ROB COLSON

CONTACT DETAILS

Name
Rob Colson

Location
Basement Flat
74 Malpas Road
Brockley
London
SE4 1BU

Telephone
020 8694 2642

E-mail
rob@jcolson.fsnet.co.uk

SERVICES

  • Editing
  • Proofreading
  • Proofreading translated copy/rewriting
  • Translation
  • Writing/sub-editing

 FEES

  • £12 to £18 per hour.
  • A fixed fee can be negotiated for larger jobs.

SERVICES / EXPERIENCE

  • Editor, proofreader, sub-editor and translator (Spanish into English) with 8 years' experience.
  • Professionally trained and with a BA (1st Class) Spanish, I can edit hard copy or on-screen.
  • Extensive experience editing academic textbooks (all subjects), periodicals and promotional material; a published writer and journalist myself, I have also edited numerous books of fiction and magazine articles.
  • Recent clients include the University of London (editing study guides - ongoing), the BBC (writing and sub-editing TV listings and film reviews - ongoing) and Crossrail (copy-editing a draft government bill).
  • I provide a thorough editing service, including fact-checking, style advice and rewriting if necessary, for texts aimed at specialists or a general audience. I welcome writers and postgraduate students with English as a second language.
  • All projects considered, large or small.

ROB COLSON


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