5131
NE 201st Place (206)
417-2861
Lake Forest Park, WA 98155 beth@dellby.com
EXPERTISE
Adept at understanding what an author wants to express and helping to convey it more idiomatically and precisely. Twenty years providing editorial services to book publishers and individual scholars. Three years experience writing and editing software user manuals and tutorials. Developed and maintain my professional website and YellowstoneTreasures.com. Teach writing/editing.
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Editorial
Services:
· Copyedited and proofread college textbooks in drama, education, German, history, Spanish, Web design, and writing for major publishers via Macmillan Publishing Services, using Chicago and house styles.
· Edited and managed print production for the 2002, 2005, and 2009 editions of the Granite Peak Publications guidebook Yellowstone Treasures.
· Proofread/indexed Spanish-English art books for Costco Wholesale and Marquand Books.
· Proofread and lent my cultural and linguistic knowledge to the editing of Best Guides LLC’s Loreto: Baja California Sur, Mexico.
· Edited journal articles, dissertations, and book chapters for academics, Chicago or APA style.
Technical Writing and User Interface
Development:
· Converted files from WordPerfect to Microsoft Word, tested and corrected the documents for a law firm’s document assembly system. Wrote the reference manual and brochures.
· Managed the documentation for Language Engineering Corporation's English-to-Japanese machine translation software. Rewrote and edited the manuals, designed the tutorials, and supervised the work of staff and consultants. Tested the software's user interface.
WORK HISTORY
Editorial Freelancer 1990–95;
1999–present
Web Designer / Webmaster 1999–present
Basic Copyediting Instructor,
Antioch University Continuing Ed., Seattle 2006,
2007, 2008
Proofreading & Copyediting Team
Teacher, Discover U, Seattle 2002–2007
Teaching Assistant, Dept. of Technical Communication, Univ. of Wash., Seattle 1997–98
Software Editor, Stroock & Stroock & Lavan, Boston 1995–96
Technical Writer / Editor, Language Engineering Corp., Belmont, MA 1991–92
Legal Proofreader, Commerce Clearing House, Inc., San Rafael, CA 1989–90
EDUCATION
M.S. Technical Communication, March 1999. University of Washington,
Seattle
B.A. German Studies, January 1988.
Stanford University. Specialized in language/linguistics.
HONORS & ASSOCIATIONS
Steering
committee member, Northwest Independent Editors Guild, 2005–present
Diploma in Spanish as a Foreign Language (DELE), Instituto Cervantes, 2008
Brown University Book
Award for superior English expression, 1981