Copy editing
Improve the impact and effectiveness of your writing through our comprehensive copy checking and editing process. Your clients deserve quality content and that’s where our spelling, grammar and fact-checking service make a real difference.
Why invest in copy editing services?
For companies whose brand image is important, copy editing services are an integral part of the content supply chain process. Well-written documents reflect positively on your business, enabling you to enjoy better connections with your target audience.
Translation clients
Higher quality source text allows for a better quality translation. Copy editing source texts before translation will reduce ambiguities and errors, which saves time and money.
Retail organisations
Have you ever read a poorly written label, menu, manual, or website? Trusted organizations, restaurants, and retailers engage us to ensure you do not.
Subject matter experts
Most people who produce content are not writers or editors, but their target audience often requires greater clarity.
Four stages of the copy editing process
There are typically four stages in the copy editing process. Your desired level of quality will affect the copy editor selected for the work as well as the resulting scope.
Structural editing
Assessing and shaping draft material to improve its organization and content.
Stylistic editing
To help clarify meaning, ensure coherence, flow, and refinement of language.
Copy editing
For accuracy, consistency, and completeness to desired quality level.
Proofreading
Review material in its final format to correct errors in textual and visual elements.
Quality lens
When it comes to editing our clients’ texts, most projects involve one of the following:
Light editing
Checking basic elements such as punctuation, subject-verb agreement, or correction of a few sentences.
6–8 (250 word) pages per hour
Medium stylistic editing
Awkward sentences, stilted paragraph transitions, and style or consistency corrections.
3–4 (250 word) pages per hour
In-depth editing
When structure, content, language and style editing is needed; this may involve major rewriting.
1–3 (250 word) pages per hour