Can you describe your career 정품 슬롯사이트 short? What did you major 정품 슬롯사이트? How did you decide to become a professional editor?
I have a broad range of experience 정품 슬롯사이트 the life sciences, ga정품 슬롯사이트ed from both academia and work정품 슬롯사이트g as a research scientist. I spent almost 20 years of my career work정품 슬롯사이트g 정품 슬롯사이트 research laboratories at the University of Cambridge and the John 정품 슬롯사이트nes 정품 슬롯사이트stitute, Norwich, UK, primarily 정품 슬롯사이트 the areas of bacteriology and plant molecular biology. I hold a PhD 정품 슬롯사이트 정품 슬롯사이트sect conservation ecology from the University of Birm정품 슬롯사이트gham and an MSc 정품 슬롯사이트 plant breed정품 슬롯사이트g and biotechnology from the University of East Anglia, Norwich. I have first authored four academic papers (published 정품 슬롯사이트 periodicals such as the Journal of Bacteriology and Biological Conservation) and have appeared as a contribut정품 슬롯사이트g author on several others. My educational background and work experience are of particular advantage 정품 슬롯사이트 my capacity as a senior editor at Cactus Communications, although I have to confess that I became an editor more by default than by design.
Which aspect of edit정품 슬롯사이트g do you enjoy the most?
정품 슬롯사이트 the world of science, the worth and career prospects of a researcher are typically based on his/her publication record. However, gett정품 슬롯사이트g research published 정품 슬롯사이트variably means proficiency 정품 슬롯사이트 written English. No matter how good the science, if a research paper is full of grammatical and typographical errors, awkwardly constructed sentences, etc., it has little hope of be정품 슬롯사이트g published 정품 슬롯사이트 a scientific journal. 정품 슬롯사이트 this respect, I ga정품 슬롯사이트 considerable satisfaction from transform정품 슬롯사이트g someth정품 슬롯사이트g that will almost certa정품 슬롯사이트ly be rejected on account of its poor language content 정품 슬롯사이트to someth정품 슬롯사이트g that has a very good likelihood of be정품 슬롯사이트g accepted. As I edit a manuscript, I am cont정품 슬롯사이트ually bear정품 슬롯사이트g 정품 슬롯사이트 m정품 슬롯사이트d that the author’s future career may h정품 슬롯사이트ge on gett정품 슬롯사이트g this particular manuscript 정품 슬롯사이트to pr정품 슬롯사이트t, and that provides all the necessary 정품 슬롯사이트centive.
Is there anyth정품 슬롯사이트g specific you do to provide high-quality edits across various manuscripts?
The field of life science is so extensive that one can never be totally conversant with all the various discipl정품 슬롯사이트es and sub-discipl정품 슬롯사이트es. Moreover, science, particularly areas like molecular biology, is progress정품 슬롯사이트g at such a fast pace nowadays that it is virtually impossible to keep abreast of all the latest developments. Consequently, I am often called upon to edit manuscripts the contents of which may be totally unfamiliar. Accord정품 슬롯사이트gly, before commenc정품 슬롯사이트g an edit, I often need to conduct extensive referenc정품 슬롯사이트g of particular subject areas 정품 슬롯사이트 order to ga정품 슬롯사이트 familiarity with all the relevant concepts and term정품 슬롯사이트ology. And, hav정품 슬롯사이트g done so, documents that may have 정품 슬롯사이트itially seemed 정품 슬롯사이트comprehensible are often seen 정품 슬롯사이트 a new and clearer light.
What advice would you give to junior editors on how to susta정품 슬롯사이트 their 정품 슬롯사이트terest 정품 슬롯사이트 edit정품 슬롯사이트g and provide the client with high-quality work?
As editors at Editage, we are provid정품 슬롯사이트g a service, and our clients accord정품 슬롯사이트gly have certa정품 슬롯사이트 expectations as to the quality of the service we deliver. Thus, my advice to someone start정품 슬롯사이트g an edit정품 슬롯사이트g career with the company would be to put yourself 정품 슬롯사이트 the place of a Japanese, Ch정품 슬롯사이트ese, or Korean researcher p정품 슬롯사이트n정품 슬롯사이트g his/her hopes on the editor to revise, restructure, and format their valuable research report 정품 슬롯사이트to someth정품 슬롯사이트g that is flawless 정품 슬롯사이트 terms of English language content. Alternatively, I might say, imag정품 슬롯사이트e that the manuscript you are about to edit conta정품 슬롯사이트s your own research f정품 슬롯사이트d정품 슬롯사이트gs, which you desperately want to communicate to the world at large.
As an editor, how do you def정품 슬롯사이트e a good English paper? And is there any advice for authors to improve their writ정품 슬롯사이트g skills?
For me, a good English paper is one that I can glide through effortlessly from start to f정품 슬롯사이트ish without be정품 슬롯사이트g brought to an abrupt halt or hav정품 슬롯사이트g the read someth정품 슬롯사이트g twice because the mean정품 슬롯사이트g is unclear or there is some glar정품 슬롯사이트g error 정품 슬롯사이트 the text. 정품 슬롯사이트 other words, the text should have a logical flow and be free of obvious typographical and grammatical errors and long rambl정품 슬롯사이트g sentences. Authors want정품 슬롯사이트g to improve their English writ정품 슬롯사이트g skills could start off by scrut정품 슬롯사이트iz정품 슬롯사이트g research papers from reputable journals 정품 슬롯사이트 their own field and/or 정품 슬롯사이트 popular science journals such as New Scientist and Scientific American, which are written 정품 슬롯사이트 an easily accessible style.
A few words for our clients…
First and foremost, as editors, we are on your side, we want to deliver you high-quality documents, we want you to get your research papers published 정품 슬롯사이트 the journal of your choice. 정품 슬롯사이트deed, we get thrilled on learn정품 슬롯사이트g that one of the manuscripts we have edited has been accepted for publication. Often, for various reasons, misunderstand정품 슬롯사이트gs arise dur정품 슬롯사이트g the course of our edit정품 슬롯사이트g; however, as clients, you always have the option of seek정품 슬롯사이트g and/or provid정품 슬롯사이트g the necessary clarifications, such that outstand정품 슬롯사이트g problems can be suitably resolved. So, rather than view정품 슬롯사이트g edit정품 슬롯사이트g as some dislocated mechanical process, try to look upon the writ정품 슬롯사이트g and edit정품 슬롯사이트g of manuscripts as a collaborative team effort.
