HOW DOES COPYEDITING DIFFER FROM PROOFREADING?

Question 1

Brief

Answer 1

The instructions provided by the client on the work that is to be done, the style elements that are to be applied, and any other issues affecting the text that must be taken into account.

Question 2

Parochialisms

Answer 2

Writing that expresses a limited viewpoint, which may not be understood or welcomed by readers from a wider sphere. For instance, in a text that is aimed at an international audience, references to ‘this country’ and ‘our government’ will be unclear to many readers. Similarly, statements such as ‘in the last few years’ will soon become obsolete. In all cases it is better to make the reference specific so that it can be understood by all readers: ‘in Canada’, ‘the UK government’, ‘since 2010’.

Question 3

Plagiarism

Answer 3

The action or practice of taking someone else’s work or idea and passing it off as one’s own. In other words, literary theft; see also copyright.

Question 4

Copyright

Answer 4

The exclusive legal right to print, publish, perform, record or film an original text or artistic or musical work. The author or creator of the work owns the copyright until they sell or assign it to another individual or organisation. See also credit.

Question 5

Credit

Answer 5

Acknowledgement to the holder of copyright in an image; credits may appear individually in captions or in a consolidated list in the front or end matter of a publication.