Proofreading and Editing for English as a Second Language Writers and Non-Native English Speakers

Picture this:
A student from a South East Asian country has a brilliant idea for spreading awareness on a dreaded disease. He is eager to write. Though nervous at the beginning, he is pleased with how his article turns out. Satisfied, he submits his article to a US-based publisher.

Scene shifts to the publisher’s office in San Francisco:

The editor at the publisher’s office opens the email from the Asian student and reads the opening line, “Majority of people in this country are not having knowledge on this important disease”. The article moves on to become a big jumble of thoughts and ideas, peppered with grammatical errors, spelling errors and repetition of thoughts. The publisher likes the student’s ideas but there is no way this material can be published in its current form. The editor does not want to spend four to five hours editing the article either. He shrugs and writes back to the student telling him they will not be able to publish the article at this time.

Sad situation indeed!

Normally when writers set out to write, they are brimming with ideas and are eager to put down all their thoughts as quickly as they can. This often leads to lack of brevity, typographical errors, grammatical gaffes and punctuation errors resulting in confusing readers and at times even putting them off. In addition, writers of each country have their own style, be it a writer from India or a non-native English speaker from Eastern Europe.

The difficulty of communicating in written English is felt more in countries like China, Japan, South East Asian and Eastern European countries where English is not the first language. In most of these countries the primary language of instruction is not English. Thus the writing of a non-native English speaker often exhibits heavy influence of his native language resulting in long sentences and incorrect use of gender and tenses. More often than not, there is a lack of confidence on the writers’ part even if the article is based on their area of expertise.

Non-native English writers and even their editors sometimes fail to notice such errors and are often unable to decide which parts of the articles they should keep or delete. No matter how interesting and useful the content is, presentation still matters especially in the global context. If English is your second language, you probably need some help with your writing.

This is where Chillibreeze comes in. Our ESL (English as a second language) editors can help you achieve that perfection. Our team of editors and proofreaders ensures that all the hard work of the original writer is translated into a great piece by clipping the content, even rewriting it wherever necessary and making it lucid and concise.

Our ESL editors can help you tweak your articles and add more style and crispness. While editing your article aggressively, our editors also ensure that the essence of the article is not lost.

The best option for the student in our story would have been a professional editing and proofreading service. An English-as-a-second-language editing service such as ours could have dramatically altered his article’s content making it more publication-worthy.

Whether you are writing the manuscript for a book or presenting a PowerPoint at a conference or submitting a medical or scientific paper to a journal or even writing a college application essay for admission to a US university, if you are a non-native speaker of English, you can take advantage of our English-as-a-second-language editing services. Contact us today to get your document edited.