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EDITING AND PROOFREADING IN THE AGE OF AI COURSE IDENTIFICATION AND APPLICATION INFORMATION

Code Name of the Course Unit Semester In-Class Hours (T+P) Credit ECTS Credit
ETI403 EDITING AND PROOFREADING IN THE AGE OF AI 7 3 3 7

KEY LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT (On successful completion of this course unit, students/learners will or will be able to)

Explains and distinguishes the concepts of editing, correction, revision, proofreading, rewriting, and post-editing.
Evaluates original and translated English and Turkish texts according to linguistic, semantic, terminological, stylistic, and functional criteria.
Identifies and corrects problems related to spelling, punctuation, grammar, syntax, word choice, cohesion, coherence, terminology, tone, and text structure.
Revises human translations by comparing source and target texts and applies appropriate post-editing to machine translation and AI-generated outputs.
Identifies misinformation, semantic shifts, repetition, terminological and stylistic problems in generative AI texts and verifies AI-generated suggestions.
Determines the appropriate level of editorial intervention according to the purpose, genre, target audience, and publication context of a text and justifies the changes made.
Uses dictionaries, style guides, parallel texts, corpora, track changes, automated quality control, and AI-assisted tools effectively in the editing process.
Applies ethical principles related to confidentiality, data security, copyright, preservation of the author’s voice, academic integrity, and disclosure of AI use in editing and proofreading.