Editing is the process by which one text is transformed into another text which is different in form but congruent in meaning. Editing is a very common language activity. Probably most written language undergoes editing, the only obvious exception being personal letters. Editing may be done by oneself, the original writer, or by others. It may range from the most cursory re-reading of a text, resulting in a few minor alterations, to the multiple re-workings which a poet gives to a work. Editing is the intra- language equivalent of translation or interpreting, a process by which a text in one language is transformed into another language.
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