Desktop Publishing and Format Proofing

I specialize in formatting and QA localized documents. I have experience in many languages including:

• Western European ( French, Italian, German, Spanish, Dutch, Portuguese, etc.),
• Scandinavian (Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, Finnish, Icelandic, etc.),
• Eastern European and Slavic (Polish, Hungarian, Czech, etc.),
• Mediterranean (Turkish, Greek, etc.),
• Cyrillic and Baltic (Russian, Estonian, Bulgarian, etc.),
• single-byte and complex script Asian (Malay, Hmong, Thai, etc.),
• double-byte Asian (Korean, Japanese, Traditional and Simplified Chinese),
• right-to-left (bi-directional) languages (Arabic, Hebrew, Farsi, Urdu, etc.),
• Indic (Hindi, Bengali, Nepali, etc.),
• Any language not listed that I can find a working font,
• English.  

In addition, I can:

• Recreate old documents from a scan to a new digital copy.
• Convert documents from one software program to another.
• Update, clean up, prep for translation.
• English audio transcription, using timecodes, Word, Excel, and SRT formats.
• Book design, prep for self-publishing sites such as CreateSpace, Amazon and more.
• Create templates.
• Create documents from scratch.
• Edit/Align/Fix subtitles.

Writing, Editing, Proofing and Book Layout and Design

I write, rewrite, edit and proof any English document. I am familiar with the Associated Press Stylebook and the Chicago Manual of Style. I can help you develop your own company stylebook if necessary. Also, I can help you design and layout your book or do the desktop publishing for you.