Melchior Antoine

I am Melchior Antoine, and I have always had a talent for writing and editing. Working with you will provide me with the opportunity to earn a living doing what I enjoy the most, while providing you with  value. I have been researching your company for some time now, and I am excited about the possibility of contributing to its mission of providing premium proofreading and editing services to students, researchers, and medical practitioners who use English as a medium to communicate.

Currently, I serve as a research assistant at National Chung Hsing University (NCHU) in Taiwan, where I work to proofread and edit theses and research papers for masters’ students and professors, as well as providing students with advice on their thesis writing. My job also involves co-authoring and editing articles for peer-reviewed journals. In addition, I worked as a freelance editor for editing companies such as Scribendi, Wallace Academic Editing, and Qbook. In short, I have worked for nearly 5 years as a full-time freelance English editor. My work history has provided me with the necessary experience to contribute in a meaningful way to your organization. As a proofreader and editor, I have learned how to do the following:

• Work independently
• Meet tight deadlines on schedule.
• Communicate effectively with clients or students to properly understand what they require
• Understand and improve the English writing of ESL writers
• Work extensively on book-length manuscripts for both scientific and literary-type publications
• Work extensively on research meant for publication in high-end medical journals
• Appreciate and execute the high standards required of scientific research and writing

Moreover, I have gained considerable experience writing and editing in various writing formats, such as APA, Chicago (I have a hard-copy version of CMoS 17), Harvard, AMA, and MLA, and using the track changes editing function in Word. Moreover, in my editing work, I make use of specialized editing software, which represents state-of-the-art artificial intelligence. They include PerfectIt and The Scribendi Accelerator.  I also believe that my extensive experience working with ESL speakers would be especially useful, as this is an expanding and important market.