PUBLICATION PREP – Academic Editing An editing and proofreading business with a focus on assisting non-native English speakers Service type: Proofread and Edit Language: English
Darlene-Marie Slagle (Darlene) provides concept editing in the areas of religion, spirituality, humanities and social sciences — and general editing and proofreading for all areas.
What does this actually mean? Concept editing involves concept clarification. In concept editing, Darlene will ask you questions about your text and she will work single-mindedly to fully understand your goal. Moreover. she will present you with more than one suggestion for improving the concept. Thus, the author will resonate with the final words–the words that capture and enhance the original idea.
Many non Native English speakers will hesitate to speak boldly enough about an idea. Darlene will help choose the right level of language in accord with American English usage. Be sure and take advantage of the links on my Resource tab to assist you with your project.
In some cases, the author is so deeply submerged in the material that the text is difficult to penetrate. Concept clarification is key to successful editing in these cases. You can discuss this point and many others with Darlene, including:
• Are you having trouble consolidating ideas? • Do you run into problems with sentence structure, tense and punctuation? (Very common when text is translated into English but it is easy to correct.) • Do you need help summarizing key points? • Who’s the audience and why does this matter?
When you work with Darlene, please ask any and all questions you may have — nothing is too basic or too obscure. Questions that are asked and answered in the author/editor partnership produce a successful outcome. Ask away, Darlene will!
What you will receive:
Document returned with MS Word Track Changes for client review (will work in stages to maintain communication and customer satisfaction) Final document returned with all edits accepted and comments removed
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