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Specialties that pay more

• Medical and scientific editing

  Journals, drug submissions and research papers. The best-paid editing there is.

• Technical and standards editing

  Engineering, government and safety documents where an error has consequences.

• Plain language

  Rewriting government and legal material so ordinary people can act on it. Growing demand in Canada.

• French to English editing

  Editing material translated from French is constant work in Canada.

• Indexing

  A separate craft, paid per page, and in short supply.