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Editing

'Thank you so much for editing my journal article … Having a professional to review grammar, syntax and formatting made all the difference to the quality of the final manuscript. It now flows better, the referencing is consistent and the headings formatted. I am very happy with the final product, and, more importantly. so are my supervisors.'
Lucy
Post-graduate researcher
Thanks are ... due to ... Glenine Hamlyn AE, Accredited Editor with the Institute of Professional Editors Ltd (IPEd), whose keen editorial eye helped knock this manuscript into shape."

— From the Acknowledgements of an edited volume in the series Studies in Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding entitled Exploring Peace Formation: Security and Justice in Post-colonial States, published by Routledge in 2018. At the request of the editors compiling the volume, I copyedited and formatted all articles and other material in this volume in preparation for its submission to the publisher.

"Studies in Conflict..."
Volume Acknowledgements

Translation

Hab tausend Dank für die schnelle Hilfe mit der Übersetzung. Sie war sehr gut, und ich habe Deine Ratschläge aufgenommen.

Andreas
POSTGRADUATE RESEARCHER

View an example of a publication I translated from German to English:

Deep Seabed Mining: Treasure chest or another Pandora’s box?
Discussion Paper, MISEREOR 2016.

The Bischöfliches Hilfswerk MISEREOR e.V. – The German Catholic Bishops’ Organisation for Development Cooperation is a longstanding client.

Writing

We can all congratulate ourselves on the quality of this product, but you deserve special praise. Without your dedicated and creative efforts and your attention to detail, no publication could have ever conveyed the direction, content and mood of the discussion [between the Pacific partners] so authentically. Quite apart from your thoroughness, I particularly valued your dedication to the Pacific, evidenced by your determination to reflect the original contributions as closely as possible, to give the Pacific partners a voice – their voice. I believe you did this exceptionally well.'
Email from Ulla, a client in the Pacific regional office of a large development agency, referring to a publication I compiled for them, presenting the diverse voices of representatives of non-government organisations in the Pacific. I also wrote content for this publication.
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  • Accredited Editor with the Institute of Professional Editors (IPEd) (AE)
  • NAATI Certified Translator
  • Professional member of IPEd
  • Member of The Australian Institute of Interpreters and Translators (AUSIT)
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