Responsibilities of Book Printing Proofreading [Buke Printing]

Responsibilities of Book Printing Proofreading [Buke Printing]

The basic responsibility of proofreaders is to be responsible for the original manuscript, which is called "faithful manuscript". Through proofreading, ensure that the proof accurately reflects all the content written and annotated on the original manuscript, that is, eliminate errors such as text, symbols, punctuation, charts, layout, etc. that do not match the original manuscript through proofreading. This is the main responsibility of proofreaders. In addition, it is important to identify omissions and errors in the original manuscript as much as possible, such as typos, created characters, and fabricated simplified characters. For electronic documents, attention should be paid to detecting input errors caused by duplicate input codes. Attention should be paid to the consistency of style and format before and after. If errors, omissions, or inadequacies are found in the original manuscript, they should be promptly submitted to the editorial department for resolution.

Do not arbitrarily reduce the number of designated schools. In the case where authors submit manuscripts using electronic documents, the nature of the proofreading staff's work has greatly changed. They not only need to do a good job of proofreading, but also need to do some work that was previously undertaken by editors or publishers. The following specific points should be achieved

① Correct the text, punctuation marks, technical symbols, graphic tables, layout, fonts, font size, and other errors that do not match the original manuscript.

② Check the order of page numbers in the proof, the correspondence between the book eyebrows, annotations, and codes, the order of annotations and charts, and the connection between charts and the main text.

③ Resolve the popular, standardized, and scaled down work of layout format, text, charts, etc.

④ Pay attention to the consistency of characters such as simplified, complex, variant, and numerical.

⑤ If errors or problems are found in the original manuscript, it is necessary to use a pencil to provide correction and handling suggestions on the proof. If there is a certain degree of certainty, for areas where errors are very obvious (including text, symbols, and formatting that must be corrected for the sake of uniformity throughout the book), they can be corrected directly on the proof, with a question mark next to it and a note indicating "how many corrections have been made". When editing and reading samples, any questions raised should be addressed. If the corrections made by the proofreader are approved, the question mark should be removed.

⑥ The original manuscript should be properly kept and not altered, damaged, or lost. When writing on the proof, the handwriting must be neat, the lines must be clear, and the symbols must be clear.

The focus is on the following aspects

① Refer to the page numbers of all the proofs to see if there are any omissions or errors. If there are inserts, illustrations, tables, etc., the insertion position should be clearly marked on each page.

② Pay attention to whether the title and translator's signature on the title page fully match those on the copyright page. Pay attention to the uniformity of font usage throughout the book

③ Fill in the page numbers on the table of contents, distinguish the hierarchy, and compare and unify them with the titles of the main text.

④ If there are proofs with book eyebrows and middle seams, the focus should be on checking for omissions, cross chapter or section situations, and whether the specifications match.

⑤ Pay attention to the uniformity of font size and specifications for titles at all levels.

⑥ Check for missing or duplicated serial numbers in charts and formulas.

⑦ Check if the specifications of the chart are consistent.

⑧ Fill in the page numbers for the index. Some typesetting software can automatically add index page numbers, but typesetters do not use this function, or some typesetting software does not have this function, so it is necessary to proofread and pay attention to it.

⑨ Pay attention to the uniform specifications of the entire set of books.

⑩ Correct the formatting errors left on the proof, and rectify any common sense errors and obvious typos found in the original manuscript.

Responsibilities of Book Printing Proofreading [Buke Printing]