校こう注ちゅう

noun

collation editing; proofreading and annotation

Refers to the scholarly process of comparing texts, correcting errors, and adding explanatory notes, especially for classical or historical works.

• この古こ典てんの校こう注ちゅうには数すう年ねんかかった。

  The collation editing of this classic text took several years.

• 校こう注ちゅうを担たん当とうした研けん究きゅう者しゃは、原げん典てんの異い同どうを細こまかく調しらべた。

  The researcher in charge of the proofreading and annotation carefully examined the textual variants.