Question Working as an Editor

Discussion in 'Translator's Corner' started by Mistelteinn, Jun 5, 2017.

  1. SilverThiec

    SilverThiec Active Member

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    A real editor spends over an hour reading it multiple times.
     
  2. Murcott

    Murcott Well-Known Member

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    None of the three women before him believe in his words. (or "believed," for past tense)

    Add an /s/ if the subject is singular; don't add an /s/ if the subject is plural. The subject and verb must agree - if a subject is plural, the verb must also be plural, and vice versa. In the present tense, nouns and verbs form plurals in opposite ways: nouns add an /s/ to the singular form; verbs remove the /s/ from the singular form. Of course, in this case, the plural form of "woman" is "women." You also have indefinite pronouns that are both singular and plural, which I won't expand on.
     
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  3. Ryogawa

    Ryogawa Translator on Volarenovels and Liberspark

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    It really depends on which translator you work for. Personally, my editor and a few others of translators I know are pretty well-compensated because we appreciate the work they do and their talents.
     
  4. Kari_translations

    Kari_translations Well-Known Member

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    ^This
    Professional editors get paid from 1 to 5 cents per word (depending on the type of edit they do)
    Also, form the examples you gave, that would be copy editing, and those editors (pro ones) know the rules of grammar like the palm of their hand.
     
  5. Ryuuto-san

    Ryuuto-san Well-Known Member

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    I want to know from what novel is this text from? Can someone please tell me?
     
  6. Dragon_Reader

    Dragon_Reader Humans just don't taste as good as books \( ̄ハ ̄)

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    Lol, I am interested too. This story seems pretty interesting....