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Unit 8
The method of editorial analysis of scientific text components

I. Read the following text.

The method of editorial analysis of components of any text is the main
component of the work of the editor over the text, because only after qualitative

and quantitative analysis of the scientific publication the editor can competently

and professionally edit its components.

Analysis (gr. analysis) - it is decomposition, dismemberment, disassembly)

is the process of breaking a complex topic or substance into smaller parts in order

to gain a better understanding of it. At the same time, the parts are studied not

separately from each other, but in the interrelationships, which give rise to

integrity.

The term "editorial analysis" is intended to denote the totality of all

procedures performed by the editor in the process of reading the manuscript for its

evaluation. In the course of editorial analysis, the editor profoundly understands

the content of the work, penetrates into its form. At the same time, he finds out

how the work will affect the reader, whether there is a difference between the

author's plan and the result of the perception of the work by the reader, the viewer,

the listener.

Thus, editorial analysis is a special study of a work by an editor to predict its

functioning in the recipient's environment.

Editorial analysis should solve three interrelated tasks:

1) the study of the work;

2) his assessment;

3) the development of necessary practical recommendations to the author regarding

the improvement of his manuscript.

The realization of these tasks is aimed at determining the real value of the

work and increasing its efficiency. This is the purpose of the editorial analysis.