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Different Level of Copy editing

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Different Level of Copy editing

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  1. WHATARETHE DIFFERENTLEVELSOFCOPYEDITING?

  2. Copyeditorscouldlingerovereachlineandparagraphinadocumentuntil theywerepleasedwithitsclarity,coherence,consistency,andcorrectness— evenitsbeautyandelegance—iftimeandmoneywerenotaproblem. However,becausetimeandmoneyarealwaysconstraints,manybookand corporatepublishersuselight,medium,orheavyphrasestohelpcopyeditors focusandprioritizetheirwork. ThelevelofManuscriptcopyeditingapublisherrequestsforagivenproject dependsonseveralfactors,includingthefollowing: thecalibreoftheauthor'swriting; thetargetmarket; thetimelineandbudgetforeditingandpublication; theauthor'sreputation,attitudetowardediting,andavailability; thesizeofthefinalprintrun; andthesignificanceofthepublicationtothepublisher.

  3. Inaperfectworld,judgmentsontheamountofcopyeditingwouldonlybe madeafterconsideringthewriting'scaliberandthedemandsofthetarget audience. Thoughtslike"Thismanuscriptispoorlywritten,butourbudgetonlyallowsfor lightcopyediting"or"Thismanuscriptwouldbenefitfromaheavierhand,but the authorhasmanypressingcommitmentsandwon'thave timetoread through aheavilyeditedmanuscript"frequentlyprevail due tobudgetary constraintsanddeadlinepressures. Therearenostandarddefinitionsforlight,medium,andseverecopyediting, butifyouadheretotherecommendations,youwon'tstraytoofarfromthe mark.Youmayevenshowyoureditorialcoordinatorthesecriteriaandask whichonesbestreflecttheirexpectationsforyourwork. Additionally,beforecommencingcopyediting,youshouldinquireaboutthe followingtopics.

  4. AUDIENCE Whoisthetext'sprimaryreadership? Howmuchbackgroundknowledgeisassumedofthereaders? Whatpurposewillreadershaveforthepublication?Willitbe readingforleisureorwork?Isitareferencemanualorareadit onceandputitasidedocument?Willmostreadersskimthe article,orwilltheysometimesreferbacktodifferentparts?

  5. TEXT Howmuchtextisthere? Whatkindofphysicalpartisthetext? Foreditingonpaper:It'sdouble-spaced.(Copying-editingsingle-spacedtextmightbechallengingunlessonlyafew commasareneeded.)Onhowmanywordsdoesapagearc?Howwelldoesthetypefaceread?Allfourmarginsmustbeat leastoneinchwide. Paron-sweatediting:Whatwordprocessingprogramdidtheauthoruse?Forexample,hasthepublisherconvertedthe author'sfilesintoanotherprogramorformat?Howwillthejournalcopyeditedmanuscriptbeprocessed? Forhard-copyediting:Willtheentiredocumentbere-keyed,orwillthemodificationsbeentered?(Ifthelatter,the copyeditormustmarkupanychangeswithabrightlycolouredpencilorpensothattheinputtermayseethemstraight away.)

  6. Foron-snapediting:Isthecopyeditorneedtoprovidedeanfiles, whichincludethecopyeditedtext,orredlinedfiles,whichshow insertionsanddeletions?Isthecopyeditorrequiredtocode elementsoruniquecharacters(suchasdiacriticalmarkingson lettersandforeignalphabets)? Doesthemanuscriptincludeanythingexceptplaintext,suchas tables,footnotesorendnotes,abibliography,photographs, or graphs?Howmanyofeachtype? Areallworksofartavailableasreadablecopies?

  7. TYPEOFEDITING Whichtypeofmedicalmanuscriptcopyediting—light,medium,orheavy—isbeingaskedfor? Isthereanyschedulingorfinancialrestrictionsbehindthatrequest? Hastherequesterreadthewholetextoronlyaportionofit?Howmuch money orhoursare allottedforthecopyediting? Doesthecopyeditorhavetomakesignificanttextcuts? Isitexpectedthatthecopyeditorwillverifythemathinthetables?Toexamine bibliographicalreferences?Existanysignificantdesignrestrictionsorpreferencesthatplace restrictionsontheamountofart,tablesize,or several headinglevels?Usingunique characters(foreignalphabets,mathematicalsymbols,musicalnotation)?Endnotesor footnotes?

  8. EDITORIALSTYLE Whattypeofmanualdoes thepackprefer?Thedictionaryof choice? Doesastylemanual,cheatsheetorlistofeditorial preferencesexistinsidethecompany? ShouldIreadanyprioreditionsorsimilarliteraturefirst?Is thisworkapartofamoreextensiveseries?

  9. AUTHOR Whowrotethis?Istheauthorneworseasoned? Theauthorhasseenasampleedit,right? Hastheauthorbeeninformedoftheeditingtype(ordegree)?

  10. ADMINISTRATIVEDETAILS Whomshouldthecopyeditoraddressanyinquiriesthatcomeup whileediting? Whattimeframemustthelanguageeditingbefinished?Howfirm isit?

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