Rauch on Model Engineering Terms and Minimal Viable English
Guillermo Rauch said he quite likes the engineering terms used for models, such as gate, evidence, culprit, durable, provenance, and contract, believing that these words mostly stem from the fact that the essence of engineering work is debugging and understanding existing systems, playing the role of detective and auditor. He also raised a question: what is the "minimal viable English" truly needed for highly efficient work, and mentioned that ASD-STE100 Simplified Technical English has about 900 approved words, while he suspects that the number of words actually needed is far fewer than that.
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I oddly love the models' engineering vernacular: gate, evidence, culprit, durable, provenance, contract…
A lot of these stem from most engineering being debugging and understanding existing systems, where you take on the detective / auditor roles. You do forensics.
I wonder what the *minimum viable English* in fact is to be productive. ASD-STE100 Simplified Technical English contains ~900 approved words. I suspect we need far fewer.