collate; verify and correct; textual research
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to collate and correct (texts); to verify and amend errors through textual research
formalFormal term used in academic, literary, and historiographical contexts when verifying the accuracy of texts, dates, or historical facts.
Zhè这
wèi位
jiào教
shòu授
huā花
fèi费
shí十
nián年
shí时
jiān间
kǎo考
dìng订
zhè这
bù部
gǔ古
dài代
diǎn典
jí籍
。
This professor spent ten years collating and correcting this ancient classic text.
Wǒ我
men们
xū需
yào要
jìn进
yī一
bù步
kǎo考
dìng订
zhè这
xiē些
shǐ史
liào料
de的
nián年
dài代
。
We need to further verify and correct the dating of these historical materials.
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Zhè这
bù部
zhù著
zuò作
jīng经
guò过
le了
yán严
gé格
kǎo考
dìng订
，
cuò错
wù误
jí极
shǎo少
。
This work has undergone rigorous textual criticism and contains very few errors.
Tā他
zài在
lùn论
wén文
zhōng中
kǎo考
dìng订
le了
qián前
rén人
de的
duō多
chù处
é讹
wù误
。
In his paper, he corrected numerous errors made by previous scholars.