Re: What to look for in a technical editor

["Dick Margulis " <margulis -at- mail -dot- fiam -dot- net>]

"Bonnie Granat" <bgranat -at- editors-writers -dot- info> wrote:

>The point is that it's very easy for an editor who doesn't understand the product to correct a sentence and change the meaning. What the editor may think is a logically meaningless string of words may be that -- but it may also not be that at all. It may be meaningless to the editor only. 
>

Bonnie,

I think we all agree (you, Bill, and I) on that statement. I just didn't think that was what Bill actually _said_. And because he said it in a way that suggested he was disagreeing with me, I took exception to it.

I do not think that having a technical understanding of the content is more important or less important for an editor than the ability to turn non-English into English. I think both are prerequisites, and if I am presented only with candidates who have one ability but not the other I will reject all of them and look for more candidates.

Dick

Dick

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