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<blockquote data-quote="Dioltach" data-source="post: 8685960" data-attributes="member: 21843">[USER=54614]@GuJiaXian[/USER] I always compare editing (and translating, the other part of my job) to things like FX in movies, or picture quality on your television, or any other medium that serves to bring across the information or entertainment that people want to consume. If it's perfect, no-one mentions it, it's only when it's less than perfect that they start to take notice - and complain.People don't use editors because their point of reference is a high-quality medium. They see a published book without any grammatical or spelling errors, and they assume that's how it was first written. They don't see the time and effort that goes into the editing and proofreading process.Writing is a bit like cooking: everyone can put words to paper, just like everyone can fry up a sausage or boil a potato. But just like not everyone can cook a meal that people would be willing to pay money for in a restaurant, not everyone can write a text that is fit for publication.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dioltach, post: 8685960, member: 21843"] [USER=54614]@GuJiaXian[/USER] I always compare editing (and translating, the other part of my job) to things like FX in movies, or picture quality on your television, or any other medium that serves to bring across the information or entertainment that people want to consume. If it's perfect, no-one mentions it, it's only when it's less than perfect that they start to take notice - and complain. People don't use editors because their point of reference is a high-quality medium. They see a published book without any grammatical or spelling errors, and they assume that's how it was first written. They don't see the time and effort that goes into the editing and proofreading process. Writing is a bit like cooking: everyone can put words to paper, just like everyone can fry up a sausage or boil a potato. But just like not everyone can cook a meal that people would be willing to pay money for in a restaurant, not everyone can write a text that is fit for publication. [/QUOTE]

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