编辑语言是缘于编辑劳动的再创造性、局限性和潜隐性等特点而创造的用以表达编辑思想、完成编辑任务的特殊的语言符号系统。编辑语言分为文字语言和形象语言两大类,具有表述功能、评价功能、导引功能、调剂功能和审美功能。编辑语言是编辑劳动的手段,充分运用、发展和研究编辑语言,是发展编辑事业、完善编辑学体系的迫切课题。 Editing language is a special linguistic symbology created to express editing thoughts and complete editing tasks due to the re-creation, limitation and latentness of editorial work. Editing language is divided into two categories of text and image language, with the expression function, evaluation function, guidance function, adjustment function and aesthetic function. Editing a language is a means of editing labor. Making full use of it, developing and studying the editing language is an urgent task for developing the editing business and perfecting the editing system.