reviser

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noun

One who revises.

UncommonScrabble 10

Meanings

nounreviser (plural revisers)

plural revisers · alternative revisor

  1. One who revises.
  2. human sciencesA person who verifies the quality of a translated text in professional translation project management.

    [T]ranslation practice during training should, at least in part, be organised in projects where each student has the chance to play various roles: that of client, of revisor, of terminologist of documentation assistant, of free-lancer, of in-house translator working for a translation company, etc.

    2005, Christiane Nord, edited by Martha Tennent and Benjamins Translation Library, Training for the New Millennium: Pedagogies for translation and interpreting, page 218
  3. USlawIn several states, an official charged with the responsibility for making new statutes technically consistent with the existing body of law.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounsomeone who puts text into appropriate form for publication

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 校訂者 /校订者
  • 校訂者 /校订者 (jiàodìngzhě)person who verifies quality of translation
Finnish tarkastaja
  • tarkastajaperson who verifies quality of translation
French relecteur, relectrice
  • relecteurperson who verifies quality of translation
  • relectriceperson who verifies quality of translation
Italian revisore
  • revisoreperson who verifies quality of translation
Portuguese revisor
  • revisorperson who verifies quality of translation

Rhymes & wordplay

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Cite this entry
APA

reviser. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reviser

MLA

“reviser.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reviser. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “reviser,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reviser.

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