



Cutting the crap since 1981
I have over four decades of experience in the printing and publishing industry, during which I rose from in-house proofreader at a small printing office to chief copy-editor at a global publishing house.
In 2012, I was headhunted by a US multinational corporation for whom I localised and edited webpages, and I have several well-respected client companies that use my services exclusively.
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Producing clearly written documents inspires confidence in customers and employees. Foolproof improves the content of your online persona and business-to-business image.
Foolproof will ensure that your dissertation is in the best shape possible: your words will flow freely and your content will be comprehensible.
Abstracts, books, case studies, corporate literature, dissertations, journals, mail-shots, manuals, press releases, reports, slide presentations, theses, web content.
Over 42 years in publishing means that Foolproof is well placed to cast a critical and sympathetic eye over manuscripts, ensuring text flows rhythmically and looks the business.
Testimonials
Paul Fenton
As a first time author, working with Sylvia has been an incredibly positive experience. Her love and passion for language and the written word has given my book a clarity and a flow that it really nee… Read more
Denise MacDonald-Kiernan
Sylvia helped produce my Open University Psychology project in 2010. She produced work to an exceptionally high standard and always met mutually agreed deadlines. As I am blind, I needed the inf… Read more
María Scheibengraf
We hired Sylvia to copy-edit a very large website in a very short time, and the quality of her work was outstanding. She’s got great people skills, too, and communication with her is always smooth a… Read more
Halil Hacıalioğlu
Thank you for your great work; the English version is now much better that the Turkish one!
Md Shams E. Tabriz
Sylvia has done an amazing job copy-editing my thesis. As English is my second language, I sometimes struggle with the use of articles and prepositions. She has an amazing attention to detail and pi… Read more
Charlotte Bourke
I first met Sylvia when she was freelancing at the British Council, a client she had over several years. She was a breath of fresh air in the studio, with a meticulous attention to detail, no-nonsens… Read more
Charlotte Bourke
You’re editing skills are tip top and if you hadn’t picked up the colour issue we would seriously be in a whole world of horror.
Tony Bains
Sylvia has worked regularly with the studio for over five years, handling large, complex jobs to more bespoke, smaller commissions. Her work has always been exemplary. She is fastidious and speedy. S… Read more
Martin Sayers
Bless you, thanks Sylvia! All good – great suggestions and corrections, have implemented almost all of them. I was going a bit word-blind with it, so this has been a massive help. Invoice p… Read more
Emily Webber
Thanks for getting all the amends back to us so quickly. You’re a star! As soon as they came in, they went to the studio to update the artwork in time for our deadline. Thanks again.

