Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who revises, reviews, or makes corrections or desirable changes, especially in a literary work; hence, specifically, in printing, one who revises proofs. Also
revisor .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who revises.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who
revises . - noun translation studies A person who
verifies thequality of atranslated text inprofessional translation project management .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone who puts text into appropriate form for publication
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Examples
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A second proof is now taken which is put in the hands of another proof-reader (or "reviser") for revision.
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Rumsfeld is yet another Bush administration reviser of history.
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How might a savvy reviser take this principle to heart?
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The second reason a savvy reviser might want to produce a character list is that, frankly, most aspiring writers harbor rather fuzzy notions of how many named characters populate their books.
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The second reason a savvy reviser might want to produce a character list is that, frankly, most aspiring writers harbor rather fuzzy notions of how many named characters populate their books.
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What should a reviser do when confronted with dialogue that does none of these things?
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Similarly, anyway and however in dialogue are pretty reliable flares, indicating that the speaker has gotten off-topic and is trying to regain his point — thus warning the manuscript reviser that perhaps this dialogue could be tightened so that it stays on point.
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The reviser could add some action to the opening — ideally, action that sets the tone for the scene to follow.
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What should a reviser do when confronted with dialogue that does none of these things?
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Yes, oh groaners, your surmise is correct: I am indeed about to tell you that a savvy reviser should pay as much attention to word, phrase, and concept repetition in dialogue as in narrative paragraphs.
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