Proofreading
Professional Proofreading and Text Polishing Services
Expert linguists perfect your marketing, corporate, and technical texts — clarity, style, and precision guaranteed
Need to give your texts a professional final polish? Our proofreading and text correction services ensure your content is clear, consistent, and error-free.
At delicatext, our expert linguists refine everything from marketing copy and corporate communications to technical documentation. We align your texts with your style guides, enhance readability, and guarantee precise, impactful communication.
Let us perfect your words — and make your message shine.
Proofreading
Bringing out the best in your texts
We bring out nuances and get beyond the words. The end result is a smooth, elegant text.
A good proofread adds the finishing touches to a text. It doesn’t alter it, it optimises it. We’re good at that because we spot things that aren’t obvious. We scrutinise the orthography, grammar and style. We make your texts shine. So that they express even more clearly whatever you want to say.
We can take a fresh look at your...

Websites
Your website is your business’s calling card. One of the first points of contact for your target audience. Get that first impression right with linguistically and stylistically flawless texts.

Magazines
Your articles draw the readership into your theme world. We iron out minor niggles and make sure your audience becomes so immersed that they forget they are reading.

Social media
In pace with the times, fast-moving and impassioned. Social media conduct a dialogue with your target audience. We give the language a final polish.

Blog posts
Your story makes you real and accessible. It helps your target audience identify with you. We’ll fine-tune the texts that tell your story and evoke your vision.

Corporate Storytelling
Your journey, your goals, your mission, your vision: we find exactly the right words to tell your corporate story in a way that shares your values with your target audience.

Internal communications
You want a brand that shines and product descriptions that are clear and precise. We can help you be sure those important texts will cut through.

Product descriptions
Surveys are how you capture sentiment and generate a basis for future developments. Use our proofreading service to make sure your questions are crystal clear.

Surveys
HR documentation is the basis for your relationship with your workforce. Place that relationship on a sound footing with texts that are linguistically unambiguous and easy to understand.
We give language a final polish in...
German
French
Italian
English
Making sure your texts cut through
Texts are a substitute for the spoken word. An effective text goes some way towards capturing what the written word cannot convey: facial expression, body language, tone. A good text does that. An average one does not. So where is the difference? It’s when a text comes alive.
A good text “speaks” to its audience. There are no clunky expressions or ambiguous words to detain the reader. Instead, your eyes glide over the lines, your mind digests the meaning and your heart beats in its rhythm.
Outstanding texts achieve the desired effect and delight the reader. The author of a text needs to be eagle-eyed to spot the trip hazards in their own work. The alternative is to engage proofreaders, with a fresh pair of eyes to spot and iron out those minuscule bumps and quirks. Proofreaders like ours.
An honest partnership: take our word for it
Precision is our profession
To be sure we fully understand your message and audience, we ask pertinent questions. So that we go beyond simply optimising your texts and genuinely make the most of them.
Look over our shoulder
We don’t just deliver a perfect finished product. We are transparent about our work and can explain all of our decisions.
Always with
Transparency
So you always know where we are on the road we are travelling together.
Passion
So you can see straight away that we’re giving no less than one hundred percent.
Professionalism
So you can be sure only experts are involved.
Direct contact
So you have one point of contact where everything comes together.
Confidentiality
So you can disclose however much you need to get the job done.
Speed
So nobody is kept waiting – least of all your target group.
A good proofread makes your texts shine
Sounds great… but how do you make a text really glow from within? It takes a combination of craft, experience, intuition and talent.
Form is the benchmark of this craft: we make sure your texts are flawless and grammatically sound. We draw on our experience to make sure all expressions are right for the readership, and that the words say and mean exactly what you want them to.
An instinct for text composition and a talent for writing give your texts that vital finishing touch that lets them flow. Their meaning becomes more than the sum of the individual words and sentences.
It’s like a perfectly tuned orchestra. You hear the violins, cellos, woodwind, brass and percussion as a harmonious unit. If just one instrument plays a wrong note, the whole performance suffers. Our proofreaders are like conductors. They make your text glow from inside, like music to the ears of your target audience.
Telling our story together?
This is what our joint collaboration can look like
First encounter
We look forward to getting to know your universe and telling you about ours – face to face or by phone. An initial meeting will then provide the perfect opportunity to talk about your current projects and show you what delicatext can bring to the table. Whether you just need the finishing touches that will make a huge difference or are planning to build a whole new project around a simple idea, we’re there to assist you.
Sample job
You can’t create trust on demand. We’d like to start by offering a free sample job to demonstrate the quality of our work.
The start of collaboration
Our team will be available to receive all your enquiries in person, discuss the specifics of your project in detail or, for more complex projects, arrange a kick-off meeting. We’ll always be there at your side, letting you focus on your core business.
Our values
Authenticity, simplicity
Our true selves are people who speak openly and communicate with honest empathy
Respect, cordiality
With our heart in the right place and genuine warmth towards our counterpart
Open
To extraordinary ideas, exciting concepts and unprecedented solutions
Agility
Always ready for something new – even if it means leaping in at the deep end
Appreciation
Of talented people who are passionate about their work, and of tasks that require passion
Clarity
Because you only see the goal clearly when the clouds part
How you benefit
Texts authored by copywriters and editors that possess the ‘It factor.’ What does that even mean? It means our copywriters possess the talent to surprise their readers and ‘whisk them away’ to marvellous places. Our texts impress with creativity, empathy and the necessary understanding of nuance, making it easy for you to expand your sphere of influence. They bring new customers and partners on board and strengthen your brand image. You have invested a lot in creating your brand – we can help you communicate its image effectively in (almost) any language. Don’t hesitate to ask us for a short free sample.
Smooth, easy-to-understand translations that meet your terminological requirements down to the smallest detail. Fast, flexible, cost-effective service for ready-to-print texts with the essence and power of your original text, without you having to worry about it yourself. We do everything we can to become true experts in your corporate language and your brand in the shortest possible time. Branding starts with a consistent choice of words! We put your content and your message in the right light, making them clearly understandable and giving them the finishing touches. Don’t hesitate to ask us for a short free sample.
With our post-editing service, you only pay for the human work. Our AI translator does the preliminary work. Take advantage of the combination of modern AI technology and individual human translation for a high-quality result at a favourable price. Don’t hesitate to ask us for a short free sample.
An excellent opportunity to improve the quality and efficiency of your documents, to enhance your brand image and to ensure greater understanding and satisfaction amongst your readers. It optimises the time and production costs spent on your content, and presents your work and your message in the best possible light. Don’t hesitate to ask us for a short free sample.
The world is currently gripped by a wave of enthusiasm for artificial intelligence – and you, too, can take advantage of it. AI-generated texts can do a lot – but by no means everything. By using our “Post-editing of AI-generated texts” service, you can benefit from all the advantages of artificial intelligence combined with the expertise of our experienced copy writers. The result for you: inexpensive texts of the highest quality, which address your target group in a style that is absolutely your own. Don’t hesitate to ask us for a short free sample.
What our customers say
"When we have a significant and pressing need for translation services, it’s important to us that we can count on reliable and expert external partners. delicatext reacts quickly to our enquiries and delivers high-quality texts within the desired time-frame - the ideal prerequisites for a collaboration based on trust."
"We are satisfied with every aspect of working with delicatext. Communication between us is simple and direct, which is very important for a weekly magazine. Their translations (from German and Italian into French) are always reliable and arrive on time. We particularly value delicatext’s ability to translate texts - regardless of their subject matter - into a journalistic style, as well as their flexibility, responsiveness and speed."
"delicatext translated all the texts for our current permanent exhibition - a wide-ranging and complex project, which was carried out rapidly and expertly to our total satisfaction. The team at delicatext distinguished themselves not least through careful use of the specialist terms that are essential for communicating the historical content of our museum correctly. We also very much appreciated the accommodating and congenial manner of working together."
"physioswiss values the fact that delicatext is based in Switzerland because we know they are on the same page as us when it comes to quality and reliability. It’s important to us that our texts are translated by experts whose target language is their mother tongue. This guarantees that we get not just an accurate translation, but sensitive treatment of the fine linguistic differences that we have here in Switzerland. Something we know we can always expect from delicatext."
"We’ve been working very happily with Patricia Moritz and her team for many years now. We always get the translations back promptly and in the right layout, which makes our own work so much easier. We also value the friendly and hassle-free way they handle our work; and trust that we will continue to work together so well."
"In 2015 Seiler Hotels AG developed and launched their new CI/CD, and became acquainted with delicatext in the process. delicatext worked on all the copy for the Mont Cervin Palace and Monte Rosa hotels in Zermatt. They immediately understood our product and the essence of what we are about - and captured both perfectly in words.
We can heartily recommend the uncomplicated and professional way of working with Marco Altrocchi and his team."
"For Loeb AG the many years of collaboration with delicatext have been extremely valuable. delicatext stands out for its great flexibility and for keeping error rates down to an absolute minimum."
"We’ve been working very happily with Patricia Moritz and her team for many years now. We always get the translations back promptly and in the right layout, which makes our own work so much easier.
We also value the friendly and hassle-free way they handle our work; and trust that we will continue to work together so well."
"When looking for a copy creation agency that would not only do as instructed in the briefing but think beyond it and write with passion, we came across delicatext. In the energy sector in particular, in which very complex and abstract concepts have to be “packed” into text, this is a great challenge. delicatext thinks its way into the topic at hand and delivers high-quality copy that encourages readers to get immersed. Even with short-notice, tight-turnaround orders, we can count on delicatext’s flexibility and reliability."
"Our orders are always very expertly translated by delicatext and express orders are always dealt with immediately. The team is uncomplicated, flexible and always very friendly, the range of languages offered is wide, and the quality of translation into each specific language high. Our thanks to delicatext for the fantastic collaboration."
"Putting together a monthly magazine in three languages can sometimes be a fraught affair. So it’s absolutely essential to have flexible partners that work reliably, carefully and with precision. I value the work done by delicatext: they always have a cool head on their shoulders, even when queries or changes are put in at short notice. Translations are always delivered on time and they astound our proof-reading service by delivering error-free texts for the 80 pages of our magazine. Over the past two years we’ve found we can rely on delicatext and look forward to continuing to work successfully together."
"In online and social media marketing it’s all about speed. Thanks to delicatext, our advertising media is available in all the national languages in no time at all, and we can provide our customers with important news and information very rapidly through social media. Marco Altrocchi’s team have also familiarised themselves with the wording used by CSS Versicherung very quickly, and as a result the quality even of complex product descriptions is very high. We are absolutely delighted at the way of working together with delicatext and know that our texts are always in good hands with Marco!"
"Our particular reason for liking delicatext and the work that it does? Not only are the texts written in accordance with good professional practice, but thanks to the impressive imagery used they grab the readers’ attention and always awaken the right emotions. We warmly recommend the precision and care with which Marco and his team compose, their clear love of writing and their feeling for the subtlest of nuances in their texts - they are perfect, down to the smallest detail and they reflect our customers’ (from the top end of the hotel business) perceptions of luxury superbly."
"delicatext goes about its work with great care and an immense feeling for language. Their word is their bond - not just in respect of the quality of their translations, but also in terms of delivering when they say they will."
For the translation of questionnaires in the context of market and social research, gfs-zürich is always happy to use the high-quality services of delicatext. The very careful, fast and efficient way of working plays into the hands of our work on a project basis. We look forward to a collaboration that will last far into the future!
"Hi Patricia,
I just wanted to drop you a quick line to congratulate you and the whole delicatext team for the terrific texts you deliver to Migusto. More than just translating, you know where to take liberties to grab the attention of our French-speaking readers. Thank you for doing such a great job!"
The shortest way to good texts
Which formats can we handle? Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF, website or other formats: get in touch, and we’ll advise on how to handle your project with maximum efficiency!