Editing Services
Fees and payment
We offer two kinds of editing service, which have different
fee rates:
1. Editing of English
- Proofreading and editing for both native and
non-native speakers
- Academic and scientific/technical documents a
speciality, but we also edit documents for business
and commerce
- A professional look for your documents
- Care and attention to detail
- Different levels of editing. We can give your
document a final polish or rewrite it completely
from a rough draft.
- International English and North American spelling
conventions respected
- Appropriate vocabulary, style and level of formality
- Clarity and precision of expression
- Documents prepared according to the style of the
journal to which you will submit your document,
usually according to an appropriate major style
manual (Chicago, Modern Languages Association, American
Psychological Association, Council of Biology Editors,
American Medical Association, American Sociological
Association or American Chemical Society.)
2. Editing for Logic and the Flow of Argument:
- Assessment of logical consistency within various parts of the text
- Identification and rectification of unclarities due to structure
- Assessment of how the argument of the paper fits together as a whole, i.e. cohesion of structure
- Identification of fallacies in argument
- Assessment of evidential relations, e.g we ensure that claims made in the conclusion do not go beyond the evidence supplied in the main body of the text
- Tightening up of the structure of argument, e.g. by identifying , and rendering explicit, hidden premises, or by pointing out text that is unnecessary to the argument
- Pointing out of omissions in the text, e.g. references, notation, figure and table captions
If you require this service, please indicate what parts
of your document you would like to be reviewed, when
you submit your paper. It should be noted that the successful
completion of this service will usually require more
extensive communication between author and editor than
does simply editing the English. It is especially useful
for papers that have been rewritten to take into account
the comments of anonymous revieweres, prior to resubmission
to a journal.
Editing
for Logic and the Flow of Argument is not available
to students who are preparing a thesis or dissertation
for submission for a degree.
NB Editing English and Editing for Logic and Flow of Argument are not mutually exclusive. It is, for example, not always possible to edit English satisfactorily without changing lthe logical structure of paragraphs at the same time. When this happens, the editing will be charged at the Editing of English rate only.
Our
editing staff
Cambridge Language Consultants is
committed to providing a quality service. We employ
only highly qualified and experienced native speakers
to edit for us. All of our consultants have the
following qualities:
Our consultants have experience of proofreading
and editing documents with a wide range of content: business,
biological sciences, medical sciences, computer science,
engineering, physics and astronomy, archaeology, anthropology,
sociology, geosciences, artificial intelligence, education,
economics and history, among others.
We demand a higher standard still for editing for
logic and the flow of argument. Our editors for
this service all have a PhD in Philosophy , specialising
in Philosophy of Science, and are familiar with
fundamental concepts in a wide range of scientific
disciplines.
How
to submit your document for editing
Your document should be in the following format:
You can send your document to us in the following ways:
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You should include a covering letter
stating the length of the document, your deadline for
receipt of the finished document and any special requirements
that you may have. Should you wish us to edit your document
by hand, please let us know and send us your return
address.
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If you fax your document, please include
a return address. We will edit and mark it up by hand
and return it to you by post.
How long does it take?
The time taken to edit and deliver a document will
be a matter for discussion between the client and
CLC. Long documents will, obviously, require more
time than short ones.
CLC will edit and return a document of about 2000
words in 24 hours if necessary, but we prefer a
turnaround time of about 7days for academic documents.
This gives us time to find an editor with the appropriate
skills and background knowledge.
Our charges for express service are as follows:
24 hour service: 30% surcharge for a 2000-word paper
48 hour service: 15% surcharge for a 2000-word paper
48 hour service: 30% surcharge for a 4000-word paper
Double charge for work on Sundays
(It is not practical to specify precisely surcharges
for every kind of document. CLC reserves the right
to assess surcharges as necessary, using the above
as guidelines.)
Procedure:
editing of English
- CLC staff will analyse the document and send
it to an editor who possesses the required expertise.
- The editor will save the original, make corrections
in blue, red or green according to your preference,
and send a revised copy to CLC.
- CLC will calculate the fee and send a copy of
the revised version of the document back to you
by e-mail or ordinary mail, with a bill.
- Once the document has been returned to you, you
will be able to ask the editor any questions that
you have, without further charge.
- Should you revise significant sections of the
document in such a manner that they may be deemed
to be new work, the checking of these sections will
be charged at the standard rate.
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