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Guillermo Rauch offers observations on the engineering terminology used for models and where it comes from. He says he quite likes the engineering terminology used for models, such as gate, evidence, culprit, durable, provenance, and contract, and believes these words mostly stem from the fact that engineering work is fundamentally about debugging and understanding existing systems, with engineers playing the role of detective and auditor. He also raises the question: what is the "minimum viable English" needed to truly work efficiently; he mentions that ASD-STE100 Simplified Technical English has about 900 approved words, and suspects that far fewer words are actually needed. There are currently no further developments.
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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.