copy editing
noun[U]
mainlyUS(alsocopy-editing)uk/ˈkɒp.i ˌed.ɪ.tɪŋ/us/ˈkɑː.pi ˌed.ɪ.t̬ɪŋ/(UKusuallysub-editing)thejobofcheckingand makingchangesto atextinordertoprepareit to bepublished:
编审Hispublishingfeeincludesaninitialreadandmultipleroundsofcopyediting.他的出版费包括初读和多轮的编审。
Better copy-editing would havespottedphrasessuch as "HeflewtoParisincommunicado",ratherthanincognito.更好的编审会发现诸如“他飞往巴黎，与世隔绝”这样有问题的表述，其实应该用“隐姓埋名”。
- Contributors shouldgenerallyreviewthecopyeditingoftheirownarticles.
- We sometimes have todealwithauthorswhoobjectto the publisher'scopyediting.
- You writeyourblog, reread it,rewriteit,maybeshow it to someoneelsefor somecopyeditingand thenpostit.
- Newspapermanagementneedsto beawareof thevaluethatcopyeditingbringstonewspapersand toreaders.
- I've only juststartedat thepaperand they don'tletme do muchyet. Copy-editing, thatsortof thing.
Editing & compiling
- abridged
- anthologist
- blue pencil
- bowdlerization
- bowdlerize
- bowdlerized
- co-edit
- compile
- dub
- emend
- excerpt
- lexicographer
- non-editorial
- over-edit
- post-editing
- proofreading
- recension
- revised
- undubbed
- unfiltered