Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
standard edition
English answer:
a widely recognized and employed edition
Added to glossary by
Balasubramaniam L.
Aug 1, 2005 11:59
18 yrs ago
English term
standard edition
English
Social Sciences
Printing & Publishing
What is a standard edition of e.g. a poets letters? Is it a complete collection?
I read somewhere: "It's the best edition" - what does that mean? How can one edition be better than the other? In what terms?
Thank you.
I read somewhere: "It's the best edition" - what does that mean? How can one edition be better than the other? In what terms?
Thank you.
Responses
4 +7 | the most accurate or authoritative edition | Balasubramaniam L. |
4 +1 | not for grading | juvera |
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the most accurate or authoritative edition
An edition that is widely recognized or employed, especially because of its excellence, accuracy and authoritativeness.
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Robert Donahue (X)
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Charlie Bavington
: I think "widely recognised and employed" sums it up well
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flipendo
: I agree with Charlie above, as a widely recognized and employed ed. does not always mean it is an accurate edition
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npis
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Alfa Trans (X)
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humbird
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Saiwai Translation Services
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Lingo Pros
: A standard edition might not be the "most accurate" or "most authorative". Agree with Charlie.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you very much - and also Juvera for her addition"
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not for grading
Your question on the English-Hungarian site simply asked, what is a standard edition.
In modern publishing, it is the original edition of the author's (or authors' work) and any of it's unchanged reprints.
Here you have given a different connotation to your question, by connecting it for example to the editions of a poet's letters, or "best edition".
Editions of documents, if the originals are not finite and unchangeable, or old and translated books can vary greatly,
as opposed to the edition of a book presumably approved by the
author(s).
So if you think of the publication of somebody's letters, you can get standard, (all known letters, or good selection of most letters) full, (including laundry bills) definitive (having authority, the result of the latest research, etc. but this is very subjective) selected, revised, annotated, abridged, shortened, enlarged, delux, limited, facsimile, illustrated, etc editions.
The standard edition of a dictionary is probably one or two volume, which would be the most useful and would appeal to most people.
Some of these books are created for the purpose of producing a "standard" edition, others become standard by the virtue of their appeal, usefulness, or other attributes.
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Note added at 5 hrs 10 mins (2005-08-01 17:09:55 GMT)
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Sorry, I didn\'t realise, that my keyboard got a knock, and created all this space, and I don\'t know how to undo it.
In modern publishing, it is the original edition of the author's (or authors' work) and any of it's unchanged reprints.
Here you have given a different connotation to your question, by connecting it for example to the editions of a poet's letters, or "best edition".
Editions of documents, if the originals are not finite and unchangeable, or old and translated books can vary greatly,
as opposed to the edition of a book presumably approved by the
author(s).
So if you think of the publication of somebody's letters, you can get standard, (all known letters, or good selection of most letters) full, (including laundry bills) definitive (having authority, the result of the latest research, etc. but this is very subjective) selected, revised, annotated, abridged, shortened, enlarged, delux, limited, facsimile, illustrated, etc editions.
The standard edition of a dictionary is probably one or two volume, which would be the most useful and would appeal to most people.
Some of these books are created for the purpose of producing a "standard" edition, others become standard by the virtue of their appeal, usefulness, or other attributes.
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Note added at 5 hrs 10 mins (2005-08-01 17:09:55 GMT)
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Sorry, I didn\'t realise, that my keyboard got a knock, and created all this space, and I don\'t know how to undo it.
Peer comment(s):
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Lingo Pros
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Thanks, and thanks for taking the trouble to scroll down. :)
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Discussion
"His edition is thorough and scrupulously researched, and it would be churlish not to permit publication of the letters in the standard edition."
Another:
"He took his Oxford Standard Ash..."
And a reference to a Freud's book: "Totem and Taboo, Works (Standard edn 1955.)"
So do these "standard editions" mean the same?