Working languages:
English to Swahili
Swahili to English
French to Swahili
Joseph Omboke
An industrious translator

Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya
Local time: 20:11 EAT (GMT+3)

Native in: Swahili (Variants: Tanzanian, Kenyan) Native in Swahili
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Account type Freelance translator and/or interpreter
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Services Translation, Transcription, Copywriting, Language instruction, Interpreting, Editing/proofreading, Native speaker conversation, Sales, Software localization, Subtitling, Training, Transcreation, Vendor management, Website localization, Project management, Operations management, MT post-editing, Desktop publishing
Expertise
Specializes in:
AgricultureArt, Arts & Crafts, Painting
Astronomy & SpaceAutomotive / Cars & Trucks
Aerospace / Aviation / SpaceMedical: Cardiology
Chemistry; Chem Sci/EngComputers: Hardware
Computers: SoftwareComputers: Systems, Networks

Volunteer / Pro-bono work Open to considering volunteer work for registered non-profit organizations

Rates 		English to Swahili - Standard rate: 0.80 USD per word / 50 USD per hour / 0.80 USD per audio/video minute
Swahili to English - Standard rate: 0.80 USD per word / 50 USD per hour / 0.80 USD per audio/video minute
French to Swahili - Standard rate: 0.80 USD per word / 50 USD per hour / 0.80 USD per audio/video minute
Spanish to Swahili - Standard rate: 0.80 USD per word / 50 USD per hour / 0.80 USD per audio/video minute
Arabic to Swahili - Standard rate: 0.80 USD per word / 50 USD per hour / 0.80 USD per audio/video minute

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Experience Years of experience: 6. Registered at ProZ.com: Nov 2022.
ProZ.com Certified PRO certificate(s) N/A
Credentials English to Swahili (Kenya National Examinations Council)
English to Swahili (Kenyatta University)
Swahili to English (Kenya National Examinations Council)
Memberships N/A
Software DejaVu, Fluency, Google Translator Toolkit, Localizer, Lokalise, memoQ, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office Pro, Microsoft Word, OmegaT, Personal Translator, Powerpoint, ProZ.com Translation Center, Smartcat, Smartling, Trados Online Editor, Trados Studio, Translation Exchange, Translation Workspace
CV/Resume English (DOC), French (DOCX), German (DOCX), Italian (DOCX), Russian (DOCX), Spanish (DOCX)
Professional objectives
  • Meet new translation company clients
  • Meet new end/direct clients
  • Work for non-profits or pro-bono clients
  • Screen new clients (risk management)
  • Network with other language professionals
  • Find trusted individuals to outsource work to
  • Build or grow a translation team
  • Get help with terminology and resources
  • Learn more about translation / improve my skills
  • Learn more about interpreting / improve my skills
  • Get help on technical issues / improve my technical skills
  • Learn more about additional services I can provide my clients
  • Learn more about the business side of freelancing
  • Find a mentor
  • Stay up to date on what is happening in the language industry
  • Help or teach others with what I have learned over the years
  • Transition from freelancer to agency owner
  • Transition from freelancer to another profession
  • Improve my productivity
Bio
Dear Sir/Madam,

Kindly, I write for consideration for the freelance job. I have qualified for BSc in Agriculture and Biotechnology. Now, I have four years experience in language translation and transcription, freelance side hustling, word to PDF conversion and vice versa. Furthermore, I do financial services sales. I have expertise in CAT tool and Trados Studio. I transcribe and translate at US Dollars $0.80 per source word both for  original translation and proofreading. My MTPE rate per source word is US Dollars $1.00.
I am a native of Kenya and currently I live there. My contacts are; Email ([email protected]), Skype (Joseph Omboke), WhatsApp number (+254707629909) and Phone numbers (+254707629909, +254706037941 and +254735895811).

I can translate to Chinese (Traditional/Cantonese), Chinese ((Simplified), Chinese (Literary/Mandarin), English, French, Portuguese, Korean, Arabic, Italian, German, Swahili, Romanian, Norwegian, Japanese, Ukrainian, Russian, Danish, Dutch, Slovenian, Portuguese, Swedish, Welsh, Hindi, Spanish, Estonian, Lithuanian, Greek, Latvian, Turkish, Maltese, Serbian, Polish, Vietnamese, Irish, Finnish, Hungarian, Bosnian, Czech, Zulu, Azerbaijani, Kazakh, Slovak, Indonesian, Filipino, Afrikaans, Amharic, Kinyarwanda, Yoruba and Thai.

I have experience and expertise in typing, content writing, content marketing, data entry, white paper writing, advanced computer literacy, virtual assistance, proofreading, digital marketing, technical writing, language translation, language transcription, academic writing, research writing, research papers, copywriting, ghostwriting, Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Publisher, and Outlook), data science, and data analytics, agricultural economics, soil science, plant sciences, animal sciences, agronomy, biotechnology, molecular biology, agricultural economics, and biology. I also have experienced skills in administration and management.

I started engaging in research when I was in the third year of my university education, and I conducted a wonderful project in my fourth and final year of study. 

Please consider me for the above-mentioned job because I took an oath to do quality language translation and transcription. I am passionate to do research and associating myself with research activities and the different stakeholders in the research sector. This includes media, medical, clinical, engineering, agriculture and other technical fields.

I am available any time even on weekends and hardworking person ready to deliver within the set time frame. I look forward to hearing from you. Thank you in advance.

References;

I have done a lot of translation work for Daniel Achilles ([email protected]) and Donald Williams (Telegram: Donald Williams)

Best regards,

Joseph Odimo Omboke



Profile last updated
Dec 30, 2022