I am available to edit and translate documents (double-spaced essays and theses, cover letters, resumes, applications, etc) as well as provide longer-term private tutoring sessions on phone or Skype.
Rates
Papers: $15 per 250 words (A wordcount ranging from 0-375 would be considered 250 words. 376-675 words would be considered 500 words, etc).
Phone/Skype consultations: $15 per half hour. (Anything under 45 min. is considered a half hour)
Feel free to contact me for a consultation or free sample edit of your paper (essay, thesis, paper, or any written document over 5 pages long). I will gladly look over 1 page for free, and provide you with some general feedback/commentary and tips for improvement before you decide to commit to the full edit.
I offer editing services in two forms:
Online editing:
- Email me your paper and let me know what you would like me to do for you:
- Proofreading: I will check your paper for grammar, structure, spelling, formatting, and related errors, but will not focus on style or content.
- Edit*: I will give your paper a complete edit, not only correcting grammar, punctuation, spelling, and formatting errors, but also style and fluency issues.
- Chinese-to-English Translation: Please specify what kind of translation you would like me to do. For example, is your work a story, poem, article? Do you want a word-for-word or thought-for-thought translation? (See this article for definitions of “word-for-word” and “thought-for-thought” translations, and this page for sample translations)
- I will edit/proofread/translate the paper and send it back to you within 3 business days from the day I received the paper.
- If you have any questions regarding any of my comments/suggestions/etc., I will respond to reasonable questions (ex: “what do you mean by this comment?” NOT “can you rewrite my intro paragraph for me?”) within the next 2 business days.
Phone/Skype Consultations:
- If you would prefer to talk to me about your paper, let me know what times work best for you, and whether you think you would like a half-hour consultation, a full hour, or more (you can change your mind, this is just an estimate).
- Email your paper to me at least three business days before our scheduled call.
- I will send it back to you with comments at least one business day before the call, so you can look over it and decide what questions you’d like to ask.
- During the call, you can ask me whatever questions you wish, and/or I can go through each comment with you one at a time until we cover everything you wish to know, or we hit your requested time limit.
To see a sample of my work, use the tabs above, or click here for a sample one-time essay edit, and here for a sample of my Chinese-to-English translation work.
To request editing/translation services, or more information about the process, please contact me through this website, or email me at sarahseslwriting@gmail.com
I look foward to working with you!
~Sarah
*Note to students: I am happy to thoroughly proofread and edit your papers and provide helpful comments and suggestions. Some of these suggestions may include sample rewritten phrases or sentences. I would caution students against using these verbatim. My goal is to help you become a better writer, not to write your paper for you, and your teachers and professors would likely consider it academically dishonest for you to use these samples as your own work.