校订 (jiào dìng) — to collate, to check against an authoritative text and make editorial revisions

Definition

Editorial/scholarly term for collating a text against an authoritative source and making corrections — more specialized than 编辑 (general editing).

verb
to collateto check against an authoritative text and make editorial revisions

Examples

  • 校订
    Biān jí zhèng zài jiào dìng zhè běn xīn shū.
    The editor is collating this new book against the authoritative text.
  • 校订
    Jīng guò rèn zhēn jiào dìng, zhè ge bǎn běn gèng jiā zhǔn què.
    After careful collation, this edition is more accurate.
  • 校订
    Wǒ men xū yào jiào dìng zhè xiē lì shǐ wén xiàn.
    We need to collate these historical documents and make editorial revisions.

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