, thanks to the ‘given-new’ principle. Passive voice isn’t always bad. Let’s learn more about how it works, instead of just banishing it. #PlainLanguage #ClearCommunication

@Gladysdit Oh comme je suis contente d'apprendre ça! Félicitations pour tous tes efforts 😊

«Je n’ai pas été enterrée, mais je suis morte» #JNVR tvanouvelles.ca/2021/09/30/je-…

@clearerworld @RedactionClaire @thelegaltr @IvaCheung Assurément! Deux traducteurs de mon organisation vont aussi y assister 😊

@eliseco7 @RedactionClaire @thelegaltr @IvaCheung Super! Si tu connais d’autres gens que ça pourrait intéresser, passe le mot!

Pour tous ceux que le sujet intéresse : Colloque international sur la communication entre État et citoyens en ligne, du mercredi 6 au vendredi 8 oct. event.fourwaves.com/fr/f2a22c13-a4… Yé! Cc @RedactionClaire @eliseco7 @thelegaltr @IvaCheung