S Githinji

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Swahili Translator

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Member Since 2020

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                                           WORK EXPERIENCE
March 1999  – Present

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

March 1999  – Present

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

March 1999  – Present

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

March 1999  – Present

Founder at Languages Africa – www.languagesafrica.com
I was among the very first and few Professional Linguists in Africa that embraced the translation and Interpretation industry full time in the late nineteen-nineties.
▪     From that time, I have translated into Swahili, Kinywanda and Kirundi from English and vice versa.

▪     I have also put up a Team of Inhouse Resources to assist in the processing of the other African languages such as Somali, Amharic, Tigrinya, Oromo, Luganda and others.

▪     I came up with a winning management Team and started implementing our first 10 year strategic plan.

CEO at Languages Africa – www.languagesafrica.com

I took up the challenge, immediately, of overseeing the African Languages Service company‟s overall growth, direction and strategic planning in the late nineteen-nineties.

▪     I have focused on sales and overall expansion of Languages Africa (LA) leading to acquisition of new clients and retention of the old existing ones.

▪     We have also been able to open new operation offices of LA in Zanzibar Island; the Swahili epitome, Kampala in Uganda; the pearl of Africa, Kigali in Rwanda; the land of a thousand hills, Dar es Salaam in Tanzania and DRC in Congo.

 

Swahili Language Service Provider by Mpasua Msonobari www.proz.com/wwa/679714 I am a Living Swahili Legend! I have been translating into and from Swahili for almost 2 decades and do enjoy my work. I have a passion for the Swahili language. I am able, viable and available for your Swahili project and do assure you that you shall enjoy my exceptional Swahili services.

·  Throughout my experience in the Swahili language, I have developed and sharpened my other personal job related skills that I have outlined for you later on this resume.

·  I have also nurtured other Swahili linguists over the years and released them into the job market and now they are workingindependently.

·  I have been and do still translate for CROs, Key NGOs, Refugee Centres, Translation Agencies, Public Schools, Public Hospitals, Multi National Companies such as Microsoft, Google, and Government entities from UK, US, Canada, and All over theworld.

African Language Service Provider at Languages Africa www.languagesafrica.com I am an exclusive African Languages Service Provider through my Languages Africa Agency in all the other African languages. I have a Team of Inhouse resources who are native and qualified.

·  I and my Team are highly responsive and responsible in all the tasks allocated to us.

·  Some of the popular African languages that we deal with are attached in the annexes and can also be availed upon request.

·  Our rates are very competitive and are from 0.05 USD to 0.25 USD per word depending on the language in question, content of the work, rush, and offcourse myclient‟s budget.

·  I and my Team have worked on projects with vast subject areas including but not limited to: Business and

Advertising, Marketing, Law, Technology, Telecommunications, Medicine, Life Science,Education, Health and others.

 

 

EDUCATION AND TRAINING
2000 – 2003 Kenyatta University(JAB); Bed Arts Degree, First Class Honors
Kiswahili and History; Swahili Translation and Interpretation ; Activities and Societies: Kenyatta
University Traveling Theatre (KUTT), The Entrepreneurs Club.
1999 – 2002 Zanzibar Institute of Kiswahili and other African Languages; Bachelors Degree Arts,
First Class Honors
Proficiency in English & Swahili Languages; Activities and Societies: Zanzibar Island Translators Club, Swahili Actors Club.

 

 

PERSONAL SKILLS
Native Language(s) Swahili, Kinyarwanda and Kirundi (I am proficient in this as they are my professional working languages.)
Other African Language(s) Somali, Amharic, Tigrinya, Oromo, and Luganda (I call these the Other BIG 5 African Languages which I and my Team process more frequently. Kindly find the other popular African Langauges in the annexes on request. )

 

 

Communication skills ▪  I have good communication skills gained through my experience as the respresentative of Languages Africa in local and overseas presentations.

▪  I am also a motivational speaker and great crusader and activist of the adaption and use of the

Swahili language and Other African Languages! I have mastered this through my smart Swahili/English Interpretation Skills.

 

 

Organizational / Managerial skills ▪  Founder at Languages Africa since March 1999. (Currently responsible for its 10 year strategic plan in making it the biggest African Languages Service Provider globally.)

▪  CEO at Languages Africa since March 1999. (Currently responsible for over 100 In-house native African Languages resources and over 5,000 online resources in the same.)

 

 

Job-related skills ▪  Swahili Translator and Interpreter which I have earned by working at Languages Africa.

▪  Swahili Transcreation Expert which I have got by working at Languages Africa.

▪  Swahili Transcription Expert which I have attained by working at Languages Africa.

▪  Swahili Website Localization Expert which I have mastered by working at Languages Africa.

▪  Swahili Proofreading and Editing which I have earned by working at Languages Africa.

▪  Swahili Voice over Artist which I have earned by working at Languages Africa.

 

 

Computer skills ▪  I do own and have mastered the latest C.A.T Tools such as SDL Trados 2015, Wordfast Professional, MemoQ, SDLX, Transtool , Across, OmegaT and others.

 

 

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