Lektorat

editorial department; copyediting work

noun lek-to-RAHT Rare

Origin: from Latin lector (reader)

Usage Note

Lektorat refers both to the editorial department of a publishing house and to the professional activity of editing manuscripts. Having a manuscript go through Lektorat implies a thorough content and language review before publication.

Examples

"Nach dem Lektorat musste die Autorin noch mehrere Kapitel umschreiben."

Natural Translation

After the editorial review the author still had to rewrite several chapters.

Literal Translation

After the editing had-to the author still several chapters rewrite.

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