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Maria Rigli Greece Local time: 12:32 Member (2013) English to Greek + ...
Apr 9, 2018
Which books do you consider the most reliable/useful for someone who is proofreading/editing texts in English?
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DZiW (X) Ukraine English to Russian + ...
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.
Depending on your needs and skills, an experienced colleague-proofreader (or s... See more
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.
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.
If we're talking about translated texts, then I would recommend "Revising and Editing for Translators" by Brian Mossop. Also valuable for self-revision.
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Maxi Schwarz Local time: 04:32 German to English + ...
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.
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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
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Stephanie Warren (X) United Kingdom Local time: 10:32 English to French + ...
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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