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amplifications
/ˌæmplɪfɪˈkeɪʃənz/

A translation technique that involves adding content that is not present in the source text to the target text, usually to improve the fluency of the translation.

briefed
/bɹiːft/

To write a legal argument and submit it to a court.

non-fiction
/ˌnɑn ˈfɪkʃən/ /ˌnɑnˈfɪkʃən/

Written works intended to give facts, or true accounts of real things and events. Often used attributively.

archives
/ˈɑːrkaɪvz/ /ˈɑːrkɪvz/

The material so kept, considered as a whole (compare archives).

dittographies
/ˌdɪtəˈɡræfiz/

The accidental, erroneous act of repeating a word, phrase or combination of letters by a scribe or copyist.

schedules
/ˈʃedjuːlz/ /ˈskedʒuːlz/

A slip of paper; a short note.

cowrites
/ˌkoʊˈraɪts/ /ˌkoʊˈrɪts/

To write in collaboration with another person

redrafts
/ˈrɛdˌdræfts/ /ˈriˈdræfts/

A second or subsequent draft

deinks
deinksverb
/dɪŋks/

To remove ink from.

cord
cordverb
/kɔːd/ /kɔɹd/

To flatten a book during binding

wipe out
/waɪp aʊt/

To physically erase something written.

gallimaufry
/ɡa.lɪˈmɔː.fɹi/

Any absurd medley.

ogam
ogamnoun
/ˈoʊɡæm/

A single character in this alphabet.

recited
/rɪˈsaɪtɪd/ /riˈsaɪtɪd/

To list or enumerate something.

tabulated
tabulatedadjective
/ˈtæbjuleɪtɪd/ /ˈteɪbjuleɪtɪd/

Formatted as a table.

reword
rewordverb
/riːˈwɜːrd/ /riˈwɜːrd/

To change the wording of; to restate using different words.

dissertating
/ˈdɪsərteɪtɪŋ/

To make a dissertation; to discourse.

fabliaux
/ˈfæbliˌoʊz/ /ˈfæbliˌoʊs/

A short, farcical, often bawdy tale of a genre written in the North of France in the 12th, 13th and 14th centuries.

editors-in-chief
/ˈɛdɪtərz ɪn ˈtʃiːf/

The highest ranking editor on an editorial staff.

editorialises
/ˌedɪˈtɔːriəlaɪzɪz/

To express one's opinion as if in an editorial, or as if it were an objective statement.