...and I totally aced it!

That's what I keep telling myself!

In all honesty though, it wasn't THAT hard, just well...it was hard.
Really though, it only took a wee bit of time to finish, oh what, just 5 hours? Yeah, no sweat. I mean that's normal right? No? You gotta understand...it's been a long while since I've taken a test for anything you see, I was so focused and nervous and...

Yeah well wishful thinking aside, I was wondering whether editing for translators here will be like taking Qidian's editor test. Just the thought of dealing with that daily is quite...wonderful. I would probably go insane by day 1.

    Wadah hahaha, the grammar was easy to fix. The hard thing to do is fixing the punctuation!

      I haven't taken the test but whenever I practice writing, punctuation is always pain, mostly because some of the rules for it are just 'stay consistent'...

      Wadah Haha, don't worry, it's nothing like that. In the beginning, there were some people with questionable English skills as translators, but now the quality has improved a lot.

          DarkGem That's so great to know! :D.

          And yeah the punctuation plays with my mind at times, and I spend so much time on google as a result...which doesn't always give you a straightforward answer either. I came across some em dashes in the test and was super troubled over the spacing rules...do I put a space on one side? Left or right? On either side? Both?

          Sometimes I feel so weird about myself freaking out over the little details, but I guess that's what English does to you...

              Wadah Most of the new translators are really good. So many people were cut of or failed. Lol

                  To be honest, when I took the test I couldn't even understand what it was trying to say. The last part where they combined everything. I was just like what even does this mean, I have no idea?? So I gave up.

                  Wadah its one of those style choice questions. Which publication are you editing for? The em-dash is generally used without spaces (with the except for certain publishers). There's really no right or wrong, but you have to be--like you stated--consistent in its usage. If you spaced it the first time, you can bet that I'll expect it spaced every time after that. Same with serial commas, spaces between ellipses, etc.

                      Nou Thanks for the clarification!

                      By the way, I'm not editing for any publication...at the moment. For now.
                      It may change though...soon. Maybe. Hopefully. :D

                      • Nou replied to this.

                          Wadah No problem. For the most part, just learn one style in the field of work that you're interested in, and stick with it. For example, if you're going to be doing lots and lots of researching, MLA is the way to go (for classes/subjects like English (not the science field).

                          When I asked:

                          Which publication are you editing for?

                          it was more of a "what question should you ask yourself?" I forgot to add in the:
                          It depends on one question: Which publication are you editing for?

                          As one website puts it: (note, I don't understand the example they used. It was probably autocorrected without them knowing. Idk.)

                          em-dashes

                              Ohh. So MLA style or formatting is the way to go for literature?
                              Always kinda assumed it was preference-based, to be honest. To think English is my primary language, and I still haven't caught on to these basics :c

                                Wadah MLA is the preferred formatting for literature because it allows the usage of footnotes. However, it boils down to preference too. My masters thesis is APA style cause I'm more familiar with it.

                                    guys, i also am giving the editor's test, and i have a question
                                    is there a time limit to submit the test??
                                    like, in a day or two something.....
                                    awaiting response!

                                      Nou How long did it take for you guys to get your editor test back? I've sent mine and they say they got it like nearly 2 weeks ago and no results back yet :(

                                          h2211games I wanna know too, except mine is the translator's test. I turned it in a couple of days ago, but I'm so impatient, I keep on going back to my email like HAVE I PASSED OR WHAT TELL ME PLEASE. >-<;; makes me anxious since they're like we'll get it back to you ASAP and I'm like tf give me a proper timeframe man! ASAP is too vague! rolls around on the ground anxiously I'm bad at waiting, if you can't see.

                                            I submitted my test on last week's Saturday, super early at dawn, and got a reply on Monday that I'll be notified as soon as it gets assessed. So I waited for a few hours before sending another mail to see if there's been an update, but the reply I got was that the batch of applications I'm part of was still being looked over, and that I'd probably get my result within this week.

                                            So here I am, sucking on my thumbs. :D

                                            hmm... i would be happy if i just got a reply, cause u know, i had to wait for at least 2 months to just get a reply of the recruitment email i sent[ i sent the email on the September and got the reply at the end of October]. i don;t blame the qidian managers, cause i know they r like super busy.... but, u know, i'm just surprised that i got a reply. i had already thought that my mail has gone to spam section.

                                              well, i also have another bad news ... well, for myself. that is, i got my college entrance exams coming, and my parents r arguing with me. the topic is "to cut off internet" or not. and i have like a week till my internet pack expires. and i'm so sad, cause even if i sent my test mail, i wouldn't get the results by the time my internet expires. so guys... i'm in a dilemma... what should i do? do i harass the qidian officials by sending my test mail or should i just let it go, and give it another try after ... well, a yr and a half, when i'm finished with all my studies........ though i don;t know by that time whether qidian will hire any editor or whether the editor's test will be more tough than it already is ]the part of the test being hard is a sarcasm. tehe!!]

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