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Four brothers (English editing companies) at SciNet
热度 1 虞左俊 2012-11-30 02:50
1) 理文编辑 : http://blog.sciencenet.cn/home.php?mod=spaceuid=288924 2) 英论阁 (Enago): http://blog.sciencenet.cn/home.php?mod=spaceuid=681387 3) LetPub: http://www.letpub.com.cn/index.php?page=sci ...
个人分类: Scientific Writing|2748 次阅读|4 个评论 热度 1
Editing is a form of teaching...
虞左俊 2012-11-18 07:03
... especially in my case. A new client came to me with two manuscripts. He said he was Prof. N's former student. I knew Prof. N well; in fact, he is among the clients I actually met in person. Still, I hesitated a bit. Why? It's his email address, which is not related to his work unit. I think yo ...
个人分类: Scientific Writing|2382 次阅读|没有评论
It may happen soon...
热度 1 虞左俊 2012-10-25 05:24
For years, I have wanted to show that you don't need to be a native speaker to be an English language editor. A journal editor, and a good friend of mine, encouraged me to get listed at the AMS Web site for language services. This way, I will be able to help authors who want to publish in JPO, a jo ...
个人分类: Scientific Writing|2458 次阅读|2 个评论 热度 1
Scientific Writing: For the first time...
热度 2 虞左俊 2012-9-26 02:12
For God's sake, if your results are not new enough to be considered "to show something for the first time," do you really need to publish them? (Maybe, confirmation of published results is needed sometimes, especially at the beginning of such research.) I prefer NOT to use such a phrase, "for the ...
个人分类: Scientific Writing|2473 次阅读|2 个评论 热度 2
Editors and reviewers are NOT gods
热度 1 虞左俊 2012-9-8 14:37
Fight when you can, against the journal editor or reviewers. Don't always assume they are right and you are wrong, even when it's about English expression. ps. Why should I care? Here is the background info. A reviewer said "topography is not a driving mechanism," and asked the authors to use "top ...
个人分类: Scientific Writing|2604 次阅读|2 个评论 热度 1
It's nice to have a business partner
虞左俊 2012-7-23 14:58
I have been doing English editing alone for five years now. Ever since I started editing, I was hoping for a business partner. Finally, the opportunity presented itself, and now I can truly take a vacation when I want to. Thank you, J.A.P., for sharing the workload and the pain and joy.
个人分类: Scientific Writing|2634 次阅读|没有评论
Good luck (to my client)
虞左俊 2012-7-6 15:55
I am soooo sleepy. I hope my mind was clear when I edited your revised manuscript for Nature Geosciences . Dear God, let me take a day off, would you?
个人分类: Scientific Writing|2423 次阅读|没有评论
How to write a paper in LaTeX on Windows 7 (Q & A)
热度 3 虞左俊 2012-6-10 07:34
I have revised this Blog to make it useful for others. Questions: How to write a paper in LaTeX on Windows 7? Background: I wrote papers on Unix machines using TeX and LaTeX before, but I don't want to go to my office all the time. So, I want to learn how to use LaTeX on my laptop. Does anyone a ...
个人分类: Scientific Writing|8688 次阅读|24 个评论 热度 3

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