Finished the first science editing work
Oct. 9th, 2012 07:32 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
catsittingstill It took me twice as long as I thought. Seven hours. Whuf. At least I didn't try to do it all in one day.
It wouldn't have been so long but in some places the language was so fractured I couldn't figure out what the paper was even trying to say and I had to skim the referenced papers to figure it out. I do not wish to speak ill of its writer--goodness knows I would be completely helpless to write in any language *but* English and I've got to admire a non-native speaker who can take it on. And there have been some interesting developments in the field since last I looked into it. And looking up papers online has gotten *much* better--of eight that I tried for, there were only two hidden behind a paywall.
But wow.
We'll see whether I get a second paper in a couple of weeks or whether the PI puts his foot down and says I'm too expensive.
It wouldn't have been so long but in some places the language was so fractured I couldn't figure out what the paper was even trying to say and I had to skim the referenced papers to figure it out. I do not wish to speak ill of its writer--goodness knows I would be completely helpless to write in any language *but* English and I've got to admire a non-native speaker who can take it on. And there have been some interesting developments in the field since last I looked into it. And looking up papers online has gotten *much* better--of eight that I tried for, there were only two hidden behind a paywall.
But wow.
We'll see whether I get a second paper in a couple of weeks or whether the PI puts his foot down and says I'm too expensive.
