Editor: Gil Garçon

Cupertino Partners

I specialise in direct and plain language to make complex topics accessible to the public and specific audiences.

Member of:

ASTC (Australian Society for Technical Communication),

PLAIN (Plain Language Association INternational),

Clarity International

Services

Substantive editing,rewriting, conversion to plain language,summaries and document development,copy-editing, proofreading
I will: prepare your technical summaries, media releases, campaign and promotional copy; manage production from concept to completion; do desktop publishing; perform French-to-English and English-to-French editing and quality assurance.

Subject matter experience

Technical subjects: law, life sciences (environment, agriculture, fisheries, nutrition), program evaluation, defence, shipping, navigation.Pacific affairs;non-fiction

Genre and platform

Books (non-fiction); technical instructions, manuals, fact-sheets and reports;newsletters, posters, fliers;websites;seminar and workshop material

Specific projects

Australian Taxation Office: TaxPack, e-tax, tax-time instruction books, promotional material

Australian Greenhouse Office: newsletters, fact sheets, technical reports, website

Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry: NFSAC technical reports, promotional booklets

Department of Defence: reports, legal manuals

ABRS (Australian Biological Resources Study) : Flora of Australia

APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation): Electronic Authentication

Treasury: The Centenary of Treasury, The Little Black Book of Scams, annual and other reports

Secretariat of the Pacific Community: numerous general, maritime, fisheries, medical, statistical publications and media

Qualifications

Qualifications: technical communication (post-graduate);
extensive language and editing training; professional plain language editor for private clients and government agencies for over 20 years