Our Work

At Umba our team of editors will review your website, documents, reports and signage, identify English writing problems and offer solutions. If a products description doesn’t make sense we will fix it so your company looks more professional to the thousands of potential customers who view your website daily. Our clients all agree that a customer is more likely to buy from manufacturers who demonstrate clear product knowledge.

Web Monitoring

  • The Editorial team monitors Website content to ensure that product descriptions conform correctly to English writing rules and accurately convey the intended meaning;
  • Focus on sentence structure and syntax so it is easy to understand.
  • To ensure consistency of language and style removing redundancy/repetition and wordiness

Signs / Brand

  • Sign description translations are checked to ensure the meaning is what the owner intended to convey to the target audience;
  • Incorrect references due to literal translations with no direct replacement are examined and resolved;
  • Accurate corrections which say precisely what you want in simple language with attention to  spelling, grammar and punctuation

Proof / Editing

  • Text elements, over all file structure and layout are consistent and appropriate for the target audience;
  • Editors expertly check presentation, formatting and referencing for a company where English is a second language;
  • Corrections are given in simple language where the tone, style, spelling, grammar and punctuation are guaranteed