Going the extra mile

Home>
Going the extra mile

Letting the train take the strain

Post author:foolproof
Post published:August 31, 2024
Post category:Uncategorized
Post comments:0 Comments

About eight years ago, maybe a little under, an English writer living in Western France got in touch. He had spent half a decade researching then writing a book about…

Continue ReadingLetting the train take the strain

Testimonials

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

Tony BainsHead of Creative | Brand and MarketingBritish Council

Thank you again for doing such a fantastic job on the copy editing.

Aimée WatsonGoing Global Content and Communications Manager, Education and SocietyBritish Council

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

Md Shams E TabrizApplied Mechanics EngineerCummins Inc.

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

Paul FentonWriterCork, Ireland

Throughout the 10-plus years that I was Managing Director of Apa Publications, Sylvia was our most thorough and reliable proofreader. She was the one that our Editorial Director chose for the most com… Read more

Jeremy WestwoodManaging DirectorApa Publications

I hired Sylvia to proofread and edit a project that I had to translate from Spanish into English. Her work was outstanding! She was easy to work with, fast and (importantly) met our agreed deadline. I… Read more

Ariadna TaglioretteTranslator and Content WriterDenmark

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.

Emily WebberAccount ManagerFluid

‘I love how you use different adjectives and verbs that mean what I intended to say but add vigour and variety to the scenes they describe.’ ‘You’ve done some outstanding work adding new noun… Read more

Tony StowersWriterNantes, France

I have commissioned Sylvia to proofread many travel guidebooks. She became my proofreader of choice because of her meticulous attention to detail and her sharp eye for inconsistencies.

Brian BellEditorial DirectorAPA Publications

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

Denise MacDonald-Kiernan

Word Cloud

accurate aesthetically pleasing ancient appraisal assignment commute competent comprehensible confidence Copyediting Cutting the crap since 1981 detail dictionary different English essay Etymology feedback formatting freelancing Going the extra mile Grammar high quality hone idle chatter innate Language meticulous Micromanage office-bound punctuation regular income reliable scrutiny self-discipline self-employed sentence structure sharp-eyed specialist Spelling students Superlative copyediting syntax thorough Vocabulary