English Copy Editor

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Copy-editing and adapting Grade 2–8 mathematics textbooks for Vietnamese ESL students at TransPerfect. Simplifying English content and translating selected instructional sections into Vietnamese.

Responsibilities:

  • Carry out copy-editing tasks on school mathematics textbooks for ESL students between Grade 2 and Grade 8
  • Adapt English text so it is understandable to students with lower English proficiency
  • Translate certain sections of instructional content into Vietnamese
  • Perform substantive editing for cultural sensitivity, accuracy, artwork logs, and translation tagging
  • Edit for sense and consistency, including errors, cross-dependency consistency, headings, key terms, unit features, activities, questions and answers, and glossary
  • Deliver tracked-changes manuscript files
  • Deliver clean manuscript files
  • Copy-edit artwork logs
  • Complete and action the final query log with responses before submission
  • Complete the client brief checklist and provide notes for the typesetter or proofreader if required
  • Support teachers in Vietnam in aligning national curriculum content with global learning outcomes

Requirements:

  • Native or native proficiency in English
  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent
  • Minimum of 3 years' experience teaching English to young learners
  • Minimum of 3 years' experience with copy-editing
  • Knowledge of the corporate business environment
  • Knowledge of Vietnamese
  • Availability for 6–8 hours a day during the specified project weeks
  • Ability to carry out copy-editing and linguistics tasks for school mathematics textbooks intended for ESL students in Vietnam

Benefits:

  • Freelance contract
  • Remote work in EMEA
  • Flexible weekly availability: 6–8 hours a day on all weeks or selected weeks