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inconsequential

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Needed: Irish or British proofreader
« on: September 24, 2018, 03:39:33 AM »
I have a story where the main character is Northern Irish but spent his formative years at a British boarding school. I'm an American with minimal knowledge of Ireland and England.

I'm wanting to find someone who is either Irish or British, who can proofread this story so that the character's dialog and narrative sounds authentic. I can either proofread for you in return, or I can pay a small fee.

Can anyone help or recommend someone? I would be most appreciative.
 

Angstriddengoddess

Re: Needed: Irish or British proofreader
« Reply #1 on: September 24, 2018, 05:32:44 AM »
I used Emily Nemchick for proofreading my book with an English hero. She's bilingual (British and American) and did an absolutely fabulous job in a very short period of time! I was very impressed.
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Re: Needed: Irish or British proofreader
« Reply #2 on: September 24, 2018, 05:47:16 AM »
I used Emily Nemchick for proofreading my book with an English hero. She's bilingual (British and American) and did an absolutely fabulous job in a very short period of time! I was very impressed.

Great. How do I contact her?


ETA: I found her but she's far out of my budget, unfortunately.

Any other offers of help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
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Dormouse

Re: Needed: Irish or British proofreader
« Reply #3 on: September 28, 2018, 07:11:45 AM »
There won't be many people able to gauge authenticity. The dialect snd word use in Northern Ireland is very particular (not the same as the Republic) and so is Public School speech (which varies somewhat between types of school). There won't be that many who know both.


Of course, that will apply to your readers too, so good enough may be sufficient. Fairly easy to add a few phrases to RP English to cover Public School. Northern Irish will be more subtle and there will be slight variations depending on the particular community they are from. But if they went to a Public School, they are most likely just to speak mainstream English and not Northern Irish at all - it's a very small part of Northern Irish society who went to Public Schools.


Both will depend on age of speaker of course.


Not sure that I know enough to do it, but would be happy to have a look to see if I can give any pointers about where to go.
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Re: Needed: Irish or British proofreader
« Reply #4 on: September 28, 2018, 08:24:31 AM »
I used Emily Nemchick for proofreading my book with an English hero. She's bilingual (British and American) and did an absolutely fabulous job in a very short period of time! I was very impressed.

Is that considered bilingual?
 

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Re: Needed: Irish or British proofreader
« Reply #5 on: September 28, 2018, 08:25:23 AM »
How long is the story?