Exemplary English language proofreading services

If you’re looking for a professional English editing service, welcome to Capstone Editing. Our team of experienced editors provides a range of high-quality editing services, including English editing for scientific papers and manuscripts. Our services are available for academics, students, universities, publishers and companies, and every document and manuscript we edit will be delivered on time, of excellent quality and meet international publication standards.

Our English copyediting and English proofreading services are particularly helpful for clients whose first language is not English—English as an Additional Language (EAL) or English as a. Second Language (ESL) clients* ESL (English as a Second Language) is the most commonly used term, but we prefer EAL (English as an Additional Language)—and we’d like to explain why! We believe (and many agree with us) that ‘additional language’ is more respectful than ‘second language’ because it avoids implying a hierarchy of different languages or that a person might be less fluent in any particular language. Also, ‘second language’ might be factually incorrect if you speak three or more languages! We ensure that your English grammar is indistinguishable from that of a native English speaker, allowing your readers to focus on the content of your documents..

English copyediting and English proofreading for everyone

We provide English proofreading and English copyediting services for academics, but anyone who desires perfect English copy can benefit from our services. We’ve worked with many authors, from companies and law firms to government, defence and not-for-profits. With our services, your documents will be grammatically correct, read well and look highly professional. We also offer referencing and document formatting services to ensure your submission will reach exacting university and journal standards.

To date, we’ve edited thousands of documents for a multitude of clients from every university in Australia and New Zealand, and many overseas, and we have many testimonials from satisfied authors who have used our services. We specialise in improving the clarity and readability of all types of documents, from theses, essays and articles to books, conference papers and applications for grants or promotions, helping you to present your work clearly and succinctly.

The difference between our three levels of editing

The example on the right demonstrates the difference between our three editing services: Premium Copyediting, Platinum (Heavy Editing) and Substantive Editing. You can use the slider and buttons to see a practical example of the changes and corrections that would be made to this document using each service.

Please note that our Substantive Editing Service is not available to students.

Expert English language proofreading services

Exacting editors, exacting standards

We hire only the most talented and experienced academic editors. To ensure the highest possible service, we put all our editors through a thorough training program that covers our in-house styles and procedures. All current editors are from Australia or New Zealand and have worked in academia for many years. Cumulatively, our team of academic editors has more editing experience than any other academic editing team in Australia.

Each editor meets the highest standards for English language editing, referencing and formatting and is guaranteed to deliver a thoroughly professional and proficient outcome. We adhere to the Australian Standards for Editing Practice and the ‘Guidelines for Editing Research Theses’ and are familiar with the guidelines of individual universities in Australia and New Zealand. Editors are assigned based on their area of expertise, so you can be assured that they will also understand your field.

Exceptional English language editing service

Capstone Editing provides a world-class English language editing service. When we work on your documents, you can expect:

• immaculate editing by experienced editors from specialist fields with extensive experience editing academic documents and papers
• considered suggestions regarding how you can improve your writing, presentation and writing skills
• high-quality editing that is delivered on time and meets international publication standards for the English language

We go to great lengths to ensure you will be completely satisfied with our editing services. To this end, we guarantee that if you are not 100% happy with the quality of our work, we will address your concerns immediately, in full and at no charge. We also guarantee to meet all agreed deadlines, or we will refund your fee in full.

English editing service for journals

Exceptional client support

Our experienced and dedicated client support staff are key to ensuring our services run smoothly. They have a thorough understanding of the editing services we provide because they have editing qualifications themselves. If you have any questions or concerns, contact us and they will ensure they are addressed promptly and to your complete satisfaction. We place great emphasis on our client support process because if you aren’t happy, neither are we.

We also provide a clear and professional complaints resolution process to resolve issues fairly and quickly. However, should issues arise, please contact our support team in the first instance, as most issues can be resolved via our Quality Guarantee.

Payment for English language proofreading and editing services

We now offer several options to pay for your English language editing services. You can pay in full via a bank transfer, PayPal or card, and we are able to invoice your university if they are paying for your work to be edited.

We’re also the only editing service in Australia to offer an after-pay service because we believe that high-quality copyediting should be accessible to everyone. This allows you to pay for your editing over time in manageable instalments. Currently, we offer interest-free payment plans through Humm, Payright, Afterpay and PayPal Pay in 4.

To access high-quality English proofreading and editing services, simply complete the online form. If you need further information, please contact us and we’ll respond to you as soon as possible.