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DESCRIPTION:ALISON GIBBS on GOOD EDITING OR LINGUISTIC NITPICKING?\nTrust A
 lison to come up with a theme that’s refreshingly original and covers both
  financial and legal! As she writes:\nWith a degree in Modern Languages fo
 llowed by a post-graduate diploma in translating\, I always had it in me t
 o be a linguistic nitpicker. Indeed\, one of my tasks during my first job 
 at a bank\, back in the pre-computer era of the mid-1980s\, was comparing 
 two original loan agreements to check they were identical (no printing of 
 copies back in those days\, when a mistake sometimes meant retyping the wh
 ole document). Strangely enough\, no-one else ever volunteered for that wo
 rk. \nLuckily\, some things have changed since then (and not only no longe
 r having to wait for correction fluid to dry!). One of the major changes h
 as been the huge increase in the numbers of non-native speakers writing in
  English\, not always entirely voluntarily. This\, and the pressure on tod
 ay’s academics to ‘publish or perish’\, means my business is now split mor
 e or less equally between translating and editing\, mainly for universitie
 s. But although many things have changed over the years\, some of what goe
 s to make a good editor is just the same. \nEditing is still one of the le
 ss clearly defined language professions. So\, what does being a good edito
 r mean? The topics we’ll be discussing will include:\nEstablishing ground 
 rules (purpose\; light or heavy editing\; how much budget is available\; h
 ow to price your services\; other restrictions applying)\;\nGetting a bala
 nce between: \nWillingness to keep on going and knowing when to stop\nResp
 ecting the author’s voice and knowing when being a ‘pleaser’ is not what’s
  called for\nFinding the right resources\nWhat to do if you really can’t w
 ork out what the author means?\nAnd then see how you would improve some te
 xts I’ve been asked to edit.\n   Tempted? Do come. All are welcome\, but… 
 there’s only space for 12 people. Click register above if you’re planning 
 to come\, by end Wednesday 13 November at the latest. \nWine & modest nibb
 les will be (of course) served. The exact address is Minervalaan 42/2\, 10
 77PB Amsterdam. Unless the weather is foul\, or walking isn’t your thing\,
  the simplest (if you’re coming from Amsterdam Zuid railway station) is to
  walk up straight up the Minervalaan into town towards the Hilton Hotel an
 d it’s on your left after about 15 minutes. https://www.sense-online.nl/ev
 ents/calendar/event/209-finlegsig-meeting
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LOCATION:John Alexander's home\, near Amsterdam-Zuid railway station ()
SUMMARY:FINLEGSIG meeting
URL:https://www.sense-online.nl/events/calendar/event/209-finlegsig-meeting
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