Hourly editing and proofreading. Ready when you are.
Hourly editing and proofreading for your German and English texts, at €65 an hour. Upload your file now and get your project started.
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Philipp Walzok
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Translation partner for companies with high standards
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Not sure of the scope yet, or want a ballpark figure first? Answer five questions about language, level of check and type of text, and we will work out a range of hours and price straight away.
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From brief to invoice in four steps.
Send your brief
Use the quick request form, with or without a file. It takes 60 seconds.
Get your quote
Within an hour during business hours: estimated hours, delivery date and your contact.
Editing begins
We start as soon as you approve. Clean version control included.
Billed by the hour
You pay for the hours worked, logged in 15-minute units.
What you get back.
Your original file, with our comments. No second document, no extra steps.
Word with tracked changes
Cover letters, whitepapers, reports, press releases. Corrections as tracked changes, style notes as comments.
PDF with comments
Brochures, flyers, catalogues, newsletters, social media visuals. Corrections marked directly on the layout as PDF annotations.
Pay only for the editing your text needs.
€65 an hour, with every hour logged. You get clear explanations, not just a corrected file.
Hourly editing
You pay for the time it actually takes. No fixed packages, no hidden costs.
German & English
Native-speaker editors for German and English. Parallel versions from a single brief, too.
GDPR & NDA
Servers in the EU and confidential handling. On request, we sign an NDA as standard before your first upload.
Reply in ~10 minutes
Within business hours, followed by a specific quote with estimated hours and timing.
A personal contact
One account manager, one editor. No tickets, no rotating contacts.
Consistent style
We learn your tone of voice and keep it consistent across every text.
We check the language. Not the content.
A clear scope means clear expectations.
We check
- Spelling, grammar, punctuation
- Style, tone, readability
- Linguistic consistency
- Removing tell-tale signs of AI
We don’t check
- Accuracy of content, facts, figures
- Technical or legal soundness
- Trademark law, compliance
- Typesetting in the final layout
Hourly editing at tolingo: the key facts at a glance
- What: Monolingual editing and proofreading for German and English texts. We check the text in its original language, with no translation involved.
- Who: Native-speaker editors with industry knowledge, and dedicated contacts.
- Cost: €65/hour, minimum order 1 hour, billed in 15-minute units.
- What sets it apart: An hourly rate rather than a per-word price. You pay for the actual work, not a theoretical word count.
For AI-generated text too: ChatGPT, Claude, DeepL
We check text from AI tools such as ChatGPT and Claude, and translations from DeepL, specifically for typical AI patterns: monotonous sentence structure, empty superlatives, missing sources and hallucinations. The result keeps the efficiency of AI but sounds human and gets the subject matter right.
Three use cases come up most often, and tolingo has the right tool for each:
AI drafts (original text from ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini): This is where hourly editing helps. We remove typical AI stock phrases, trim bloated sentences and check facts wherever hallucinations are likely.
AI translations (DeepL, Google Translate, Claude): Here the language alone is only part of it; what matters is fidelity to the source text. Our post-editing service for AI translations takes care of that.
Machine translation to a recognised standard: If you run machine translation in production, our MT service with post-editing to ISO 18587 is the right level. For more background, see our guide to proofreading AI-generated text.
Delivery and confidentiality
Standard delivery for jobs under 4 hours of work: 24 to 48 hours. Express delivery within 24 hours carries a 30% surcharge. tolingo is ISO 27001 certified. Our editors sign NDAs, and documents are processed on European servers and transferred encrypted.
For sensitive documents such as annual reports or M&A materials, we can set up dedicated project environments with restricted access on request. If your job has specific compliance requirements, please talk to our team directly.
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GDPR compliant · NDA available · Since 2007
Frequently asked questions
Prices, delivery times and languages
How much does an hour of editing cost?
€65/hour, minimum order 1 hour, billed in 15-minute units. No set-up fees, no hidden costs. For larger jobs, or for languages other than German and English, our per-word service, with proofreading from €0.04/word and specialist editing from €0.06/word, is often the better choice.
How quickly will my text be ready?
Standard delivery is 24 to 48 hours for smaller jobs. Express delivery within 24 hours carries a 30% surcharge. For longer texts, we agree the timing individually and set it out in the quote.
Which languages does the hourly rate cover?
German and English texts, at the moment. For other languages, we offer our per-word service in 220+ languages. English texts are checked by native speakers from the US, the UK or other English-speaking markets, depending on the variety you need.
How do you protect my text?
tolingo is ISO 27001 certified. Our editors sign NDAs. Documents are transferred encrypted and processed on European servers. For sensitive documents, we can set up dedicated project environments on request.
How does the quick brief work?
Upload your text in the quick brief form above, add the language and how fast you need it, and send it off. Within an hour during business hours, you receive a specific quote by email, free of charge and with no obligation.
Glossary
Key terms in editing and proofreading
- Proofreading
- Checking a text for spelling, grammar and punctuation. It answers one question: is the text formally correct? No stylistic changes.
- Editing
- A thorough linguistic and stylistic revision. As well as formal errors, it covers readability, the logic of the argument and tone.
- Tracked changes
- The standard Microsoft Word feature that marks every change visibly. You can accept or reject each change individually.