The practice of editing the Psychological Counseling Dictionary (phase 1) and some lessons learned

Abstract

Editing is the process of detecting errors and omissions in the manuscript that need to be corrected and supplemented to improve the quality of the manuscript and complete it. This is a big, complicated issue and is one of the stages that determines the quality of the manuscript. Like other dictionaries and encyclopedias, editing the Psychological Counseling Dictionary also includes two main stages: scientific editing and technical editing. However, there are also some unique features in each stage of editing the Psychological Counseling Dictionary. This article will present some issues about the practice of editing the Psychological Counseling Dictionary in phase 1, thereby the lessons learned from experience in editing the entries in the Psychological Counseling Dictionary in phase 2.