Formatting requirements for a thesis in Poland: margins, fonts and przypisy
Margins, fonts, spacing, page numbers, przypisy dolne or APA, tables and bibliography: how to read your department’s guidelines and avoid losing marks.
Editing and formatting
Polish language proofreading for your thesis
A Polish text written by a Ukrainian speaker often gives itself away through calques and unusual word order. We correct grammar, style and terminology to match Polish academic writing. The content and structure stay yours.
Polish proofreading for a thesis written by a non-native speaker
Polish proofreading for a thesis is narrower than general editing, and more specialised. The aim is a text that reads as if it had been written in Polish from the start: correct cases and agreement, Polish punctuation, which requires a comma before conjunctions such as “że” and “który”, and vocabulary that matches Polish academic usage rather than a dictionary equivalent.
For Ukrainian and Russian speakers the typical problems are predictable: false friends whose meaning differs slightly in Polish, word order carried over from the first language, and prepositions and cases that follow Ukrainian patterns. A Polish reader understands such sentences but notices them, and a promotor may too.
Proofreading works best at the end, once the content has been accepted. Students writing in Polish for the first time often send the first chapter early instead: the explanations of recurring mistakes then help with every chapter that follows.
Polish typography is part of the job: quotation marks in the form „…”, no full stop after headings, and abbreviations such as “r.” and “w.” used correctly in dates. The price depends on length and on how much correction a sample of your text shows.
What is included
- Grammar, cases and agreement
- Punctuation following Polish rules
- Removal of calques from Ukrainian or Russian
- Academic phrasing instead of colloquial language
- Check of Polish terminology in your field
- Edits in track changes, with explanations
Who it is for
- You write in Polish but are not sure of your grammar
- Your supervisor (promotor) writes “język do poprawy” (language needs work)
- The text was translated from Ukrainian and sounds unnatural
- You want to submit your thesis without comments on the language
How we work
Step 1
Send a sample
2–3 pages, so that we can assess the level and give you a price.
Step 2
We correct the text
We edit the language in track changes and explain typical mistakes.
Step 3
You accept the changes
You review the edits and accept the ones you agree with. We correct long texts in parts, so you can see the result and pay in stages.
Questions and answers
Who does the proofreading?
An editor with fluent academic Polish who knows your field. We will tell you who will work on your text before payment.
Do you change the content?
No, only the language. If the meaning of a sentence is unclear, we leave a comment with a question rather than guess.
Will this help with my oral defence?
Partly: you will see your typical mistakes. For the defence itself, there is separate preparation with answers to questions in Polish.
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Start with a free outline
Message us on Telegram with the type of work, your field, university and defence date. We name the price and schedule before the first payment.
Discuss on TelegramThe committee gives the grade and the department makes the decision. We consult, edit and help you prepare — you submit the work under your university’s rules.