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A meeting place for research editors, translators, and writers Posted by peter on Saturday, February 10 @ 20:28:16 EST NOTICE: The Research Cooperative has a new home: - please visit here! The present site can still be browsed for previous notes and articles (curiosity value only). The Research Cooperative was established in 2001 as a not-for-profit (non-profit) site designed to support academic and scientific research publishing. We do this by facilitating communication between: - researchers - science writers - technical writers - transcription services - editors - translators - proofreaders - illustrators - reviewers and referees - publishers & others (agents, groups, institutions) To register, please use the registration link in main menu at left. Offers or requests can be made for work involving any language or combination of languages - Arabic, English, Cantonese, Chinese, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Italian, Maori, Hungarian, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin, Norwegian, Polish, Portugese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Tagalog, Turkish... An open invitation to all research editors, translators, writers, and proofreaders... We invite editors, translators, writers, proofreaders, illustrators, science writers, active and retired researchers, advanced graduate students, and others to help with the writing and publication of research in all languages, all topics, and in all countries. Cooperative members can be learners, experienced, or professional. PLEASE REGISTER (main menu at left) for full access to all our forums. Benefits Post your own offer or request, and reach an international audience, at no cost Offers and requests can be specific or general, according your particular circumstances. Be as specific as you want. Volunteer services (for free, or in exchange) can be offered or requested. Low and affordable prices can be offered or requested. Full-cost professional services can be offered or requested. Being a volunteer is a good way to gain writing experience, to help others in your own field, and to expand your personal academic network, locally and internationally. An academic, scientific community of research writers, editors, translators... Please use this site to help yourself, your organisation, and your research community, locally and internationally. The more people who visit and use our forums, the more useful the Research Cooperative will become for all individuals, groups and organisations involved in academic, scientific research and writing. We serve: - young researchers seeking experience in writing, editing and translation - young language specialists seeking experience as research editors, translators - editing, proofreading, transcription, and translation companies - professional editors, translators, illustrators, and science writers - publishers and editing committees for scientific journals, magazines, and books - newspaper science pages, television science programmes - documentary film makers and publishers - scientific exhibitions - conference and symposium organisers - online journals, online language services - research institutes, technical colleges, universities, and museums - public and private research organisations NOTICE: The Research Cooperative has a new home: - please visit here! Just for fun, here is a metaphorical poem for research writers. Please... Read it!