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Subject:How long do you spend... From:Margaret Redding <ab555 -at- FREENET -dot- CARLETON -dot- CA> Date:Thu, 12 May 1994 03:31:39 GMT
I have just got some work editing technical papers, and I'm paid an hourly
rate.
It takes me a long time to edit a paper; by that, I mean a fifteen page
paper with lots of mistakes that involve re-writing might take me 8 hours
or more, especially if the syntax is really tortured. I edit the document in
Word, typing in corrections and underlining the text to be removed.
I find that it takes me some time to figure out what the guy (or gal) is
trying to say, and then re-write it. Sometimes I re-read and reflect, and
then re-write again.
I don't know what is reasonable to charge for. I'd appreciate others
telling me how long it takes them to edit technical papers that need a lot
of work. Am I just slow, or what?
Margaret Redding
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Margaret Redding ab555 -at- freenet -dot- carleton -dot- ca
Ottawa, Ontario
CANADA
