Books are identical "MULTIPLE" twins––Be sure to check for "WHAT EDITION"––

　I once received the following inquiry from an editor at a publishing company.

　She claimed for my submitted translation said : "There is no description in the manuscript of the book in the hands of me." After receiving an inquiry, while looking at the manuscript of the book that was used as the basis for translation, I checked the translation of the points. After all, the manuscript of the book I have has the same wording as the translation.

　When I answered :"​It is possible that "THE VERSION" of the book manuscript that the editor has and I have been different", it was true. This settles the matter.

　When translating for publication, it is necessary to check "WHAT EDITION" the manuscript of the book to be translated.

　This time, I translated the manuscript that has already been published as a book, but you need to be even more careful when translating "THE FINAL DRAFT" before it is published as a book.

　Publication translations can take many months.

　The original author may make changes to the final draft during the translation process. In that case, if I have is before revisions but the editor has is after revisions that "THE VERSION" of the final draft will be different.

　Care must be taken to ensure that the source manuscript for translation is consistent among all involved parties.

　There are many "Manuscripts that are almost final drafts" that are "Almost the same, but different in detail" or, more accurately, "IDENTICAL TWINS."

​　Moreover, there may be more than just two. When translators and editors use different versions of a manuscript, discrepancies like this one occur.

　By the way, regarding this "EDITION", the first printed version is called the "FIRST EDITION", and the ones that have been revised in some ways are called the "SECOND EDITION", "THIRD EDITION", and so on. This is called a "REPRINT."

　A similar word is "PRINTING", such as "First edition, fifth PRINTING." This is used when a book sells well and is simply reprinted without revising the manuscript.