Essentially, I go through your work twice. The first time, I correct as much as possible, raising queries as necessary. Once you have responded to the queries, I correct the remaining parts and give your work a final read-through to check that I haven’t missed anything. See the flow chart below for more details. I have a lot of experience of working with authors and can walk you through the process.
I work in the author’s English. I am familiar with the different words, spellings, and punctuation conventions in British and American English, as well as with the preferences of other Englishes.
Yes. Please specify your target publication when you order, and I will refer to the author guidelines while I am editing. For example, I can tighten an abstract to meet the word limit.
Within reason! I don’t make major changes to the layout, since the final appearance is the author’s responsibility. However, I use Word styles to give the document a consistent look, e.g., line spacing, indents, font size. I can also format a document to APA 7 style and ensure that a book manuscript is ready for a typesetter.
Yes. Questions are welcome and help me to improve my service. If you are unclear why any corrections have been made or believe a correction has changed the meaning of the text, please tell me.
Probably! I used to work as an English teacher in Japan and have spent many years working with authors with English as a foreign language. This has given me a strong insight in what people are trying to say, even when their English is imperfect. I can also speak and read Japanese, so I can respond to queries in Japanese if necessary.
Yes, though as little as possible. On occasion, I will use an LLM to get a second opinion on a phrasing choice, but this use does not extend beyond isolated sentences (with any personal details removed).
Yes. For example, if you do not need the references checking, then let me know, and the price of the job will be reduced accordingly.
I will try my best to complete all jobs of up to 5000 words in 5 working days.
I will aim to complete large jobs (over 5000 words) in 8 working days and jobs of over 15,000 words in 12 working days.
For customers paying by the word, I can offer discounts for longer jobs. Please ask for details.
Yes. The contents of work or any other information received about clients will not be disclosed to third parties and will only be used directly to carry out the assigned work.
By bank transfer (furikomi) within one month of the date on the invoice. Account details will be given on the invoice. Wise and PayPal are also possible.
The flow chart below shows how my editing/proofreading service works in practice.
If you have any other questions, please get in contact.
