proofreading/editing texts in English
Thread poster: Maria Rigli
Maria Rigli
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Greece
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Member (2013)
English to Greek
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Apr 9, 2018

Which books do you consider the most reliable/useful for someone who is proofreading/editing texts in English?

 
DZiW (X)
DZiW (X)
Ukraine
English to Russian
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account book Apr 9, 2018

There're too many (including at Amazon.com), yet translator is to consider clients' style-guides and preferences while learning to be even more educated, attentive, understanding, flexible, clear, and so on.

I enjoyed reading http://www.writersandeditors.com/for_editors_57430.htm

Depending on your needs and skills, an experienced colleague-proofreader (or s
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There're too many (including at Amazon.com), yet translator is to consider clients' style-guides and preferences while learning to be even more educated, attentive, understanding, flexible, clear, and so on.

I enjoyed reading http://www.writersandeditors.com/for_editors_57430.htm

Depending on your needs and skills, an experienced colleague-proofreader (or several!) in the fields would be really helpful, but nowadays even mere 'translation' often goes beyond localization--to rewriting, ghostwriting, or copy-writing and on.

Indeed, not everything is written in the paper.

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Jean Dimitriadis
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English to French
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Revising and Editing for Translators Apr 9, 2018

If we're talking about translated texts, then I would recommend "Revising and Editing for Translators" by Brian Mossop. Also valuable for self-revision.

 
Maxi Schwarz
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German to English
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Would country matter in this question? Apr 12, 2018

For example, English in the UK, in the US, in Canada, in Australia and NZ, etc. I don't know if different governments and organizations might not have their own conventions as well.

 
Min Kyu Kim
Min Kyu Kim
United States
Local time: 20:21
Mix of Student Grammars Jul 16, 2018

For copyediting & Proofreading, student grammars can be the right mix of information and readability. Check out:

The McGraw-Hill Handbook of English Grammar and Usage
The Little, Brown Handbook
A Practical English Grammar


 
Stephanie Warren (X)
Stephanie Warren (X)
United Kingdom
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English to French
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SfEP Aug 23, 2018

The SfEP (Society for Editors and Proofreaders) is more or less the place to go to qualify and train in proofreading and editing.
Book-wise, I have the Oxford Style Manual very useful and the Cambridge Grammar/Vocabulary/Idioms in use books are very good.


 


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