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Editor · Copywriter · Translator (PT→EN)
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I'm Isabelle. I edit manuscripts, write copy and translate Portuguese into English for writers, publishers and small businesses. You keep your voice. I make sure it carries.
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2 working days
What editing looks like
Not adjectives — the actual marks. This passage is from a manuscript in the archive, edited the way yours would be: every cut and every replacement left visible.
Before: Then the 2 of them were moving through the rubble, the baby held to Owen’s chest as they pushed through the charred remains of a doorway and out into the rain. Then they were running across the feild, towards a line of trees, a bank, and a river. After: Then the two of them were moving through the rubble, the baby held to Owen’s chest as they pushed through the charred remains of a doorway and out into the rain. Then they were running across the field, towards a line of trees, a bank, and a river.
- Consider this sentence structure for flow and clarity?
- I have rearranged this for clarity purposes. What do you think?
- They were on a boat, then they were walking around the house. It seems a bit sudden
51 deletions · 58 insertions · 1,552 words → 1,548
23 comments in the margin ✓
Services
- i.LINE / COPY / PROOF
Editing & Proofreading
Manuscripts and copy checked for error, and improved for flow.
- ii.WEB / PRINT
Copywriting
Text for your website, marketing and emails — in your voice, not mine.
- iii.PT → EN
Translation, Portuguese to English
Portuguese to English, with the nuance carried across.
- iv.COVERS / MARKETING
Design
Covers and print and digital marketing media, in Adobe Creative Suite.
- v.PRINT-READY
Formatting
Texts prepared for publication in InDesign, WordPress or Canva.
- vi.BEFORE IT EXISTS
3D Mock-ups
An accurate rendering of your book, leaflet or magazine before it exists.
Selected work
Four books, start to finish
Manuscripts, translations and covers — each delivered on time, and in the author's own voice.
Fast, precise and honest about what the project did and didn’t need. My manuscript came back cleaner, and it still sounded like me.