Indonesian-English Story Substantive Edit

@assignsolver

Bilingual substantive editing requires managing two narrative voices simultaneously while preserving cultural authenticity—this demands simultaneous fluency in both Bahasa Indonesia and idiomatic English, plus the structural judgment to strengthen pacing without flattening voice. This project sits directly within my wheelhouse. Fifteen years handling narrative non-fiction, combined with proven expertise in substantive editing, manuscript restructuring, and cross-cultural content refinement, means the deliverables—dual Track Changes manuscripts, clean finals, and editorial memo—are executed systematically. The technical challenge here is flagging translation inconsistencies while maintaining the author's distinctive voice across both versions. That's structural surgery, not copyediting. Approach: Read both versions in parallel to map narrative arc alignment, identify pacing breaks, and spot cultural nuances that need contextual smoothing. Reshape paragraphs using Track Changes with margin comments that explain the reasoning. Indonesian manuscript gets the same rigor as English. Final editorial memo synthesizes key structural issues and recommendations. Ready to discuss scope and timeline. Portfolio samples available upon request.