Hay Editorial proofreading and editing

Hay Editorial

Copy-editing | Proofreading

I'm an experienced freelance editor who specialises in scholarly and academic materials. I also have ten years of editorial experience in educational assessment contexts, where accuracy and consistency are paramount. I enjoy helping authors who use English as an additional language to make their texts clear and accessible.

I'm proficient in Latin, Ancient Greek, NT Greek, and French. I'm an Advanced Professional Member of the Society for Editors and Proofreaders and a member of Editors Canada.

Recent work
My recent freelance assignments include books on

phonological tone
the history of music criticism
Byzantium's northern frontier
Nero and his court
Eusebius of Caesarea
the elegies of Brahms
sociolinguistic variation in children's speech
polis histories and collective memory
the population and economy of classical Athens
the metaphysics of ordinary objects
professional development for obstetricians
speech acts and politeness.

My in-house experience includes the role of Senior Assessment Manager at Cambridge English Language Assessment (2010 to 2018), editing university admissions tests, tests of English for health professionals, and teacher training tests.

Editorial skills
I provide a complete range of services for authors:

proofreading
copy-editing
developmental editing
project editing
plain language
referencing
research
fact-checking
structural editing
stylistic editing

Subject areas
Some of my specialist areas:

archaeology
ancient history
classical studies
education
linguistics
health and medicine
history
literature
music
philosophy
social sciences

Qualifications

MA (First Class Honours) in Philosophy, University of Edinburgh
BPhil in Philosophy, University of Oxford
MA (Distinction) in Applied Linguistics, Lancaster University
PG Certificate (Distinction) in Greek and Latin
PG Certificate (Merit) in Classical Studies
DELTA Diploma in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages

Get in touch via lesley@hayeditorial.com
or see my directory entries at Editors Canada and the SfEP.

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