Guide to Technical Editing: Discussion, Dictionary, and Exercises

en Limba Engleză Paperback – apr 1992

This unique new handbook will be an essential resource for writers, working scientists, engineers, and technical professionals for whom English is not a first language. The only book of its kind, Guide to Technical Editing shows how to edit technical writing for accuracy, clarity, and
grammar. The workbook provides practical exercises for editing abstracts and presenting technical information from the reader's point of view, and includes a technical editor's glossary with stylebook entries as well as common terms.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780195063066
ISBN-10: 0195063066
Pagini: 192
Ilustrații: figures, tables
Dimensiuni: 167 x 235 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.33 kg
Editura: OXFORD UNIV PR
Locul publicării:New York, United States

Descriere

This unique book shows professionals how to edit their technical writing for accuracy, clarity, and grammatical correctness. It includes exercises for editing abstracts and presenting technical information from the readers point of view, offering practical strategies for improving the organization of text, use of titles, headings and subheadings, use of definitions and examples, and the placement and display of tables and figures. Presenting some of the problems oftechnical writing in a "before and after" format, the drills and discussions sharpen the writer's ability to edit for both content and grammatical correctness. With its technical editor's glossary which contains not only stylebook entries, but also terms common to technical writing such as"informative abstract" and "callout", this new text will be an essential training manual and reference.

Cuprins

Discussion: Edit for organization that shows main points and significance; Edit for titles, headings, and subheadings that mark main points and their order; Edit for definitions crucial to reader understanding; Edit for a concise, consistent style; Edit for tables that display data vividly and concisely; Edit for figures that identify and explain; Edit for completeness, accuracy, and consistency; Dictionary exercises.

Recenzii

'This is an excellent practical guide, for students and wirters, to the editing of technical texts.'Aslib Book Guide, Vol. 58, No. 1, January 1993

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