In this section authors will find the guidelines to submit papers. The guidelines are general writing rules for controlled languages. The following writing rules will reduce ambiguities in the texts so that your papers will be ideal for machine translation.
RULE I
Write sentences that are shorter than 25 words.
Write:
If you want to modify your profile:
• Inform the editorial board;
• Send a copy of the new profile;
• Confirm once the new profile is published.
Do not write:
Authors wishing to modify their profile on the website should to send an email to the editorial board informing that they want to change their profile. Then they will send a copy of their new profile and wait to confirm once the profile has been published on the journal website.
RULE II:
Write sentences that express only one idea.
Write:
The authors will use the guidelines to write their papers. The guidelines optimize the texts for machine translation.
Do not write:
By using the guidelines for writing papers, the authors will ensure that the texts are ready for MT and that they will produce better results.
RULE III:
Write the same sentence if you want to express the same content.
Write:
Submission of articles:
1) Write the paper following the writing rules
2) Review the paper
3) Send the paper to the editorial board for approval
Do not write:
Application of papers:
1) Write the paper following the writing rules
2) Review the paper
3) Send the paper to the editorial board for approval
RULE IV:
Write sentences that are grammatically complete.
Write:
Do you wish to continue submit your paper?
Do not write:
Continue with submission?
RULE V:
Write sentences that have a simple grammatical structure.
Write:
Ensure that you use the writing rules provided in the section “Guidelines for authors”.
Do not write:
While writing your paper, in order to ensure that is correct, please use the “Guidelines for authors” that are provided in the dedicated section.
RULE VI:
Write sentences in the active form.
Write:
The editorial board will ask for confirmation before the publication.
Do not write:
A confirmation will be sent to you by the editorial board prior to the publication.
RULE VII:
Write sentences that repeat the noun instead of using a pronoun.
Write:
Please implement the changes in the text before you send the text for publication.
Do not write:
Please implement the changes in the text before you send it for publication.
RULE VIII:
Write sentences that use articles to identify nouns.
Write:
Submit the paper.
Do not write:
Submit paper.
RULE IX:
Write sentences that use words from a general dictionary.
Write:
Write short sentences.
Do not write:
Write succinct sentences.
RULE X:
Write sentences that use only words with correct spelling.
Write:
The paper must be approved before publication.
Do not write:
The paper must be approvved before pubblication.
Submission Guidelines
Papers submitted to The Big Wave must not have been accepted for publication elsewhere or be under review for another publication.
Papers should be between 1,500 and 2,500 words long, including end notes.
Abstracts should not be longer than 250 words. At the head of abstracts, authors should indicate the title of the article, the name(s), affiliation(s) and email address(es) of the author(s), with three to five keywords. Abstracts should be written in clear, reader-friendly English.
All submissions must be in English. Papers submitted in a language other than English (possibly one among Italian, French, Spanish, or Russian) should also include an English version.
Articles must be submitted in electronic format. Authors should send Microsoft Word or RTF files with extension .doc or .rtf or plain HTML without extra formatting.
Articles must be formatted using the following standard values:
- margins (top, bottom, left and right): 2 cm;
- spacing: 1 (including endnotes and bibliography);
- font text: 11 pt Times New Roman;
- spelling: US English.
All submitted papers will be carefully reviewed by the editors and at least one member of the editorial board for originality, significance, technical soundness, and clarity of expression.
Failure to comply with the formatting instructions for submitted papers will lead to the outright rejection of the paper without review.
Disclaimer
By submitting manuscripts for publication, authors acknowledge that they assign their copyrights to © The Big Wave.
They are also responsible for obtaining permission to use copyrights from other sources when using copyright material. The content of The Big Wave website can be accessed, downloaded and/or printed for personal non-commercial use by permission from the editor (editor@thebigwave.it). In particular, authors may use their text elsewhere after publication, provided that The Big Wave is acknowledged as the original source of publication.
