Editor: Gil Garçon
Email: Gil.Garcon@three.com.au
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