SirLobo93 The results are announced in batches and if I'm not mistaken, the previous batch was quite recent. So you might need to wait awhile, regardless, all the best to you :)
Becoming an editor
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Olivia It gave me a headache and was frustrating but nothing compared to fully MTL'd novels, there is also a strange satisfaction from actually being able to correct it for a purpose instead of doing it mentally and moving on to the next thing.
Lonelytree Ah thanks, if that's really the case I hope its done every 2 weeks or month. There are plenty of stories I'm having an issue enjoying because of poor or no editing. Are there not enough editors compared to TL's? I mean there is no excuse for Cultivator Chat group to have numbers instead of the actual name of the character, especially since everyone reading the novel knows the character from the original TL's... that's just one example of many.
Most commonly, there are less editors than translators, so some stories stay waiting to be released for quite some time until someone can actually be found to edit them.
lol, you don't get to edit stuff like what you saw in part 3 of the test. Everything is quite readable and your task is only to make it even more so, correcting some typos, some tenses here and there, or the flow. It can take some time, but nowhere near what part 3 did.
Are these tests with an expected due date?
CH405Kaiser Nope. Or at least I don't think so. There weren't any dates written in the email I received when I applied.
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I got pretty interested after reading this discussion, so I've sent an application email.
Wish me luck! (Or not? 
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Plummette Good luck :love_letter:
Olivia Well I don't think this is a main job for those with real lives lol Its maybe part time at best. I don't think it took me an hour to edit part 3 but the over all test maybe took me close to an hour. I'm not great with punctuation I'm mainly good at story flow and grammar. For spelling its all up to god and auto correct!
They made part 3 purposefully worse than it should be I feel; so I think editing would take maybe 3-40 minutes per chapter max.
DarkGem Hopefully I drummed up some interest in Editing, god knows its needed. I have seen novels edited by their TLs and turn out bad
I turned in my test days after I actually got it so I'm hoping there isn't a time statement as well. Also was I supposed to keep those instructional bits in? I just copy pasted the entire thing and edited parts 1-3 without deleting those.
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Is it weird that I found the first part tougher than both the second and third?
For some reason, I had a lot of fun with the third part of the editor test.
SirLobo93The email said to take your time with the editing, so I don't believe that it would matter as long as you send it in before the new version of the test comes out. Also, I left all of the instructions in the document too. For the third part, I opened a new document and re-wrote it while looking at the original, which made it somewhat easier.
I very much hope that I pass. If not, I won't be able to look my Technical Writing professor in the eyes.
SunriseCV The first part may have been harder for you to get used to because you have to adjust your mind set to that of someone correcting someone's mistakes. That being said I haven't edited others works seriously before so I don't know.
You looked back at the old version? I would have found that distracting I just edit in my mind and make sure it sounds correct and has a good uninterrupted flow.
If I get it and you don't I'd be surprised lol I'm terrible at punctuations.
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SirLobo93 Yeah, the way my mind works when I read something, It kind of already starts correcting mistakes, which makes re-writing very jumbled paragraphs easier than just straight editing. On the bright side, it's more fun to edit these translations that it was to edit research articles and such back in college... Haha...
Maybe we will both pass, then we can start a new Editors Sect and begin the plan for world, no, universal domination. Muwhahahaha!
Passed the test. Although I do hope part 3 doesn't reflect the actual work of translators.
RegiusProfessor It rarely does.
Lonelytree of course you'd say that... 
Millman97 Don't tell me my translation reminds you of the third part of the test? :scream:
Lonelytree no of course not 
I'm not sure if I should bug Qidian rep about what's next after adding up on discord. They might be busy with other things right now.
RegiusProfessor :O They actually had you add them on Discord? I was only given the choice of QQ or Skype! Even then, they pushed strongly for QQ right as they give you your first novel.
Which discord server are you on?