At this moment, cropping process which eliminates unnecessary part for individual is a process of 'self editing' that takes out memories they want to forget and delaying the time they want to keep.

在这一刻，消除个人不必要的部分的裁剪过程，是一个“自我编辑”的过程，可以删除他们想忘记的记忆，也可以保持和延续他们想要的记忆。

youdao

Yet, compared to how most of us write, constantly self-editing every other sentence, it's just horribly inefficient.

但是，相比我们大部分人的写作，每隔一句话不断的自编，效率低得简直令人发指。

youdao

I think what you actually learn is the art of self-editing.

我想真正学到的就是自我编辑的技艺。

youdao

If one isn't providing the overwhelming temptation to spit out slavish rehash after slavish rehash, the other often walks hand-in-hand with the philosophy that self-editing is for the artistically compromised.

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That's more the approach of Merrill Garbus, whose solo project is spelled tUnE-yArDs. (Hey, you won't forget her name, right?) Her 2009 album BiRd-BrAiNs began life as a DIY cassette release, assembled with a handheld voice recorder the "note to self" kind and free audio-editing software.

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