Lizette B.
English and Afrikaans Content Writer, Editor, and Translator
Need an experienced SEO content writer, copy editor, or English–Afrikaans translator? I’ve completed 255 Upwork jobs, earned $100K+, and maintained a 100% Job Success Score while helping businesses and authors publish clear, credible content. With more than 15 years of professional writing and editing experience, I can help you turn rough, outdated, overly technical, or AI-assisted drafts into polished content that sounds natural and serves a clear business purpose. My services include: • SEO blog posts, articles, service pages, and website content • Landing-page and business copywriting • Copy editing, content editing, line editing, and proofreading • Book and manuscript editing for independent authors • AI content editing and humanisation • English-to-Afrikaans and Afrikaans-to-English translation • South African content localisation • WordPress content formatting and publishing You will receive writing that is easy to read, consistent with your brand voice, and prepared for publication. For SEO assignments, I can improve headings, search intent, keyword use, internal-link opportunities, metadata, and overall content structure without sacrificing readability. For editing projects, I work carefully through grammar, punctuation, sentence structure, repetition, tone, consistency, and flow. I preserve the writer’s voice while making the finished work cleaner and more professional. Clients have described me as thorough, fast, reliable, precise, easy to work with, and willing to go the extra mile. My experience includes work for small businesses, marketing agencies, publishers, entrepreneurs, consultants, technical professionals, and first-time authors. Why clients choose me: • $100K+ earned on Upwork • 255 completed and ongoing jobs • 4,825+ hours worked • 100% Job Success Score • Native or bilingual English and Afrikaans • Fast, clear communication • Careful editing and dependable turnaround Send me your draft, brief, target audience, and deadline. I’ll review the requirements and recommend the most practical way to get the content ready for publication.
Earnings and projects
Last 6 months ÷ 6
Last 6 months: $29
Billed in all: $130,362$130k
$15 in the last 6 months
Across 3 contracts
Across 284 contracts
Earnings, last 30 days
Skill rankings: Top 34% in Article Writing
Ranked by MRR among everyone on Upwork with the skill.
- #17Afrikaans to English Translation32 freelancers · 🇿🇦 #17Top 53%🇿🇦#17 of 30
- #23English to Afrikaans Translation42 freelancers · 🇿🇦 #21Top 55%🇿🇦#21 of 37
- #1,057Content Management2,310 freelancers · 🇿🇦 #17Top 46%🇿🇦#17 of 28
- #2,115Copy Editing5,372 freelancers · 🇿🇦 #48Top 39%🇿🇦#48 of 111
- #3,795General Transcription8,318 freelancers · 🇿🇦 #37Top 46%🇿🇦#37 of 109
- #4,227Article Writing12,520 freelancers · 🇿🇦 #77Top 34%🇿🇦#77 of 216
- #4,296SEO Writing11,348 freelancers · 🇿🇦 #56Top 38%🇿🇦#56 of 156
- #4,483Blog Writing13,251 freelancers · 🇿🇦 #85Top 34%🇿🇦#85 of 218