copy editing

See also: copyediting

English

Alternative forms

• copyediting
• copy-editing

Pronunciation

• Audio (General American):

  (file)

Noun

copy editing (uncountable)

2. The correction of the spelling, grammar, formatting, etc. of printed material and preparation of it for typesetting, printing, or online publishing.

Antonyms

• content editing
• rewriting

Related terms

• copy edit
• copy editor

Translations

correction of printed material and preparation

• Danish: korrekturlæsning c
• Finnish: kustannustoimitus, kielentarkistus
• Hungarian: olvasószerkesztés
• Japanese: 校正 (ja) (kōsē), 推敲 (ja) (suikō)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: språkvask (no) m (literally “language cleaning”), språkvasking m or f, korrekturlesing m or f

• Polish: adiustacja (pl) f
• Welsh: golygu copi