We provide a proofreading and speech recording service for KMU faculty and staff, which began in April 2010, to support KMU research activities. The service is offered by English teachers of the KMU General Education Department. To use this service, please fill out the application form available from the following page (KMU intranet only) and send to CIE via E-mail.
　　Downroad application form (Excel)

Overview

Services
- Proofreading (abstract, oral presentation, poster, etc.)
- Voice recording

Offered by
Steve Burke, Senior Assistant Professor, Craig Woods, Senior Assistant Professor,
and Yoshiho Shibuya, Professor, General Education

Fee
Proofreading... 1,000 yen for up to 200 words
250 yen for each additional 50 words
(example: 250 words = 1,250 yen, 300 words = 1,500 yen)

Recording... 1,000 yen for each recording

How to use this service

1. Fill the application form. (download) Application form(Excel)	Please note: Our service provides a light proofreading (correcting grammar mistakes) on a manuscript. You should always have your manuscript checked by a specialist in your field. Translating or editing is not offered. We do not accept a manuscript that has only been machine translated. Please allow us more than 5 working days (excluding Saturday, Sunday and national holidays) to complete work on a request. For example, when you submit a manuscript on Monday, the requested finish date should be the next Monday or after. Busy Periods: April, September and December are busy periods for the English staff due to university demands. Please allow more than 10 working days to complete the work. Please understand we occasionally cannot accept a long manuscript during the busy seasons of a school year. We sometimes need to consult you about the manuscript. Write your everyday telephone number and e-mail address to help ensure the work is completed by the finish date. We accept only Microsoft Office Word file formats. Manuscripts made with PowerPoint, Excel, or PDF need to be pasted on or converted to a Word file. If you don’t need the entire manuscript to be proofread, please specify the part to be checked. Otherwise we count the whole text to calculate your fee. If you have the original in Japanese, please also send it to us. We may need it to help confirm the accuracy of any changes we make. When you receive the manuscript back from the proofreader, 1) please reply to confirm you have received the manuscript, and 2) send us a notification when you are satisfied. The service will be completed when we receive the notification. The invoice will be issued to your department or the specified office in the following month. If you need the invoice to be issued to you directly, please let us know in advance. Proofreading Request of Revised Manuscript: When you want your manuscript proofread again after making major revisions that were required by reviewers, send the revised manuscripts with changed parts highlighted (with Japanese version if available). Subject/title of the mail should be "Proofreading Request of Revised Manuscript". You do not have to resubmit an application to CIE. Your requested finishing date should be indicated in the mail text.
2. Submit the application form and a manuscript by e-mail. Send to: kouryu-c@kanazawa-med.ac.jp Print the application form and hand in to our office. 　Downroad application form (Excel)
3. The manuscript will be accepted after we check the type and volume of the manuscript and ensure your deadline allows enough working time. We will send a notification by e-mail.
4. The proofread manuscript is returned to you by e-mail. Please reply to confirm you have received the manuscript.
5. You should review the manuscript and may request further changes or explanation. Otherwise, please notify us that you are satisfied.
6. The service will be completed when we receive the notification.
7. An invoice will be sent to your department in the following month.

Useful websites

　Ronbun.jp
　"HOW TO WRITE AN ABSTRACT"（U.C. Berkeley, Undergraduate Research at Berkeley）