FOR AUTOMATED TEXT
Why automated text needs a proofreader
Automation has made translation and transcription faster and more accessible. However, while these tools improve efficiency, they often produce errors, inconsistencies, and unnatural phrasing that can weaken your message.
Machine-generated text lacks the nuance and clarity of human communication. A professional proofreader refines your translated content and transcriptions to ensure accuracy, fluency, and a natural flow that resonates with your audience.
Website Proof-editing
From £60
Ideal for: Businesses of all sizes, from startups to established brands with multilingual websites.
Format: MS Word document or PDF of pages
Your website is often the first impression potential clients have of your business, and you only have seconds to capture their attention. Typos, poor English grammar, or awkward phrasing can undermine trust and drive visitors away. Even a single mistake can leave a lasting negative impression.
This service combines copyediting and proofreading to ensure your website content is clear, accurate, and professional. If your site has been machine-translated into English, I will refine clarity, correct unnatural phrasing, and improve readability. If you provide SEO keywords and meta descriptions, I will check their integration for consistency and relevance to the page content.
If you have a brand style guide, I will ensure all content aligns with your guidelines for terminology, formatting, and other key elements. If no guide is available, I will create a custom style sheet to maintain consistency across your materials.
What This Service Covers:
Text & Language Corrections
✔ Grammar and punctuation corrections
✔ Spelling and typographical errors
✔ Syntax and readability
✔ Homophones and commonly confused words
✔ Elimination of redundancies
✔ Consistency in names, terminology, and branding
Formatting & Layout Consistency
✔ Capitalization and hyphenation consistency
✔ Extraneous letter and line space removal
✔ Paragraph indentation and section break consistency
✔ Consistency in headings, bullet points, and text styling
SEO Keyword & Meta Description Checks
✔ SEO keywords check for accuracy and consistency
✔ Meta descriptions review for clarity and alignment
Structural & Reference Accuracy
✔ Verification of figures, charts, and tables
✔ Cross-checking references and citations
Transcription Proof-editing
From £60
Ideal for: Businesses with transcriptions that need refinement for clarity and accuracy.
Format: MS Word, PDF, or plain text transcription
Whether you’re transcribing meetings, podcasts, webinars, or interviews, clarity and accuracy are key. Transcriptions must be easy to read, error-free, and consistently formatted to ensure the message is communicated effectively. If your transcription is generated by Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) software, it’s especially important to correct awkward phrasing, enhance fluency, and ensure readability, as ASR often struggles with context, speaker identification, and homophones.
This service combines proofreading and copyediting to ensure your transcriptions are clear, accurate, and professional. I’ll correct grammar, spelling, punctuation, improve readability, and ensure consistency in speaker labels, terminology, and formatting, making sure your transcription reads smoothly and naturally.
What This Service Covers:
Text & Language Corrections
✔ Grammar and punctuation corrections
✔ Spelling and typographical errors
✔ Homophones and commonly confused words
✔ Consistency in terminology and style
Fluency & Readability
✔ Ensuring natural flow and readability
✔ Verifying the transcription reflects tone and intent
Cultural Relevance
✔ Adapting idioms, cultural references, and humour
Formatting & Layout Consistency
✔ Consistency in speaker labels and indentation
✔ Correct formatting of timestamps and references
Definitions:
Grammar and punctuation
Identifying and correcting grammar errors, including issues with subject-verb agreement, tense consistency, general punctuation, and dialogue punctuation.
Spelling and typographical errors
Ensuring accurate spelling, accounting for regional variations (such as American vs. British English), and identifying typographical errors, including misspellings and improper word usage.
Syntax and sentence structure
Refining sentence structure for clarity and readability while removing foreign expressions.
Please note: this is a light proof-edit, not a full copy-edit or line edit.
Capitalization and hyphenation
Verifying correct capitalization, hyphenation, and compound word usage, with attention to stacked hyphens often introduced by AI chatbots during content creation.
Homophones and commonly confused words
Ensuring accurate use of homophones and commonly confused words (such as their/there and affect/effect).
Elimination of redundancies
Removing repetitive words, phrases, and unnecessary redundancies to improve clarity and conciseness.
Removal of extraneous letter and line spaces
Identifying and correcting unnecessary spaces between letters, words, and lines.
Paragraph indentation and section breaks
Ensuring consistent indentation, clear idea separation, and smooth transitions throughout the document to enhance readability and organisation.
Widows, orphans and short lines
Preventing single lines of text from being isolated at the top or bottom of a page (widows and orphans) and avoiding overly short lines that disrupt text flow.
Consistency in design of text and image elements
Ensuring consistent fonts, colours, sizes, and spacing, including bullet points, as well as uniform style and placement of images throughout a document or website.
Consistency in names, terminology, and branding
Ensuring consistency in names, terminology, branding, and other specific details throughout the document to enhance clarity and prevent confusion.
Table of contents and index accuracy
Ensuring that chapter and section headings are accurately reflected in the table of contents and index.
Page number accuracy
Ensuring that all page numbers are accurate and correctly aligned with the corresponding content in the document.
Figures, charts, and tables
Ensuring that all figures, charts, and tables are correctly formatted, listed and labelled in the document
Consistency in header and footer format
Ensuring consistency in the formatting of all headers and footers throughout the document, including font style, size, alignment, and content
References and citations adherence to style guide
Ensuring that all references and citations conform to the specified style guide (e.g., APA, MLA, Chicago) in terms of formatting, punctuation, and arrangement.
SEO keywords check
Ensures provided keywords are correctly used, consistent, and naturally integrated into the text.
Meta descriptions review
Checks that meta descriptions are clear, well-structured, and accurately reflect the page content.
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