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Sierra Leone Krio Court Interpreter and Cultural Mediator
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Freelance translator and/or interpreter, Verified site user
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English to Krio: Di Kombra Di Krai General field: Social Sciences Detailed field: Cinema, Film, TV, Drama
Source text - English Eh! Fatima a gɛt bad filiŋ fɔ Soferah, i ɛn dɛn bɛlɛ uman dɛn. I bi lɛk se yu mama nɔ ebul bay bag fɔ yu buk dɛn. Sen am pan am. Mama, di we yu de ol dɛn bɛlɛ uman dɛn bɔn na dis vilej dɔn kam wit kɔnsan tu mi. Ɛn di atoriti dɛn bin dɔn put dis lɔ mek una stɔp dis TBA. Mama, mama tide mi padi dɛn chɛr mi buk dɛn. Lɛf mi banga a beg. Atongo! A beg, lɛf mi lɛ a go. If yu nɔ alaw, shawt na ya.
Translation - Krio Eh, Fatima I have a bad feeling about Soferah and those pregnant women. It’s like your mom can’t even buy a bag for your books. Just throw them. Woman, the way you treat these pregnant women giving birth in our village concerns me. The authorities made a
law that TBAs (traditional birthing attendant) should stop practicing. Mom, my friends tore my books today. Please give me some money. Atongo! Please, let me go. If you don’t want me to start shouting.
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Translation education
Other - Watchtower School of Gilead
Experience
Years of experience: 24. Registered at ProZ.com: May 2015.
I’m an English teacher turned Krio interpreter and translator. I specialize in life sciences, legal and education.
Raised in Chicago, I studied languages and education. After working for years in Czechia and Hungary as an English school teacher, I went to Sierra Leone as a volunteer educator. Since then, I have been using my first-hand experience to create medical and legal dictionaries in Krio. Of course I still teach. Now I offer a multi-media Krio course to NGOs and other specialists working in Sierra Leone.
My services include: interpreting, translation, proofreading, term creation, localization, cultural training, teaching, subtitling, voiceover and audio editing services using Trados, memoQ, XTM, Audacity, and Subtitle Edit.
Interpreting
Court Interpreter for Colorado, New Jersey, Ohio, Washington D.C. and the UK for trials, hearings, arraignments, depositions (2014-)
Organized and supervised an interpreting team for UK Royal Courts of Justice in a high profile, corporate accountability trial held in Freetown and London for 6 weeks (2018)
European Union Asylum Agency interpreter and cultural mediator (2018-)
EU/UK NHS in medical and mental health settings (2009-present)
Liaise with mental health professionals on therapy plans for West Africans (2009-)
Translation & Localization
Krio translator Med Comms agency, clinical trials, posters (2022-)
Translator and evaluator for Google Translate (2021-)
Localize and translate Krio e-learning course for entrepreneurs (2021)
Translation of COVID-19 guidelines for UK NHS (2020-22)
Localize and translate surveys for World Poll, GeoPoll and Kantar Media (2019-)
Creating specialized Krio glossaries, medical and legal (2011-)
HIPAA and GDPR compliant
Media & Audio/Video Editing
Subtitle and localize films for Medical Aid Films (2019-)
Consult and subtitle for Purple Field Productions (2019-)
Train and supervise a team of voiceovers in Sierra Leone (2021-)
Consultant & Trainer
Identify West African languages and link translators with international language providers and NGOs
Cultural training for legal and medical professionals
Developed and teach a multi-media Krio course
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