proofreading/editing texts in English દોર પોસ્ટ કરનાર: Maria Rigli
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Maria Rigli 
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Which books do you consider the most reliable/useful for someone who is proofreading/editing texts in English?
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There're too many (including at Amazon.com), yet translator is to consider clients' style-guides and preferences while learning to be even more educated, attentive, understanding, flexible, clear, and so on.
I enjoyed reading http://www.writersandeditors.com/for_editors_57430.htm
Depending on your needs and skills, an experienced colleague-proofreader (or s... See more There're too many (including at Amazon.com), yet translator is to consider clients' style-guides and preferences while learning to be even more educated, attentive, understanding, flexible, clear, and so on.
I enjoyed reading http://www.writersandeditors.com/for_editors_57430.htm
Depending on your needs and skills, an experienced colleague-proofreader (or several!) in the fields would be really helpful, but nowadays even mere 'translation' often goes beyond localization--to rewriting, ghostwriting, or copy-writing and on.
Indeed, not everything is written in the paper.
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| | | | | Revising and Editing for Translators | Apr 9, 2018 |
If we're talking about translated texts, then I would recommend "Revising and Editing for Translators" by Brian Mossop. Also valuable for self-revision.
| | | | | Would country matter in this question? | Apr 12, 2018 |
For example, English in the UK, in the US, in Canada, in Australia and NZ, etc. I don't know if different governments and organizations might not have their own conventions as well.
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| Mix of Student Grammars | Jul 16, 2018 |
For copyediting & Proofreading, student grammars can be the right mix of information and readability. Check out:
The McGraw-Hill Handbook of English Grammar and Usage
The Little, Brown Handbook
A Practical English Grammar
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The SfEP (Society for Editors and Proofreaders) is more or less the place to go to qualify and train in proofreading and editing.
Book-wise, I have the Oxford Style Manual very useful and the Cambridge Grammar/Vocabulary/Idioms in use books are very good.
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