Editing & Proofreading: Precision for Your Business Communication

A single typo in a brochure or an awkward phrasing in an annual report can permanently damage the perception of your professionalism. In a world where attention is the most valuable commodity, linguistic precision is a powerful tool. Our editorial office in Innsbruck provides the certainty that your texts are not only correct but also effective.

We maintain a strict distinction between proofreading, which focuses on eliminating spelling, grammar, and punctuation errors, and editing, where we dive deeper into the structure, style, and logic of your text. The goal is to increase readability and align the tone exactly with your target audience without losing your unique corporate voice.

Who is this service designed for?

Our editing services are aimed at companies and organizations that hold high standards for their written communication. This specifically includes:

• Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs): Who wish to refine their image brochures and website copy.
• Start-ups: Who require a professional external appearance during their scaling phase and want to sharpen their pitch decks linguistically.
• Non-Profit Organizations (NGOs): Who produce reports and grant applications where precision and objectivity are decisive.
• Corporate Publishers: Who publish internal magazines or customer journals and require a consistent editorial line.

How the collaboration works in practice

The collaboration begins with a brief briefing. Here, we determine the intensity of the intervention. While proofreading merely "smooths the surface," editing is a surgical intervention in the text structure. We question logical gaps, shorten convoluted sentences, and replace vague formulations with precise terms.

We work primarily digitally using tools that allow for revision-proof tracking. This means you do not have to guess why a change was made; instead, you can read every note from our editorial team directly in the document. Communication is closely coordinated to ensure that factual correctness is maintained while we optimize the linguistic form.

What you should prepare for the start

To achieve high-quality results, we need more than just the document. Please provide us with the following information:

• The Manuscript: Ideally in an editable format such as DOCX or Google Docs.
• The Target Audience: Who is reading the text? (e.g., a professional audience, potential new customers, internal employees).
• The Desired Tone: Should the text appear conservative and serious, modern and dynamic, or empathetic and approachable?
• Glossaries: If your company uses specific technical terms or a particular spelling for product names, please send us a list.

The Result: What you receive from us

At the end of the process is a text that unfolds its impact without being hindered by errors. Specifically, we deliver:

• The Clean Copy: A finished document in which all corrections have been integrated, ready for print or online publication.
• The Marked Version: A version with all visible changes and comments (Track Changes), showing you exactly where optimizations were made.
• Stylistic Recommendations: Depending on the project, we supplement the document with notes on general text strategy or structure.
• Metadata: If the text is intended for the web, we provide optimized titles and descriptions.

Delivery Times and Scheduling

Quality in language requires time and concentration. Our average delivery time is 5 days, depending on the volume of the text. For smaller proofreading tasks, we can often realize faster turnarounds. Should you have an extremely tight deadline, we offer an express service, which is priced with a corresponding surcharge. However, we recommend integrating editing early into the production plan, as the final review often reveals new insights into the text structure that justify a brief content revision.

What is NOT included in our service

To ensure maximum transparency, we clearly define the boundaries of our service. We do not provide the following:

• Ghostwriting: We optimize existing texts but do not write complete content from scratch without a template.
• Factual Research: We check the language, not the accuracy of technical data or scientific facts.
• Medical or Financial Texts: Due to high regulatory requirements, we do not process texts from the fields of medicine, investment, or highly specialized financial consulting.
• Academic Papers: We do not write term papers or dissertations for students.
• Political Agitation: We refuse to process texts that serve political advertising or propaganda.

Pricing and Value Added Tax

Our billing is transparently based on hourly rates or word count, depending on what is most efficient for the project. The prices listed in our table are net amounts plus the statutory VAT of 20% in Austria. For B2B customers, invoicing is carried out according to our Terms with a payment period of 14 days. A deposit of 30% is required at the start of the project to reserve capacities in our editorial team.

• Verification of orthography, grammar, and punctuation according to current professional standards.
• Optimization of sentence structure to avoid nominal style and overly complex sentences.
• Review of logical consistency and the flow of argumentation.
• Adjustment of tone to the specific target audience (Tone of Voice).
• Uniform use of technical terms and formatting.
• Reduction of redundant passages to increase information density.
• Readability checks for digital end-devices.

Ready for error-free communication?

Let us work together to ensure that your texts reflect the professionalism that defines your company. Whether it is a single important press release or an extensive corporate handbook – we bring your words into the right form.

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Alternatively, you can find an overview of all our editorial services on the Services page.