Proof Reading / Translation / Transcription Services

I am a professional proof reader and translator. I will provide you guidance, feedback, and partnership you need to graduate on time and get on with your life and career. Presently my prime services include:

1. PROOF READING SERVICE

Are you working on a thesis or dissertation? Do you write technical papers or reports? Not sure or confident with your English in your work/project? Maybe your grammar, vocabulary or sentence structure are not up to your satisfaction or standard English.

I can help you! I perform proofreading, content editing and formatting. I can turn a thesis or dissertation into a clearly written book that catches the attention of academic presses. Your lecturer, supervisor, examiner will be totally impressed with how well you write your thesis /dissertation. They’ll read your work with great pleasure and comfort, free from badly constructed English sentence or any slight grammatical errors. There will be high chances of getting good marks for that subject!!!

Presently, I offer this services at a cost between RM5.00 – 10.00 per A4 paper page (for a 1.5 or double spacing, depending on the severity of errors in the writing) [Subject to a minimum of RM100].

Testimonies

"Thanks for such an excellent proof reading service." - Hanafi, Production Executive, Selangor.

"Hasil yang sangat memuaskan. editing yang dilakukan bukan semata-mata terhadap english sahaja, malah penambahbaikan yang diusulkan adalah sangat baik dan membantu dalam meningkatkan kualiti tesis." - Ros, Ph.D student, UPM

"I wrote a technical paper to be submitted to a journal and found that both the reviewers asked me to improve my English. I was supprized as I thought my English was good. I decided to get Dr. Mazura's help. I found that all pages was corrected in red and after editing it, my English improved significantly. Thanks a lot. I really appreciate your help. I'll definitely use your service in future and recommend to others too." - Zaki, Ph.D student of Chemical Engineering, UTM.

"Terima kasih atas bantuan Dr. Mazura yang telah membantu membetulkan English untuk paper yang saya tulis. Saya akan gunakan lagi servis Dr. untuk proof read thesis master saya." Alena, Master student, UTM.

"Saya seorang pegawai yang sedang belajar master secara part time. Saya telah menulis tesis tetapi saya tak yakin dengan tulisan English saya. Oleh itu saya, dapatkan servis dari Dr. Mazura. Oleh kerana saya pun memang tak sempat nak mengedit selepas proof read, maka saya meminta bantuannya untuk edit English di soft-copy tesis saya. Beliau telah menyiapkan proof reading draf tesis saya dalam masa yang dijanjikan. Fuh...lega saya rasa. Terima kasih banyak-banyak atas bantuan anda Dr. Mazura." - Akmal, Kuala Lumpur.

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2. TRANSLATION – ENGLISH/MALAY/ENGLISHI also offer translation services from English to Malay to English. I’ve numerous experiences doing translation for the past 3 years and are still actively receiving translation jobs.

Currently, I'm charging between RM25 to RM40 per page with the following format:

Font: Times New Romans
Size: 12
Spacing: Double spacing

If the material to be translated is not too technical, the charge will be lower (between RM25-35 per page). On the other hand if the material to be translated is too technical, we need to charge RM35-40 per page.

Feel free to contact me for quotations or questions. Feel free to ask me to translate your abstract, executive summary other documents that need translation.

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3. TRANSCRIPTION – ENGLISH/MALAY/ENGLISH

Please kindly contact me for further details.
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Testimonies

"Fast delivery and great quality" - Ida, Sales markerter, Johor Bahru.

"Saya sangat berterima kasih atas servis anda yang sungguh mantap dan efisyen. Job yang saya bagi dapat diselesaikan dalam masa yang sangat singkat tanpa menjejaskan kualiti."- Linda, pegawai tadbir, Selangor.

"Job very well done. Thanks. Will use your brilliant service again in the future."- Jack, Insurance agent, Klang.

"Highly recommended translator. Very fast turn around." - Karen, Freelancer, Kuala Lumpur.

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About the Proof reader/Translator.

Dr. Mazura is a lecturer, consultant and researcher in chemical engineering discipline attached to Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM). Her passion and proficiency in English has enabled her to be involved in various English based activities both in and outside the university.

For further information, please contact:

Dr. Mazura Jusoh, AMIChemE,
B.Eng. (Chemical Engineering) Bradford University, UK
M.Eng. (Chemical Engineering) Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
Ph.D (Chemical Engineering) Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
HP: 013-7777153
Email: mazura@cheme.utm.my

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Example of my English writings/articles:

1) Title: Scary

The scariest thing happened to me today. Although I usually hit the road to my office early in the morning everyday, this week I didn't. Not until 1pm because my husband is home out of the late shift he's working this week. I can't bear seeing him goes to work with an empty belly at lunch time. Cooking for him is never a hassle to me anyway, but most of all I love his company at home. It's not everyday that he has got the time to do that, he's even working this weekend.

I've got tonnes of work to do at the office, of course with my unfinished business - the proposal. I'm a last minute person. I love the adrenaline rush to beat the deadline (today) and to prove last minute action can't do you any harm. So today, I went out earlier, in I go my four wheel partner heading to the office leaving my husband who's still in a peaceful deep sleep (with his permission of course).

So there I sat on my blue chair made more comfy by two lovely pillows. It was 10am and I've loads to do. I can hardly tip my head to see who's passing through. I don't even open my door to make that possible. Indulged in my little contribution to the country, my eyes was never off the monitor screen and my hands keep typing the yet still missing contents. Come lunch time, although my belly was growling for food, I couldn't even afford a leisure lunch with my officemates. There goes my long Friday lunch hours which I always find useful to entertain myself in JUSCO. I just can't. This unfinished business has got to go. Please don't haunt my life anymore. Don't be the nightmare disturbing my sleep any longer.

It's been approximately one month that I have lived without a thumbdrive. Somehow no computer can register it when it's poked into the USB drive. Darn..there goes my RM300 worth of thumbdrive (thank god it's cheaper now...RM50 for a 1G). So I've been saving my work on whichever computer I used and keep attaching it to my own emails so I can access it everywhere I go. Little that I know, it will stay in the 'Temp' folder if I kept pressing the 'save' button. It's like hanging somewhere temporarily hoping that the user will save it somewhere permanently. Well, it doesn't occur to me today for I'm too busy chasing and running trying to hit the red ribbon at the finishing line. I kept pressing the 'save' button, not 'save as' as I should.

It was nearly 6.30pm, my back was hurting, I felt like it was going to snap into two. I haven't performed my Asar prayer yet hoping I could get home in time before Maghrib. I was ready to go home, and emailed myself with the attachment as usual. Out of anxiety over something that could happen to a last minute person like me, I opened my email to check if the attachment is indeed attached right. And.........AGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHH. It was not there. What was there is the proposal that I saved yesterday. Today's work have not been saved. I was about to cry and I panicked. I screamed silently coz it seems to be too crazy to scream on top of my lungs in an empty office. The jinx!!!! Call me superstitious but I am sometimes. What will I hand in this Monday (the deadline has been postponed to monday anyway)? A call to my husband might help, emotionally if not technically. When he picked up and listen to my little jinxy tragedy, the first thing he asked, is whether or not I have performed my Asar prayer. A sense of guilt washed over me, I knew it. What comes around do comes around. My indulgence to work has made me put Allah in a second place, which I shouldn't do. His advice was simple, go take your obulation and pray...and indeed pray. I was in tears....this is a matter of passing my PhD or not. This is my punishment.....

In tears I walked shivering with the thoughts of having to compose everything back. I'm doomed. I prayed, and I prayed for Him to give me the strengths to do it all over again. And there I was again, sitting at the blue chair, which do not look any appealing anymore. I might have to spend my night in this alienated office to finish THE proposal. And then it occurred to me...I know I've saved the document, although my husband says I have a habit of not saving my work regularly. I know I did...it's impossible that I don't. As I opened the old document I saved yesterday, I was ready to 'save as' it to avoid the same thing...hopefully the lightning does not strike twice. I don't even know if I can recall all the infos and facts I've included earlier, what more with the torturing formatting and editing work. And there it was...my PROPOSAL!!!.. in the TEMP folder. How do I get to it? Searching using the 'search' facility did not work. I tried and tried, marking which folder it's in and when I open it through 'My Computer', the TEMP folder doesn't even exists. Calling my husband do not help anymore, what can he do 50miles away from me? I press every button and link I know, I was about to give up but I refuse to do so...now that I know it's in there. There must be a way I clicked and I searched....and then pop....my PROPOSAL out there on the screen. I don't know what I did right...but it does bring the document out. I was blessed. The praying works...Allah still give me chance. It was a lesson to me. And please make it a lesson to you too..

Remember guys....do not procrastinate. Do you have a little something in your bag that needs finishing? Go to it..deal with it. Don't wait till the last minute.


2) Title: Books that inspire me
How I wish I had the time to read my favourite author's book nowadays. It seems like the time is running too fast and I can’t catch up anymore. My days are hectic with the research work at the office and my evenings are spent with my husband and kids. There are tonnes and tonnes of chores to be done eventhough bibik is always there to help. I made sure that my own responsibilities should still be carried out myself. Cooking for instance has never been appointed to be done by bibik. My husband has never even tasted a sip of drink made by her. She just takes care of the kids and the house when I’m not around, and do the basic cleaning, laundry and tidying up.

By the time I went to bed, I was exhausted hoping that my three little rascals are tired enough to go straight to bed. There is no more energy to be drained out of me, what more to relish a book I truly love.

There seems to be a pattern in the type of books I like with the progression of my age. In high school, I used to love reading Judith McNaught’s romance novels. My first was Whitney, My Love. I was fully indulged in reading the novel, my friends had to pull it away from me to have me go with them to the dining hall come lunch or dinner time. Her language is always as beautiful as it can be and I can’t help but imagine all the people and places she describes in her writings. The characters are always so unique and appealing and most of the settings are always in the past Victorian ages when the cultures are so different from today. I hopped from one after another, books to books of hers including Once and Always, Something Wonderful, A Kingdom of Dreams and Until You. Unfortunately, I don’t get to read them anymore after I finished my highschool for all the novels I’ve read were not mine. They were my friends’, I didn’t have the luxury of buying even food that I like at that time, what more buying novels.

When I go to college, I found another alternative to cater my love of novels, the library. Unfortunately, schools do not provide Judith Mcnaught’s romance novels on the shelves. Then I introduced myself to Danielle Steel. The first that I read was titled “Star”, a love story between a Hollywood singer and a lawyer. I like her writing style but after sometimes it can be monotanous. That’s the only book from her that I truly love anyway. I tried to read Jewels but I’ve never finished it. I don’t read Danielle Steel anymore.

My all time favourite author is Sydney Sheldon. I don’t even remember how I got to read my first Sydney Sheldon’s work but I do remember which one, ‘If Tomorrow Comes’. It was about a woman prisoner who can’t wait to get out to take a revenge on the killer of her family and she managed to do it in an appealingly shrewd way. I got to learn of how the prison system is and the life of a prisoner. After that memorable introduction to Sheldon, I can’t wait to finish all the book written by him.

Sydney Sheldon’s books were always articulately and lucratively written and most of the main characters are women (at least the ones that I’ve read). His way of picturing and describing people, places and events are so vivid, we can imagine ourselves being there. I love the twists, the mysteries and the stories. The list of Sydney Sheldon’s books that I have read so far is:

The Best Laid Plans
Nothing Lasts Forever
The Stars Shine Down
The Doomsday Conspiracy
Memories of Midnight
The Sands of Time
Windmills of the Gods
If Tomorrow Comes
Master of the Game
Rage of Angels
A Stranger in the Mirror
The Other Side of Midnight.

I learnt a lot from Sydney Sheldon, from the prison system, doctors life, diamond pursuer, a nun, a builder, a senator to the alien conspiracy among all. My Favourite Sydney Sheldon's though is The Stars Shine Down. The name of the main character, Lara Cameron, still linger in my mind till today and I always dream to be like her. One day I might get the chance to build my own building like her.

**I also like a Jefry Archer's "As The Crow Flies'. What about you guys out there? Care to share?

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For further information, please contact:

Mazura Jusoh
B.Eng. (Chemical Engineering) Bradford University, UK
M.Eng. (Chemical Engineering) Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
Ph.D (Chemical Engineering) Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
HP: 013-7777153
Email: 
mazura@cheme.utm.my / inamayikaz76@gmail.com