Checking the content and style of texts and translations

Texts that are intended for the external presentation of your company or organization must meet the highest standards. Both in terms of form and content. This applies to the translation as well as to the source text and to digital distribution as well as to printed matter. To ensure that your texts reach your readers in the best possible way, it can be useful to proofread them.

Foreign language editing

In a foreign language editing process, a text that has already been translated and edited by a second specialist translator ("four-eyes principle") is checked by another language expert ("six-eyes principle"). The proofreader checks your texts according to various criteria, depending on your requirements:

  • Logic and coherence: is the text written in a logical and comprehensible way?
  • Sales control: correct division of sections, chapters and sub-chapters
  • Style: is the text written in a consistent style and does it appeal to the reader?

Proofreading goes beyond the revision of grammar, spelling and punctuation. The content and style of your texts now take center stage.

The editor always has the target group, the type of text and the distribution channel in mind and suggests changes to optimize style, terminology and, if necessary, content. The proofreader can do this because she is a native translator with additional qualifications in the industry for which she translates or proofreads.

It doesn't always have to be a translated text

Sometimes a text simply needs to be revised and optimized. We can help here too: our proofreaders can improve the style of your texts and give them the finishing touches. The texts do not have to be translations.

The clearer your objectives are, the faster and better a text can be optimized for you. The following points can help to optimally prepare the editing process:

Is there a glossary?

Most companies have a list of certain terms that belong to their corporate language and must be used consistently. Provide us with these so that your specific terminology can be taken into account in the translation or at the latest during proofreading.

Be specific:

Would you like to have the content of your documents reviewed and adapted or just the style - or both? In what wider context will your text be used? The details of your project can be helpful for optimal fulfillment of the editing process.

Target group:

The better we know your company and your target group, the better we can check the style of your texts and adapt them to the requirements of your (potential) customers. In which medium will your text be used? The more we learn about the context of your proofreading project, the better the result will be.

Layout:

Would you like the optimized text to be delivered in a layout prepared for printing and set in a foreign language? Please let us know, including this service ( Desktop publishing ) in addition to proofreading.

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