Revision, Review & Proofreading to ISO 17100
The roles the standard actually defines, necessary versus preferential changes, a six-pass revision routine, and how to price the work properly.
Agencies use revision, review, editing and proofreading interchangeably, then price them as though they were the same service. ISO 17100:2015, the standard Langixy is certified against, defines each precisely, and knowing the difference protects both your rate and your reputation. This course teaches the reviser's discipline: changing what is wrong rather than what is merely different, running six focused passes so numbers and negatives never slip through, and writing feedback that is genuinely usable rather than resented. It covers the different error profile of machine and LLM output, where fluency actively hides the mistakes, and closes on pricing, sampling before you quote, and the stop clause that stops you retranslating at a revision rate.
What you'll learn
- Distinguish revision, review, proofreading and final verification per ISO 17100
- Change only what is wrong, and stop over-editing
- Run a six-pass revision that reliably catches critical errors
- Write feedback and scorecards that are fair and actually useful
- Adapt your pass for machine and LLM output, where errors read fluently
- Price revision by the hour, sample before quoting, and use a stop clause
Course content
- 1. The roles ISO 17100 actually defines (15 min)
- 2. Necessary versus preferential changes (15 min)
- 3. A revision pass that finds real errors (15 min)
- 4. Feedback, scorecards, and disagreements (15 min)
- 5. Revising machine and AI output (15 min)
- 6. Pricing and positioning revision work (15 min)
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