Please select your country at the top-right of the screen. I thank you for choosing Uni-edit. This document outlines the procedure to work with Ozy to have your document edited or translated. These procedures are for customers in Australia. The same procedures are in the attached Word file.  Uni-edit procedures Word file (Australia)
Step 1 Send Ozy an email to ozysmile@gmail (or ozy@uni-edit.net) to provide advance notice about your paper. Please include the subject area and length of the paper. I can always accept your paper, but advance notice helps me to provide a faster turnaround. Please send the near final version of your paper. Uni-edit prefers not to receive updates of your paper during the editing process.
Step 2 Decide on which service you require: translation, English editing Level 1, English editing Level 2 or English editing Level 3. If you think the English is poor and may require rewriting, please explain this to Ozy.
Step 3 Decide if you would like the Target Tutoring service.
Step 4 Decide if you would like the Content Ideas service.
Step 5 Send Ozy an email that includes:
- the attached paper in Word format and other files, eg. figures and tables. Please send the near final version of your paper. Uni-edit prefers not to receive updates of your paper during the editing process.
- the following details: | Full name in your language | | | Full name in English | | | Male or Female | | | Mobile phone number with country code | eg.+61404112302 | | Institution or university, faculty and department | | | Position eg. professor, PhD student | | | Service: | | For English editing specify Level 1, Level 2, Level 3, Rewrite,
or student thesis
For translations: specify the source and target languages | | | Do you require the Target Tutor service? Yes or No | | | Do you require the Content Ideas service? Yes or No | | | Purpose of this document eg. journal paper, conference etc. | | | Journal title or conference title | | | Deadline for editing or translation if you have one | | | Other requests | | After editing, you'll receive files showing 'tracked changes' in blue. If you are not familiar with this function, would also like to receive a final version that includes all edits? Yes/No | | | For journal publications: | | | Have you already submitted this manuscript to a journal for review? | | | What was the overall response? For example, ‘recommended for publication’ | | | What language related problems or suggestions did the reviewers raise? (you may send the response document) | | | Quotation: | | | I will send you a price quotation by email. Do you also require a formal quotation in PDF format? Yes or No | | | Please note any special requirements for the quotation. | | | Receipt: | | | Do you require a PDF-style receipt for your payment? Yes or No | | | Address | | Title for the receipt
| | | Other details for the receipt | |
Step 6 Ozy will reply to your email within 12 hours confirming the job, all the details and the fee. Please check the confirmed details are correct and reply to Ozy. Receive your translated or edited document(s) Step 7 Ozy will email you the edited document on or before the deadline. If you haven't received the documents and the deadline has passed, please contact Ozy.
Step 8 Most edits are made directly to the text, and you can accept or reject each individual edit using Word track changes functionality. Where the Editors were not sure of your intended meaning, they will insert a Word comment and type the word CHECK. You should review each comment and make changes to your paper where necessary.Targeting Tutoring (TUTOR) and Content Idea services (IDEA) are also provided using Word comments.
Generally, you will not need to communicate with Uni-edit about the edits in your papers. However, if you would like assistance understanding the editing service provided, please contact Ozy.
Step 9 Please send Ozy an email to confirm you have received and can open the edited paper(s).This is to avoid delays associated with blocked emails. Payment and tax invoice Step 10 After receiving your edited paper, please make payment. There are two accepted payment methods. You can pay by credit card (using PayPal) or by bank transfer.
To pay by credit card, go to www.uni-edit.net. PayPal is the world’s most reliable credit card payment system on the internet. You will receive a receipt of payment.
For bank transfers, the details are below.
Bank name: HSBC Australia
Account name: 
BSB number: 342077
Account number: 091049412 Edit again
Step 12 You may like Uni-edit to edit the paper again, of parts of it, after you have revised it. Uni-edit offers two suitable services:
Re-edit option 1: The whole paper is edited again at a rate of AU$0.04 per word. (If the total word count of your paper has increased by more than 10% an additional fee will apply.)
Re-edit option 2: Highlight the text you want edited in yellow. You can highlight sentences, paragraphs or whole sections. The editing fee is calculated at the original Level 1, 2 or 3 rate, but only the highlighted words are counted. Fee estimationYou can estimate the editing or translation fee as below. GST may be applicable. | Service | Description | Fee per word | | Level 1 | No mistakes | AU$0.060 | | Level 2 | Comfortable to read | AU$0.072
| | Level 3 | Like a good native-writer who has domain expertise | AU$0.088 | | Rewriting | Turns stone into gold | AU$0.100 | | Translation | Chinese to English including proofreading | AU$0.150
(per Chinese character) | | Translation | English to Chinese including proofreading | AU$0.060 | | Target Tutor | Improve English usage and writing style | +AU$0.015 | Content Ideas | Improve the content | +AU$0.015 |
Example: A journal paper of 3000 words for Level 2 editing and Target Tutor:
Cost per word: AU$0.088 + AU$0.015 = AU$0.103
Number of words: 3000
Total Editing Fee: 3000 x $0.103 = AU$309.00
Additional services
- Express jobs for English editing are completed in 48-72 hours and attract a 50% additional fee.
- Papers that have many diagrams or very complex diagrams will attract an additional fee.
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