最差的英文編輯錯誤，停止你的論文發表－專題台灣學術報告

The Worst English Editing Mistakes
That Stop Your Paper from Being
Published
最差的英文編輯錯誤，停止你的論文發表
Special Academic Report –
Why Most International Academic Journals Reject
Papers from Taiwan
專題學術報告 –
為什麼大多數國際學術期刊拒絕來自台灣的論文
Version 1.4

 Leading marketing
journals accept around
10%, with 80% rejected
at the first review round.
Source: Summers, J. (2001). Guidelines for conducting research and publishing in marketing: From conceptualization through
the review process. Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, 29(4), 405-415.
2© 2013. Midgard Editing and Translation

 “Rejection of manuscripts
is the norm rather than
the exception in academia.
The top information
sciences journals, for
example, accept only 10%
to 15% of manuscripts.”
Source: Straub, D. W., Ang, S., & Evaristo, R. (1994). Normative standards for IS research. Data Base, 25(1), 21-34.

 Manuscripts replete with
spelling and grammatical
errors and those that are
not carefully proofread are
likely to receive a negative
reaction from the referee.
 “If the authors don’t care
enough about their work,
then why should I care?”
Source: McKercher, B. , Hsu, C. , Weber, K. Song, H., & Law, R. (2007). Why referees reject manuscripts. Journal of Hospitality
& Tourism Research, 31(4), 455-470.

 The following referee
comment is typical of poorly
written papers:
 “There are numerous
grammatical and logical
faults throughout the entire
manuscript. . . . I have
basically stopped copy-
editing the manuscript after
the first sentence. The
author should have found a
professional editor to
proofread the manuscript
before sending it to a
refereed research journal.”

0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
PercentageofRejection
Country
Source: Ehara, S, Takahashi, K. (2007) Reasons for rejection of manuscripts submitted to AJR by international authors. AJR Am
J Roentgenol 188(2), 113-6.

0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
PercentageofPapersReviewed
Deficiencies Cited in Papers

49%
14%
12%
8%
7%
6%
4%
0% Poor, sloppy grammar, punctuation,
spelling, proofreading
Inappropriate wordings and/or terms
used
Inappropriate title used
Quality of English writing (not
readable)
Paper is overwritten or underwritten
Did not focus on argument made
and/or stated title
Lack of comprehensibility
Shallow and/or insufficient scope of
argument

 Elsevier gets over 600,000
article submissions per
year. 40%-90% of articles
are rejected.
Source: Newman, A. (2012) How to write a Great Paper and Get it Accepted by a Good Journal. Retrieved April 12, 2013 from
http://taiwan.elsevier.com/htmlmailings/Event/AuthorWorkshop/Anthony_Newman.pdf

 “If you wish, you may
write in the first person
singular or plural and use
the active voice.
Remember to check
spelling. If your native
language is not
English, please get a
native English-
speaking colleague to
proofread your paper.”
Source: Anderson, F., Niles, S.B., Donald, T.C.., (2011). Template for Preparation of Papers for IEEE Sponsored Conferences & Symposia.
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society,EMBC, 2011 Annual International Conference of the IEEE. .1351 - 1354

 1) Over double the
number of papers
submitted as ten years
ago.
 2) Number of journals has
not doubled.
 3) Some editors simply
reject papers that are too
poorly written to send for
review. They have many
other options.
Source: Mabe, M. A. (2003) The number and growth of journals. Serials,16(2), 191-197.

 Relative growth from 100% baseline in 1990
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Source: Bowler, D. (2011). How to Write for and Get Published in Scientific Journals. Edanz Group Japan. Retrieved April 12,
2013 from http://japan.elsevier.com/news/events/aw/dr_diana_nara201105.pdf

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 一個英國出生的翻譯師直接中翻
英，而不是兩個人，以避免溝通錯
誤。
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communication errors.
 英國出生的翻譯師有英國和台灣的
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o British translator has University level
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 具英文期刊校對的經驗.
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 英文編修校對工時收費
 English Editing Fee:
 1.6 元/字 (五個工作天內),
 urgent case 2 元/字. (特急件二個工作
天內).
 或
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 本公司會依照您的論文，為您選擇最
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 算價格的例子
 您的英文論文總共約 5000 英文字。
 如果要 10 小時來編修完成，我們用
最優惠是 1.6 元/字價格方式來算
= 5000 字 X 1.6 元/字 = 8000 元。
 如果一樣的 5000 英文字的論文要 5
小時來編修完成，我們用最優惠是
900 NT$/小時價格方式來算 = 5
小時 X 900 NT$/小時 = 4500 元。

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Time
needed to
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editing
Price per
word @ (1.5
NT$/Word)
Price per
word @ (2.0
NT$/Word)
Price per
word @ (2.5
NT$/Word)
Editing @
900 NT$/hr.
2668
words in
paper
4.5 hours 3975 NT$ 5300 NT$ 6625 NT$ 4.5hrs x
900 =
4050 NT$
4271
words in
paper
5 hours 6375 NT$ 8500 NT$ 10625 NT$ 5hrs x 900
= 4500 NT$
6466
words in
paper
= 6300 NT$
6919
words in
paper
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Master’s Degree in Business Administration (MBA)
National Chiao Tung University
Taipei and Hsinchu, Taiwan (2005 - 2007)
企業管理碩士 (MBA) - 國立交通大學
台北，新竹 (2005 - 2007)
BSc (Hons) Environmental Chemistry.
Degree class awarded: 2.1
University of the West of England, Bristol, UK (1996 – 2000)
環境化學理學士 - 西英格蘭大學
布里斯托，英國 (1996 – 2000)

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