此段翻译信息来自维基百科词条“Editor in Chief”。

Wikipedia: The responsibilities of Editors in Chief 

The editor-in-chief heads all departments of the organization and is held accountable for delegating tasks to staff members and managing them. The term is often used at newspapers, magazines, yearbooks, and television news programs. The editor-in-chief is commonly the link between the publisher or proprietor and the editorial staff.

主编是一个出版机构或者媒体机构的部门首领，负责将相关任务分派给机构内的成员并管理机构内的成员。“主编”常用于指报刊杂志、年鉴、电视新闻节目的负责人。主编通常是联系出版商（发行商）或者报刊电视等的所有人与编辑团队之间的纽带。

The term is also applied to academic journals, where the editor-in-chief gives the ultimate decision whether a submitted manuscript will be published. This decision is made by the editor-in-chief after seeking input from reviewers selected on a basis of relevant expertise. For larger journals, the decision is often upon the recommendation of one of several associate editors who each have responsibility for a fraction of the submitted manuscripts.

“主编”一词也常用在学术期刊上，主编对一篇稿件是否发表具有最终的决定权，主编作出（退稿或发表）决定的依据是具有相关经验的审稿人的审稿意见。

Typical responsibilities of editors in chief include:^[3]

主编的职责主要包括以下内容：

• Ensuring that content is journalistically objective^[4] 

• 保证报道内容客观公正。

• Fact checking, spelling, grammar, writing style, page design and photos

• 快速检查拼写、语法、写作风格、版式设计和图片是否符合要求。

• Rejecting writing that appears to be plagiarized, ghostwritten, published elsewhere, or of little interest to readers 

• 对抄袭、鬼作者、重复发表的文章或者读者不感兴趣的文章退稿。

• Evaluating and editing content^[5][6]

• 评估文章的内容并进行编辑。

• Contributing editorial pieces

• 撰写评论（社论）。

• Motivating and developing editorial staff^[5]

• 激励并壮大编委编辑队伍

• Ensuring the final draft is complete

• 确保终稿的完整性。

• Handling reader complaints and taking responsibility for issues after publication

• 处理读者投诉，对出版后的问题负责。

• For books and journals, cross-checking citations and examining references

• 交叉检查拟刊登在图书和杂志上的文章的引文和文后的参考文献。

• Working to advance the commercial success of the publication^[7]

• 努力促成出版物在商业上的成功

• Position may involve recruiting, hiring and firing staff.^[7]
  

• 可能还涉及招聘、雇用和解聘员工等事务。

• Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Editor-in-chief