copy editing
noun [ U ] mainly US (also copy-editing) uk/ˈkɒp.i ˌed.ɪ.tɪŋ/ us/ˈkɑː.pi ˌed.ɪ.t̬ɪŋ/ (UK usually sub-editing)
编审
the job of checking and making changes to a text in order to prepare it to be published
His publishing fee includes an initial read and multiple rounds of copy editing. 他的出版费包括初读和多轮的编审。
Better copy-editing would have spotted phrases such as "He flew to Paris incommunicado", rather than incognito. 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”。
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- Contributors should generally review the copy editing of their own articles.
- We sometimes have to deal with authors who object to the publisher's copy editing.
- You write your blog, reread it, rewrite it, maybe show it to someone else for some copy editing and then post it.
- Newspaper management needs to be aware of the value that copy editing brings to newspapers and to readers.
- I've only just started at the paper and they don't let me do much yet. Copy-editing, that sort of thing.