On 5/24/08, Relata Refero refero.relata@gmail.com wrote:
The rest of what you say isn't really an objection, merely a general statement about Meaning. The bottomline is that a close paraphrase is sometimes necessary, and when its done, it needs to be done with reference to the source, and should not be copy-edited without the copy-editor also reading and assimilating the source. The latter happens all the time.
Relato, do you have an example of someone making an otherwise good copy edit that distorts what a source said?