Human Factors人为因素
Human factors is the study of human performance, limitations, and error in operational and maintenance environments. It appears in training programs, procedure design, and safety investigation reports to explain how workload, fatigue, communication, and interface design affect task reliability; in aviation documentation it is also used when analyzing error chains, developing non-technical skills, and shaping maintenance or flight-deck procedures to reduce human error.
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Where this term appears
In translation and localization work, human factors appears in maintenance human factors training, safety management system materials, and incident investigation reports. Translators encounter it when localizing fatigue risk management content, error-reporting forms, and procedure usability guidance where wording must distinguish human error from wilful violation and from organizational failure; this distinction matters in blame-free reporting systems.
Translation checks
A common mistake is translating human factors as “human causes” or “personnel problems,” which turns a systemic field into an individual blame label. Another error is treating human error and violation as synonyms; in safety documents this obscures whether the issue is accidental slip, knowledge gap, or deliberate non-compliance, and weakens the recommended corrective action.
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