Translating and Copyediting a Personal Statement From Albanian To English
Student Name: Flamur A.
Job Title: Builder
Client’s Requirements: Flamur first needed his personal statement to be translated from Albanian to English, and then wanted us to copyedit some sections of the personal statement in English, to help him with his university application to a university in the UK. He admitted that he was not confident to write in English at an expert level, hence the request for our translation and copyediting services. Flamur flagged this as an urgent requirement, making it clear that he needed the work to be completed in two days.
How We Helped: We first made sure to identify all of his requirements clearly. We translated the personal statement from Albanian to English, and then formatted the document to meet the requirements of the university. We ensured the line spacing, paragraph spacing, font, style, and text size were all in accordance with the university requirements, and the word count was kept within the allowed word limit. As our editors have been to university in the UK before and know the experience of writing a personal statement, we asked Flamur to provide us with reasons as to why he wants to study the subject, what his passions are, what he envisages his career path to be, previous work experience, and all of his qualifications, achievements, skills, and hobbies, so that we could give him the best chance of securing his place at the university; we gave Flamur reasons as to why we required this information and how this would help him secure his place at the university. Once Flamur submitted his application, we provided him with feedback on how to tailor his personal statement application to other universities should he apply to other universities in the future.
End Result: We finished and returned the work to Flamur in less than 24 hours, which was well within the agreed deadline. Flamur went on to secure a place at the University of Chester and University of Staffordshire! Although he never ended up going to university in the end (due to personal reasons), he was ecstatic that he had the opportunity to go, which he thanks us greatly for, even to this day. He left us a tip for our services, which we have the utmost appreciation for.
Client Feedback: “I was very happy with the service. I will definitely use Alkyone again in the future.”
