Proofreading and translation
Internal proofreaders
A number of secretaries at MGMT offer proofreading and translation of texts:
- Annette Hein Bengtson
- Ioana Postelnicu
- Joan Hørdum Jepsen
- Kristine Lysgaard
- Merete Elmann
- Tabita Schmidt
- Vibeke Vrang
If you require proofreading or translation services, you should always book time with a secretary at the earliest time possible, preferably as soon as you know about the assignment. If it is not possible for the secretaries to help you, you can use an external proofreader/translator (see below menu).
External translators - requires application & approval
Applications for external proofreading/translation must be sent to Birgitte Hellstern or Ulla Salomonsen prior to ordering. Please use the application form which you can find here: MGMT expense form
From now on, you must use these two suppliers when using external translators - i.e. when a translation task cannot be handled locally or by Aarhus BSS Communication.
The new suppliers have been selected after a major tender process for translation services which has just taken place at AU. The process aimed to ensure increased continuity in how external translation tasks are handled.
At Aarhus BSS, we now have a primary and a secondary supplier, both of whom have many years of experience within the field of translation. If you want to use an external supplier for a translation task, you must first contact the school’s primary supplier. If he is unable to handle the task, you must contact the secondary supplier.
External suppliers at Aarhus BSS
Primary supplier: Lambourne Translations
Peter Lambourne
Email: peter@lambourne.dk
Tel.: 60856095
Secondary supplier: Global Denmark
Simon Palmer
Email: au@global-denmark.dk
Tel.: 33862930
How to place an order
- The desired deadline (please try to be more specific than ‘as soon as possible’)
- The scope of the work (when pre-ordering large tasks involving several files, please attach a list of the files and the dates by which they will be ready for translation)
- Any special issues regarding the target group or the communicative situation
- The contact information for the person who will handle questions from the translator
- The file format: Word, PDF, other?
Want to find out more?
If you have any questions regarding the above, you are welcome to contact:
Language consultant/Aarhus BSS Communication
Ida Marie W. Vilbæk
Email: idavilbaek@au.dk
Tel.: 87153507
Translation of official documents
An agreement has been made between AU and Amesto Translations to provide students and staff with certified translations of official documents. This may be relevant to staff and students in relation to research stays abroad – and to foreign students and staff during their stay in Denmark.
A ’one-stop-shop’ solution has been agreed upon and according to this Amesto will handle the entire process (translation, certification, legalisation and apostille endorsement).
Please note that this service is not free, but Amesto offers special low prices to staff and students.
See more info at this link: https://ias.au.dk/translations-of-official-documents/ 
Proofreading of PhD dissertations
As of 1 May 2021, MGMT PhD students can ask Laura Patterson for help with proofreading of the 'wrappings' of their dissertation, i.e. the introductory and/or the concluding section of the dissertation. Laura Patterson is a native speaker of English and an experienced proofreader.
Who: Laura Patterson: laurajocelynpatterson@gmail.com
How:
1. Contact Laura Patterson to
a. find out if she can take on the job
b. get an estimated price – do not enter into an agreement until you have a signed expense form
2. Applications for external proofreading/translation must be sent to expensetravel@mgmt.au.dk for approval prior to ordering. Please use the application form which you can find here.
3. Once you have the signed expense form, you can confirm the agreement with Laura Patterson.
The costs for this proofreading is on the department – not the individual PhD budgets.