The Plain Language Movement is an effort to eliminate unnecessarily complex language from academia,
government, law, and business.
Plain English (sometimes referred to more broadly as plain language) is a generic term for communication
styles
that emphasise clarity, brevity and the avoidance of technical language – particularly in relation to official government communication,
including laws.
that emphasise clarity, brevity and the avoidance of technical language – particularly in relation to official government communication,
including laws.
The intention is to write in a manner that is easily understood by the target audience:
appropriate to their reading skills and knowledge, clear and direct, free of cliché and unnecessary jargon.
appropriate to their reading skills and knowledge, clear and direct, free of cliché and unnecessary jargon.
In the US the plain language movement in government communication started in the 1970s.
The Paperwork Reduction Act was introduced in 1976.
and in 1978 President Carter issued Executive Orders intended to make government regulations
"cost-effective and easy-to-understand by those who were required to comply with them.
A good example is the excellent video tape to Iranian people by President Obama in 2009.
It was in Globish-like language and it could be understood by much of the world without translation.
Their job was to be understood by all their listeners.
アメリカの大統領だって、一人でも多くの世界中の人々に自分の考えを聞いてもらうため口語調の平易な英語の演説を行っているんですよ。グロービッシュで。
plain Englishを使ってくれた方が楽ですよね～。言われたことは分かるか分からないかしかないんですから。
例えばこんな文章はどうでしょう