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/ Native British Academic Editor · 35 Years' Experience

Publication-Ready Academic Translation & Copy Editing (ES, CA, FR, PT, IT → EN)

I prepare journal articles, monographs, clinical case series, and grant proposals in natural British English—checking internal data coherence across text and tables, enforcing your target journal's style guide, and verifying references and DOIs before submission.

Services

Academic Services

Translation, copyediting and teaching to help you publish, present and communicate your work in English.

Publication-Ready Academic Translation

Academic Copy Editing

Medical & Scientific Writing

Specialist translation into British English from Spanish, Catalan, French, Portuguese, and Italian—with full table cross-checking, journal style compliance, and DOI verification.

Line-by-line editing of manuscripts drafted in English for international peer-reviewed journals: natural academic style, structural clarity, style manual compliance, and reference checks.

Complete English drafting and structuring of clinical case series and biomedical articles from anonymised patient data, aligned with target journal guidelines and ICMJE standards.

Grant Proposals

Response to Reviewers

English Classes

Editing and translation of Horizon Europe, ERC, and competitive funding applications—ensuring argumentative precision, work-package coherence, and strict page-limit compliance.

Diplomatic, point-by-point editing and translation of rebuttal letters and revised manuscripts, verifying exact alignment between your responses and text changes.

One-to-one online coaching for researchers and professionals (B2–C2): academic writing, conference presentations, and international interview preparation.

What Does Delivering a "Publication-Ready" Manuscript Mean?

Anyone can run a draft through DeepL or ChatGPT. The real problems surface when a journal editor flags discrepancies between text and tables, style-sheet violations, or broken references and DOIs. My work covers every layer before you submit:

• Natural British Academic English: Discipline-accurate terminology and idiomatic flow, free of source-language calques or robotic phrasing.
• Internal Study Coherence: Cross-checking figures across the abstract, main text, tables, and figure captions so every number matches.
• Journal Style Compliance: Strict formatting to your target journal or publisher's manual (APA, Chicago, Vancouver, Harvard, or house style).
• Reference & DOI Verification: Cross-checking in-text citations against the bibliography and verifying authors, dates, titles, and active DOI links.
• Submission-Ready Delivery: You receive a clean file ready to upload, a tracked-changes version, and an official editing or translation certificate if required.

Machine Translation or Light Proofreading vs. Publication-Ready Delivery

Machine Translation or Surface Proofreading

• Translates sentence by sentence without checking the overall logic of the study.
• Leaves discrepancies between figures in the text and tables or charts.
• Ignores journal style manuals and mixes UK/US spelling conventions.
• Hallucinates or corrupts bibliographic details and DOI strings.

Publication-Ready Delivery (Mark Byrne)

• Comprehensive review of clarity, flow, and scientific precision in British English.
• Full cross-checking across main text, abstract, tables, and figures.
• Strict application of your target journal or press guidelines.
• Genuine verification of cross-references and DOIs prior to submission.

Scholarly Publication Records

Routledge

Brill

CSIC

SBIR (Scopus)

About Me

Thirty-Five Years of Expertise

Academic English is far more than correct grammar. It means grasping the exact argument you want to make as a researcher and expressing it in clear, rigorous British English for international peer reviewers and editors. My published translations and edits include volumes and articles for Brill, Routledge, CSIC, UPEACE Press, and Scopus-indexed journals.

What clients say

“Thanks to Mark Byrne’s work, I have been able to pass the most demanding style checks of international scientific journals. His work is impeccable and meticulous. […] All in all, a very satisfying personal and professional service.”
José A. Martínez, Associate Professor of Marketing, Department of Business Economics, Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena
“For years, Mark Byrne has been an excellent language consultant for all my terminology work in English. He is a true professional who takes great care over every word and its context. […] Because he also knows and speaks Spanish, he is twice as effective in his work.”
Gemma Alonso, Language Specialist and Translator, Language Service, Universidad de Alicante
“I have hired Mark twice for translation and revision, and I was very pleased with the final result. He cares not only that the text is in correct English, but that it is the best of all the possible options. For example, when he is unsure, he gives you several options and explains the differences in nuance between them. Highly recommended.”
Javier Sánchez Vidal, Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Accounting and Finance, Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena
“Mark has been essential in revising my English texts to achieve the most accurate translation. He knows English perfectly, but also Spanish, which is essential for finding the best expressions and refining ideas in legal texts […]. He is honest and hard-working.”
Pedro Á. Colao Marín, Professor of Tax and Financial Law, Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena

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Have a Manuscript, Revision, or Grant Proposal Underway?

Send your Word document to mark@markbyrnecopyeditor.com with your target journal or funding call and deadline. I will reply within 24 hours with a fixed quote covering complete submission preparation: native British translation or copy editing, coherence checks across text and tables, style-guide compliance, and reference verification.