How to become a successful editor and proofreader (Workshop)

Formats: Webinar presentations
Topics: Technical & scientific documents translation
Services and specialization
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Start time:Apr 12, 2022 16:00 GMT     Add to calendar

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Language:English
Duration:120 minutes
Description

In this two-hour workshop targeted at language professionals, we'll look at practical editing and proofreading techniques that will enable you to improve client satisfaction and retention. You'll finish the session with a list of tools you can start using right away. You will gain a good understanding of how to price your editing and proofreading services, whether as part of a TEP package or as standalone services.

Many language professionals have a general idea of what editing, proofreading, post-editing and copyediting services may include. That said, translators may undersell their services as they may not fully understand the difference and may fail to explain to their clients what their editing or proofreading process entails.

We'll discuss how to avoid inconsistent editing and proofreading whether translators work on their own translation or provide these services for somebody else's translation. We will review typical editing and proofreading tasks and discuss how to analyze the scope of a project. The workshop will also include proven pricing and negotiation approaches. This workshop will give you the tools you need to help you to exceed your clients’ expectations every time and keep them coming back as your satisfied clients and thus increasing that client's lifetime value to you.


This workshop will enable you to


✓ Learn techniques that will help you to edit effectively and consistently and improve client satisfaction and retention
✓ Understand the scope limits for editing and proofreading and be able to negotiate these effectively with your clients
✓ Know how to price your editing and proofreading services, whether as part of a TEP package or as standalone services
✓ Understand and work with recommended editing tools and software to improve your results

Ready to start editing the right way and improve your client satisfaction and retention?

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Karen Tkaczyk    View feedback | View all courses
Bio: Karen Tkaczyk grew up in the UK. She has an MChem in chemistry with French from the University of Manchester and a diploma in French and a PhD in organic chemistry from the University of Cambridge. She worked in the pharmaceutical and cosmetics industries before moving to the US, having children, and then switching careers. She started her translation practice in in 2005. Since then Karen has been translating French into English, localizing and editing English, and training other translators, mainly in the area of scientific and technical writing, editing and quality assurance. In 2021 she began working for MasterWord (Houston, Texas) as Director of Life Sciences Solutions.

Karen is ATA-certified (French to US English) and a Fellow of the ITI (Qualified for French to UK English). She works from home in the Denver, Colorado, area. She is heavily involved in the American Translators Association, and currently serves as its Secretary. She tweets at @ChemXlator. See https://www.mcmillantranslation.com/ for more information.
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