Laurie Duboucheix-Saunders

Testimonials

I am happy to recommend Laurie. She was professional and thorough as we worked together on a dual language French/English Art eBook with a range of content from pure text to setting out song lyrics and play scripts. Laurie kept in good contact with us as schedules inevitably changed due to the complexity of the content, and this helped ensure that the editorial process ran smoothly.

Alison Norwood, Publishing Manager, Institute of Development Studies

(May 2023)

I thoroughly recommend Laurie as a bilingual French-English proofreader. She recently completed the proofreading of an online course for French language learners. The standard of her work was exceptional - she not only spotted errors but made helpful suggestions as regards improvements. She has a keen eye for consistency issues and set out all her recommendations clearly. Throughout the entire project, communication with Laurie was very smooth as she was highly responsive, friendly and accommodating.

Eleanor Moore, Senior Learning Developer, The Open University on FutureLearn

(November 2022)

Laurie is a conscientious and meticulous proofreader - she took the time to make sure everything was done to a high standard and thought carefully about solutions.

Keira Moulding, Research and Communications Editor at Oriel Square Limited

(November 2020)

Laurie is an excellent and meticulous French proofreader and I have no hesitation endorsing her skills, she is a key member of our French Magazine team at Mary Glasgow Magazines, delivering teen language magazines.

Nicolle Thomas, Creative Manager at Scholastic

(April 2020)

I worked with Laurie on a French language school textbook for Irish students doing their Transition Year entitled Revue. I found her to be an excellent editor – meticulous, conscientious, hard-working and patient! It was a pleasure to work with her and I would highly recommend her.

Julie O’Shea, Project Editor, The Educational Company of Ireland

(March 2020)

I have known Laurie for some years and frequently noted her determination, reliability and readiness to take on challenging work, so she was the obvious choice when I needed a dissertation to be checked. She was, as I expected, frankly, meticulous and thorough, several times checking back with me to ensure that the citations, always my bugbear, were fully correct and properly formatted. She is perceptive and thoughtful in her approach to her work, fully bilingual in English and French, and an absolute pleasure to work with. Many thanks for all her support.

Gillian M Othen MA (Warwick), 'Outside the “Continuous Tradition”: Shakespeare in North Midland Civic Theatres in the 1966-67 season,' for the Shakespeare Institute, University of Birmingham

(January 2019)

I worked with Laurie over many years whilst at the Voltaire Foundation, specifically in relation to the series ‘Oxford University Studies in the Enlightenment’. Laurie consistently copy-edited and proofread manuscripts and texts to an extremely high standard; she has a keen eye for detail in both English and French, is very clear in her queries, and can swiftly interpret and implement complex house styles. I was very satisfied with Laurie’s work.

Lyn Roberts, previously Senior Publishing Manager, Voltaire Foundation, now Senior Managing Editor, Lion Hudson Ltd

(September 2018)

Laurie is a thorough and conscientious proofreader with great communication skills who works well to deadlines.

Sarah (MacBean) Green, previously Senior Commissioning Editor at Hodder Education, now Freelance Publisher and Project Manager

(September 2011)