Meanings
plural revisers · alternative revisor
- One who revises.
- 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 - 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.
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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
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Cite this entry
reviser. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reviser
“reviser.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reviser. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “reviser,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reviser.
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