How to humanise an academic paper without losing terms or citations
Paste only the continuous text of a chapter, without the bibliography and long quotations, and pick the Academic paper text type. Leave the deep rewrite through another language switched off, because it holds technical terms less well. After the rewrite, compare terms, numbers, names and references to sources with the original — the rewrite is supposed to keep them, but it does not verify them automatically. And if your school's rules require you to declare the use of AI tools, that includes humanisation.
What to put in and what to leave out
Humanisation rewrites the whole text you paste. Unlike detection, it does not leave out the bibliography, quotations or footnotes, so do not put them into the rewrite. Paste the continuous text of one chapter and leave the bibliography in the original document.
Direct quotations are someone else's words and you are not supposed to rewrite them. If a chapter contains a long quotation, split the text into the part before it and the part after it, and put the quotation back by hand. Short references to sources such as (Smith, 2021) should be kept by the rewrite, but check them afterwards anyway.
How to set up the rewrite
Pick the Academic paper text type. The rewrite then sticks to the rules of academic style, unlike an essay or a blog, where there is more freedom. Rewrite a longer paper chapter by chapter: a long text is processed in parts of around 3,000 characters and each part follows on from the previous one, but chapter by chapter the result is easier to check.
Do not switch on the deep rewrite, which sends the text through another language and back, for an academic text. It does break up what is left of the machine rhythm, but it holds the terminology and the set phrases of the field less well. In a paper where a term carries meaning, the standard rewrite is safer.
What to check after the rewrite
Compare terms, numbers, units, names, dates and references to sources with the original. The rewrite has a rule to keep all of these and it watches the length, but it does not verify factual accuracy automatically. A mistake in a single number will do the paper more harm than a mechanical style.
Then read whether the text still sounds academic. The rewrite adds small human irregularities, such as a conjunction at the start of a sentence or an aside, and these may not suit an academic text — undo them. If your school requires you to declare the use of AI, mention the humanisation in the paper too.
FAQ
Can I humanise the abstract?
You can, but an abstract is short and dense, so every change shows. After the rewrite, compare it with the content of the paper to make sure it still fits.
Can my supervisor tell that the text went through humanisation?
Probably not from the text itself. But they can tell whether you are able to explain the content, and at the defence that is what decides. If the rules require you to declare your use of AI, declare it.
What if the rewrite changes a technical term?
Change it back by hand. In an academic text a term is correct even when it repeats — the repetition check may flag it, but leaving it in is fine.
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