PROOFREADING & EDITING
Accuracy is king!
When text is going to be published, a final proofreading or edit is essential.
As we say in Hamburg, ‘What has to be done, has to be done.’
Accordingly, editing and proofreading of German and foreign-language texts are key aspects of the services provided by SPRACHENWERFT.
We offer editing of your texts in their source language, either in conjunction with a translation or independently of a translation.
Once we have taken a look at your documents and requirements, we can quickly determine which of our services is the most suitable for your project and company.
You have a choice between the following four options for this:
PROOFREADING
Proofreading concentrates on spelling, punctuation and grammar as well as typography and hyphenation.
If you want these aspects of your text to be reviewed professionally, proofreading is the right choice for you.
COPY-EDITING
In addition to the elements of the proofreading service, the style and intelligibility of your text are checked along with its logical accuracy and good legibility. What’s more, copy-editing involves inspecting line breaks, the DTP layout and typography in detail, examining the citations and plausibility of data and facts and checking URLs and QR codes.
TRANSLATION CROSS-CHECK
This service compares existing translations against the original source text to check if the content is the same, if the message needs to be adapted culturally and if the translation is complete. The effort required for this can of course vary strongly depending on the focus or subject area. We would be happy to prepare you an individual, non-binding quotation for cross-checks of translations against source texts.
POST-DTP PROOFREADING
Post-DTP proofreading comprises two steps: copy-editing and proofreading. Copy-editing involves checking the text’s style, legibility, logical accuracy and so on. It is followed directly by proofreading with a focus on orthography, grammar and punctuation. Doing this ensures that the text is in top shape prior to publication.