Is Revision a Form of Censorship?
Some theoreticians consider the interventions of reviewers and revisers to be a kind of censorship. This may be a failure to consider that as far as the evaluation process is concerned, the research is guided by a preoccupation with objectivity. It is the responsibility of the various TQA agents to respect a known, yet evolving, set of professional norms, that guarantee the efficacy of the communication. This set of rules, internalized by the profession, also guarantees its cohesion, as there lies its social function. Reviewers and revisers are not the policemen of a translation, but rather its guardians.