编辑工作离不开作者与读者,但相比较而言,编辑与读者的关系更为密切。这不仅因为编辑工作的任务是替读者负责(文本是否有阅读的必要以及是否有阅读的可能),而且也由于编辑本身首先是一名读者。我国当代编辑史上的著名人物赵家璧先生说,他是“从爱读书,成为爱编书”。这个经历无疑有普遍意义。但编辑之为编辑,却是在于他同一般读者的区别,这种区别的结果,使编辑能更好地为广大读者服务。从这个意义上讲,编辑可以被 Editors can not do without the author and the reader, but in comparison, the relationship between editors and readers is more closely. This is not only because the editor is responsible for the task of the reader (whether the text is necessary for reading and whether it is possible for it to be read), but also because the editor itself is primarily a reader. Mr. Zhao Jiabi, a famous figure in the history of contemporary Chinese editors, said that he is “reading books from love and becoming love books.” This experience undoubtedly has universal significance. However, editing is an editor, but it is because of the difference between him and the average reader. As a result of this difference, editors can better serve the readers. In this sense, editors can be