Proofreading

What is proofreading

Professional proofreading is the process of a final, full review of a text – including a comprehensive check of grammar, spelling, syntax, punctuation, page breaks and layout.

Not to be confused with editing, which verifies the general sense of the overall document, proofreading focusses on correcting and removing errors as well as checking accuracy.

Proofreaders consider factors such as format, register, style, spelling, typography, and grammar.

Translation proofreading involves an additional important consideration: the source text. The translation is proofread against the original to translate all the nuances and intricate meaning.

At Global Voices, our proofreading service is carried out by a second native speaker of the target language, whose careful analysis of the text adds a supplementary stage to your translation project. Your project is screened for any errors and then returned to the first linguist for final approval. Our project management team oversee this procedure, ensuring that the translations and fluent, natural and true to the original.

Whether or not your project requires proofreading depends on its purpose. While proofreading services can be extremely important, they may not be needed for every text. Our translations by experienced, native speaking linguists achieve a very high level of accuracy and consistency.

Translations of internal or departmental documents or for comprehension, for example, have far less need to be proofread than texts to be published that could be read by millions of potential customers.

Those projects that are intended for wide audiences, contain sensitive or confidential information, relay important details, contain medical or legal information, websites and marketing materials are all ideal for proofreading. The service guarantees stylistic coherence and accuracy.