Revision

Brian Mossop
York University
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Revision is the process of reading a translation to decide whether it is of satisfactory quality, and making any needed changes. This very broad definition covers a range of activities, which will be considered here on the basis of who performs them: the original translator, a second translator, or a non-translator.

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Further reading

Horguelin, P. & Brunette, L
1998 Pratique de la révision. Montréal: Linguatech.Google Scholar
Künzli, A
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Mossop, B
2007 “Empirical studies of revision: what we know and need to know.” Journal of Specialised Translation 8. http://​www​.jostrans​.org [Accessed 22 September 2015]  TSBGoogle Scholar