ABSTRACT
Texts have two types of structure: conceptual structure and physical structure. An example of the former would be an argument structure: presentation of problem, tentative solution, arguments for, arguments against, conclusion. An example of physical structure would be the parts of an article: title, summary, section head, sequence of paragraphs, inserted table, next section head, and so on. The structural editor’s job is to help the reader follow the conceptual structure by making adjustments in the physical structure. This may involve large-scale work re-ordering paragraphs or even sections and larger units. However, in this chapter we will be concerned with smaller-scale changes, because that is the kind of work translators most often need to do.
