Sarah Patey

Profile

Qualified and experienced teacher of French and German, working freelance in publishing since 1995. Educated in France. French as second mother tongue, fluent German.

Please note that I am fully booked until the end of September 2022.

I offer two principal areas of expertise:

Teaching materials

• French and German for the UK market, primary to tertiary level. I relish grammar! Language textbooks should be coherent and enjoyable for teachers and students, and I can provide quality assurance on both content and language.
• ELT materials for the overseas market at both primary and secondary levels

Academic history

I have over 20 years' experience editing academic material focusing on European history and especially German history. I have a keen interest medieval history, in which I also read widely for personal pleasure. My work with non-native authors has been particularly appreciated and has led to long and fruitful working relationships. I also translate academic history into English. 

Aside from these specialist areas, I am happy to discuss other projects in non-STEM subjects. Please note that although I am sometimes available at short notice, my work is often booked for a number of months ahead. I am available during the school holidays. 

Skills

• on-screen editing
• content editing
• development editing
• editing non-native English
• rewriting
• translating (French into English, German into English)
• fluent French (second mother tongue)
• fluent German
• foreign language proofreading (French, German)
• proofreading
• conversion of learning materials to digital

Please note that I no longer work on journals.

Subjects

• language teaching (French, German, ELT)
• history (European, medieval, Church, local)
• French literature (general, medieval)
• music (choral, classical, religious/worship, history)
• religious studies (Christianity, liturgy)

Training

CIEP / SfEP conferences (18 conferences, 1998–2020)
Brush up your grammar (SfEP) 2014 – I repurposed this course for online delivery
SfEP courses on editing, including On-screen editing, Efficient copy-editing 
Specialist SfEP courses, including Editing and proofreading music, Web editorial skills

Qualifications

BA and MA, Modern & Medieval Languages
PGCE, Modern Languages

Current and recent clients

Ginko Library (translation from French of Le Christ Arabe, by Mouchir Basile Aoun, Cerf 2013)
The Guild of European Research-Intensive Universities (proofreading, position papers)
Ebury Press (copy-editing [non-native author], popular history)
Bundesinstitut für Kultur und Geschichte der Deutschen im östlichen Europa (translation from German of academic history articles and books)
Cambridge University Press (development editing, Languages, A Level History)
Private/non-publisher clients (academic history, translation German to English)
Pearson (MFL teaching - French)
Rhinegold (Music A-level)
Oxford University Press (history journal)