English Proofreading

Essay marking

10,000 + hours English teaching experience and marking of English essays written by foreign language students in France, Greece and Lebanon in preparation for Michigan & Cambridge proficiency, TOEIC, IELTS writing sections.


Ability to assess the student/client’s level of written English, set & achieve tangible goals, and co-create a customised approach to writing that will showcase their mastery of the language on the day of the exam.

Objectives:

  • Ascertain an individual “voice” and original touch come across while fulfilling specific language criteria.
  • Render writing a fulfilling experience and an opportunity for self-expression.

Types of documents: compositions, letters and reports.


Market research

25+ years’ experience proofreading English quantitative reports & questionnaires for leading market research groups and consultants in France and South-East Asia.

Specialised in marketing concepts and terminology in the fields of healthcare, cosmetics, skincare, luxury goods, energy, transport.

Objectives:

  • Optimise vocabulary, syntax & grammar and enhance with appropriate cultural touch for the context.
  • Maintain the company’s style.
  • Check for consistency.
  • Highlight non-language related discrepancies (percentages, contradiction between graphs and slide summaries, etc.).

Types of documents: quantitative reports, questionnaires, screeners.

Industry & events

10+ years’ experience proofreading documents for clients in cutting-edge industry and the corporate events sector.

In-depth understanding of industrial processes and terminology acquired via 1,000+ hours teaching English to clients at their workplace in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, France (R&D, machine operators, HR managers, CEOs, marketing managers, quality control experts, etc.).

Objectives:

  • Ascertain the company’s core values transpire through the description of their products, services or processes.  
  • Guarantee the unwavering quality of a company's English documents.

Types of documents: brochures, quotations, presentations.

Academic research

Proofreading of academic research documents for researchers based in France (Rouen University), the United Kingdom (Birkbeck, University of London), Greece ( University of Athens, National Center of Social Research - EKKE, University of Aegean, Nikos Poulantzas Research Institute, Greek General Confederation of Labour Research Institute).  

Specialised in sociology, philosophy, labour law, education.

Objectives:

  • Gain in-depth understanding of the subject matter via extensive prior research and reading.
  • Ensure appropriate usage of vocabulary, punctuation and turns of phrase commonly used in the specific field or research.
  • Suggest writing techniques that enable to place emphasis on specific parts of the sentence (e.g., inversion), divide up long sentences, etc.
  • Draw the author’s attention to any areas that may require reworking to ascertain clarity.

Types of documents: research proposals, theses, papers, publications.

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