House 3, Nickdel College ROAD, ALEGONGO ESTATE, AKOBO IBADAN, OYO STATE. POSTAL CODE: 200222
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Eno Sam Okon HOUSE 3, NICKDEL COLLEGE ROAD, ALEGONGO ESTATE, AKOBO IBADAN, OYO STATE. POSTAL CODE: 200222. Mobile:08063611208 E-mail Address: abgluv4fun @ yahoo .co m SEX: Female DATE OF BIRTH: 27th June, 1987 MARITAL STATUS: Married STATE OF ORIGIN: Akwa Ibom State NATIONALITY: Nigerian MAILING ADDRESS: Seventh-Day Adventist Church, P. O.Box 533, Kaduna. GOAL: To secure a challenging position with a reputable organization and complement their team, while at the same time acquiring experience for other future endeavors.
LANGUAGES SPOKEN: English, Hausa EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND: Information Science (Social Informatics) 2015 - 2019 University of Ibadan [PhD- Processing]
Information Science 2012 - 2014 University of Ibadan [M.Sc]
Geography and Regional Planning 2005 – 2010 University of Calabar – Cross River State [B.Sc] 2nd Class [Lower Division]
Health, Safety And Environment Induction Course 2009 Certificate of Attendance
Our Lady Of Fatima Girls’ Secondary School- Kaduna State 1998 - 2004 West African Examination Council [WAEC]
NNPC Staff School – Kaduna State 1992-1998 First School Leaving Certificate [FSLC]
WORK EXPERIENCE WITH DATE: NIELSEN NIGERIA - February 2013 - June 2015
Job Title - Consumer Research Questionnaire Translator (English-Hausa) Duties: Consumer Research Questionnaire Translation (English-Hausa) Translation Quality Assesment Reviews Back-translations
LANGUAGE TRANSLATION SERVICES 34726 31st CT SW, Federal Way, WA, 98023 United States of America - April 2015 - June 2015
Job Title - Translator Duties: Back-Translation : Political, Social and Historic Documents, blogs.
AFRICAN LANGUAGES TECHNOLOGIES-INITIATIVE – Ibadan, Oyo State August 2010 - May 2014
Job Title - Language Technology Researcher, Translator/Localizer, Project Manager Duties: Natural language translation English-Hausa of MS O.S and Packages Organisation of training Sessions for translators
Taking full responsibility for training materials, refreshment, and typing memos on the subject of the meetings.
Moderation of Translation Project for Hausa jobs
Anchored the ACALAN Hunspell spell checker project for Hausa (2013)
Anchored Hausa Language Morphological Rule Studies/ Research
Participated in the localization of the Microsoft Office 2010 package (Office 15)to Hausa language (Certificate available on request)
Participated in Windows 7 localization project
Participated in Windows 8 localization project
Participated in Windows Phone Review
Review of Microsoft Style Guide
Quality Assessment
EXPERTISE Localization or translation in the following fields; Advertising & Public Relations, Political, Social, Historic Documents, Health, Agriculture, Novel, Prose, Computer Hardware, Computer Software, Computer Systems and Networks, Computers (General), Games / Computer Games, IT / E- Commerce / Internet, Marketing / Market Research etc
AVAILABILITY Full week KEYWORDS Localization, Review, Moderation, Proof-reading, Translation Project coordinator, Translations. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
I offer free correction errors (if any) in translations done by me, and I ALWAYS meet my deadlines (Deadlines should be reasonable).
In addition, I invoice for payment two days after deadlines, and expect payment 30 days after the invoice.
Finally, I also review translations done by others, offering constructive criticisms where necessary.
PAYMENT RATES Translation Minimum rate per source word, US dollar $0.07 Preferred rate per source word, US dollar $0.09
Proof-Reading: Checking for grammar, punctuation, spelling, overall correctness, review for consistency.
Per Word -- $25 for every 1000 words Per Hour -- $30
Reviews Minimum rate per hour, US dollar $20 Preferred rate per hour, US dollar $23
PAYMENT METHOD Western Union, Payza, Perfect money
AWARDS Microsoft Outstanding Contribution Award, towards the release of Window 7 and Office 2010.
SKILLS: Proficiency in SDL Trados, Loc Studio, Notepad++, SPSS softwares, MS and Linux O.S, Microsoft Office proficient HOBBIES : Music, Travelling, Nature viewing, Movies.
Softwares: Dictionary and Affix Files of the Hunspell Spell Checker (Hausa) (M.Sc Thesis)
REFEREES: Mrs Yetunde Oluwayemi Translator (Yoruba Language) Nielsen Nigeria +2348037799700 Mr Emmanuel Andem Special Adviser to the President/CEO on Logistics and Transport Engineering, Dangote Industries Ltd. +2347034061585 Dr. Wole Olatokun (Associate Proffessor) Director Africa Regional Centre for Information Science, University Of Ibadan, Nigeria. +2348059767412