Definition

Verb: - To revise and correct; to collate and edit: The primary meaning of "khảo đính" is the scholarly process of examining a text (often an old or historical document) against other sources, comparing versions, and making corrections to establish an accurate and authoritative version. It implies meticulous research and verification.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Các học giả đang khảo đính bản thảo cổ. (Scholars are revising and correcting the ancient manuscript.)
  • Sách in lại khó khảo đính. (A reprinted book is difficult to revise and collate thoroughly.)
  • Ông ấy dành nhiều năm để khảo đính tài liệu văn học đó. (He spent many years collating and editing that literary document.)

Advanced Usage

• "khảo đính văn bản": to perform textual criticism; to collate a text.
  • Công việc đầu tiên của nhà nghiên cứu là khảo đính văn bản gốc. (The researcher's first task is to perform textual criticism on the original document.)

Variants and Related Words

• Khảo cứu (v): to research, to study. This is broader than "khảo đính" and focuses more on investigation than on textual correction.
• Hiệu đính (v): to proofread, to correct proofs. This is a more modern and general term for checking and correcting texts, often before final publication, and lacks the deep comparative research aspect of "khảo đính."

Synonyms

• To collate and edit: To collect and compare texts to produce a corrected version.
• To revise and correct: To re-examine and amend errors.
• To emend: To make corrections and improvements to a text (scholarly term).

Notes on Usage

• Register: "Khảo đính" is a formal, academic term. It is marked as "ít dùng" (less commonly used) and "arch." (archaic) in some references, indicating it is primarily found in scholarly, historical, or literary contexts rather than everyday conversation.
• Context: It is almost exclusively used for textual scholarship, involving historical documents, ancient manuscripts, classical literature, or important legal texts where establishing accuracy is critical.

1. (ít dùng) Revise
   • Sách in lại khó khảo đính
     A reprinted and revised book