Вычитка идёт после редактуры.

Yes, идти literally means to go, but in Russian it is also often used for processes, events, or stages in a sequence.

In Вычитка идёт после редактуры, идёт means something like:

• takes place
• comes
• happens

So the sentence is not about physical movement. It means that in the workflow, proofreading happens after editing.

This is a very common Russian way to describe order or process:

• Ужин идёт после спектакля. = Dinner comes after the show.
• Самая трудная часть идёт в конце. = The hardest part comes at the end.

Because после requires the genitive case.

The dictionary form is редактура. After после (after), it changes to the genitive singular:

• редактура → редактуры

So:

• после редактуры = after editing

This is a standard rule:

• после урока = after the lesson
• после работы = after work
• после встречи = after the meeting

Вычитка usually means proofreading or careful checking of a text, often after the main editing work has already been done.

It is more specific than just reading. It suggests looking for things like:

• typos
• punctuation mistakes
• formatting inconsistencies
• small remaining errors

In publishing or editorial contexts, вычитка is a technical, professional word.

They are related, but not the same stage.

• редактура = editing, editorial revision
  This can involve changing wording, structure, style, clarity, logic, etc.

• вычитка = proofreading
  This is usually a later, more detailed check for smaller mistakes.

So the sentence is describing a normal sequence:

1. редактура = the text is edited
2. вычитка = the edited text is proofread

Usually it sounds like a general rule, procedure, or workflow description.

Russian present tense is often used for general facts and regular processes, not only for actions happening at this exact moment.

So Вычитка идёт после редактуры is best understood as:

• Proofreading comes after editing
• Proofreading is done after editing

If you really wanted to emphasize that it is happening right now in a specific situation, the context would normally make that clear.

Yes, absolutely.

Russian word order is flexible, so both are grammatical:

• Вычитка идёт после редактуры.
• После редактуры идёт вычитка.

The difference is mainly emphasis:

• Вычитка идёт после редактуры focuses first on вычитка
• После редактуры идёт вычитка focuses first on the sequence after editing

The second version may sound especially natural if you are explaining steps in order.

Yes, depending on style.

Possible alternatives include:

• бывает — less suitable here
• следует — more formal, meaning follows
• проводится — more official, meaning is carried out

For example:

• Вычитка следует за редактурой. = Proofreading follows editing.
• Вычитка проводится после редактуры. = Proofreading is carried out after editing.

But идёт после sounds natural and idiomatic when describing stages in a process.

Both exist, but they are not always used in exactly the same way.

• редактирование is the more direct verbal noun from редактировать and means editing
• редактура is also used for editing/editorial revision, especially in professional or publishing contexts

So you may hear both:

• Вычитка идёт после редактирования.
• Вычитка идёт после редактуры.

The sentence with редактуры sounds fairly professional and industry-like.

Russian has no articles.

So nouns like вычитка and редактура can mean:

• proofreading / editing in general
• the proofreading / the editing in a specific context

You understand which meaning is intended from context.

Here, the sentence most naturally sounds general:

• Proofreading comes after editing

The stress is:

• вы́читка
• идёт
• редакту́ры

So the full sentence is pronounced approximately:

ВЫ-чит-ка и-ДЁТ по-СЛЕ ре-дак-ТУ-ры

The letter ё in идёт always carries stress.

In standard modern Russian, после takes the genitive.

So after после, you should expect forms like:

• после урока
• после встречи
• после редактуры

That is why редактура becomes редактуры here.