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COPY EDITOR [4 records]

Record 1 - external organization data 2023-02-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)
Key term(s)
  • writer editor

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)
Key term(s)
  • rédacteur réviseur
  • rédactrice réviseure

Spanish

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Record 2 2012-07-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • The Press (News and Journalism)
  • Correction and Proofreading (Printing)
DEF

A person whose work is editing and correcting the grammar, punctuation, etc. of articles or manuscripts, as in a newspaper office or publishing house.

CONT

The copy editor handling a particular story also usually is the one to write a headline for it.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Presse écrite
  • Correction d'épreuves (Imprimerie)
DEF

Personne qui assure la vérification et la mise au point de la copie.

OBS

Comme forme féminine, l'OLF recommande «réviseure».

OBS

Bien que repéré dans le Grand Larousse Universel, le féminin «réviseuse» est moins utilisé au Canada.

Key term(s)
  • réviseuse de textes

Spanish

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Record 3 1992-09-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Government Positions
OBS

United Nations.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Postes gouvernementaux
OBS

Nations Unies.

Spanish

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Record 4 1986-08-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Correction and Proofreading (Printing)
DEF

A person who checks a manuscript, before marking copy for printer, for house style, accuracy of fact, spelling, syntax, logical construction, possible libel, etc.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Correction d'épreuves (Imprimerie)
DEF

Celui ou celle qui s'occupe de la révision du ou des textes d'une copie avant la préparation technique de cette même copie.

Spanish

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