Member since Mar '23

Working languages:
English to Swahili
Swahili to English
Swahili (monolingual)

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Godfrey Herman
Language specialist English-Swahili

Dar Es Salaam, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Local time: 18:22 EAT (GMT+3)

Native in: Swahili (Variant: Tanzanian) Native in Swahili
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Account type Freelance translator and/or interpreter, Identity Verified Verified member
This translator is helping to localize ProZ.com into Swahili
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Affiliations This person is not affiliated with any business or Blue Board record at ProZ.com.
Services Translation, Editing/proofreading, Software localization, Website localization, Interpreting, Language instruction, Transcription, Native speaker conversation, Transcreation, Training, MT post-editing, Voiceover (dubbing), Subtitling
Expertise
Specializes in:
LinguisticsIT (Information Technology)
Law: Contract(s)Management
NutritionTransport / Transportation / Shipping
Advertising / Public RelationsMarketing / Market Research
Government / PoliticsHistory

Volunteer / Pro-bono work Open to considering volunteer work for registered non-profit organizations
KudoZ activity (PRO) PRO-level points: 16, Questions answered: 12, Questions asked: 7
Payment methods accepted Visa, MasterCard, M-Pesa | Send a payment via ProZ*Pay
Portfolio Sample translations submitted: 1
Experience Years of experience: 6. Registered at ProZ.com: Jul 2021. Became a member: Mar 2023.
Credentials English to Swahili (University of Dar Es Salaam, verified)
Swahili to English (University of Dar Es Salaam, verified)
Memberships N/A
Software Across, Amara, MateCat, memoQ, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Powerpoint, Trados Studio
CV/Resume CV available upon request
Professional practices Godfrey Herman endorses ProZ.com's Professional Guidelines.
Professional objectives
  • Meet new translation company clients
  • Learn more about translation / improve my skills
  • Meet new end/direct clients
  • Network with other language professionals
  • Get help with terminology and resources
  • Stay up to date on what is happening in the language industry
  • Help or teach others with what I have learned over the years
Bio

Experienced Translator with a demonstrated history of working in the translation and localization industry. I've been in the translation industry for more than five years with remarkable growth in the field of religion, politics, Education, and IT translations.

 

Working with both domestic and international companies to render perfect language services with the ability to deliver more than 3000 words for translation and more than 5500 words per day for editing/review without compromising the quality.

Timely delivery and integrity have been my key rules in this career. I've worked with several agencies as a translator where I performed the following duties

1. Translating Various text including Help Contents, and User Interface (UI).

2. Prof-reading help content texts and Marketing content.

3. Providing CAT translation through several CAT tools

4. Localization services and transcreation for marketing content. And have experience as copy editor (Reviewer) with the following duties and responsibilities

1. Reviewing Help content texts, User Interface (UI)

2. Doing Quality assessment for the Swahili team

3. Led team in various discussions about the quality of translation

4. Providing feedback to the linguists on their translation tasks.

 

 

This user has earned KudoZ points by helping other translators with PRO-level terms. Click point total(s) to see term translations provided.

Total pts earned: 16
(All PRO level)


Language (PRO)
English to Swahili16
Top general fields (PRO)
Art/Literary12
Science2
Bus/Financial2
Top specific fields (PRO)
Cinema, Film, TV, Drama8
Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting4
Finance (general)2
Meteorology2

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This user has reported completing projects in the following job categories, language pairs, and fields.

Project History Summary
Total projects1
With client feedback0
Corroborated0
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positive0
neutral0
negative0

Job type
Editing/proofreading1
Language pairs
1
Specialty fields
Government / Politics1
Other fields
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Profile last updated
Mar 28



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