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Working languages:
English to Swahili
English to Lingala
English to Kinyarwanda
English to Kirundi
English to Dinka

Mpasua Msonobari
Swahili Guru, The Living Swahili Legend

Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya
Local time: 17:57 EAT (GMT+3)

Native in: Swahili (Variants: Tanzanian, Kenyan) Native in Swahili
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Aug 9, 2016 (posted via ProZ.com):  I am offering my Swahili Translation Services to the Olympics Team by translating their daily schedule from English to Swahili. I like such short and quick translations as they give me a refreshing break from the BIG brain draining projects. Keep sending 'them' projects for Dinka, Nuer and Other African languages also. ...more, + 1 other entry »
Total word count: 75300

Account type Freelance translator and/or interpreter
This person previously served as a ProZ.com moderator.
This translator is helping to localize ProZ.com into Swahili
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This person is affiliated with:
Services Translation, Interpreting, Editing/proofreading, Website localization, Software localization, Voiceover (dubbing), Subtitling, Transcription, Training, Desktop publishing
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Specializes in:
Telecom(munications)Law: Contract(s)
Education / Pedagogy

Volunteer translations

Volunteer professional humanitarian translation services-

Translators without Borders

Words translated: 410
Volunteer / Pro-bono work Open to considering volunteer work for registered non-profit organizations

Rates
English to Swahili - Rates: 0.08 - 0.10 USD per word / 20 - 35 USD per hour
English to Lingala - Rates: 0.08 - 0.10 USD per word / 20 - 35 USD per hour
English to Kinyarwanda - Rates: 0.08 - 0.10 USD per word / 20 - 35 USD per hour
English to Kirundi - Rates: 0.08 - 0.10 USD per word / 20 - 35 USD per hour
English to Dinka - Rates: 0.08 - 0.10 USD per word / 20 - 35 USD per hour

All accepted currencies U. S. dollars (usd)
KudoZ activity (PRO) PRO-level points: 44, Questions answered: 14
Blue Board entries made by this user  7 entries

Payment methods accepted Visa, Wire transfer, Skrill, PayPal | Send a payment via ProZ*Pay
Portfolio Sample translations submitted: 4
Glossaries English to Swahili Glossary
Translation education Bachelor's degree - First Class Honors
Experience Years of experience: 25. Registered at ProZ.com: May 2007. Became a member: Feb 2010.
Credentials English to Swahili (INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF PROFESSIONAL TRANSLATORS AND INTERPRETERS)
English to Lingala (INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF PROFESSIONAL TRANSLATORS AND INTERPRETERS)
Memberships SATI / SAVI, IAPTI
TeamsAfrican Languages Interpreting Team
Software Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, https://www.instagram.com/mpasuamsonobari, Memsource, SDL Trados 2019, Word fast PRO, Pagemaker, Powerpoint, Trados Studio
Website http://www.languagesafrica.com
CV/Resume English (PDF)
Events and training
Professional practices Mpasua Msonobari endorses ProZ.com's Professional Guidelines.
Professional objectives
  • Meet new translation company clients
  • Meet new end/direct clients
  • Network with other language professionals
  • Find trusted individuals to outsource work to
  • Build or grow a translation team
  • Learn more about interpreting / improve my skills
  • Stay up to date on what is happening in the language industry
Bio
I am a Swahili native speaker and professional with over 21 years of working experience in both translation and interpretation. 

As an English to Swahili translator I have worked in BIG and small projects for clients like Microsoft, Google, Nokia, Airbnb, Inc., and Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Lionbridge just to mention but a few. 

As an English to Swahili interpreter, I started off as a simultaneous and consecutive interpreter and have done that all over the world in all kinds of conferences and seminars. I abide by all the HIPAA Rules and Regulations. I have ventured into the VRI and OPI space through different companies and platforms such as ProZ , Boostlingo, Ablio and many others and have touched the lives of many patients, parents, immigrants, refugees, students, schools, hospitals and non - profit organisations in all the 6 continents of the globe. Finally, I always endeavor to follow the code of ethics and standard practices of an OPI and VRI which include but are not limited to being accurate and complete, maintaining confidentiality, and never expressing personal opinions to the limited English proficient person.

Please read what my clients are saying about me on this link: http://www.proz.com/wwa/679714. I am the best Swahili translator on ProZ and is ranked second to none please refer to: https://www.proz.com/find?sl=eng&tl=swa&st=1&nit=y&lpe=3&hp=y  
 
For my clients who have BIG projects and need a Team, no worries. I also do represent also Other African Languages native speakers and professional from a full service language company. I am its CEO and Founder. It caters for the African language needs of a large number of enterprises, small businesses, peer language companies and individuals both locally in East Africa the cradle land of the Swahili language and abroad. 

The exclusive African Languages firm is called Languages Africa and we believe in helping the world to converse with Africa and do specialize in translation,interpretation, subtitling, dubbing, transcription, localization and internationalization of any type of content into the Swahili language and Other African languages and for any market. 

Languages Africa's diverse experience in these fields sets it apart coupled with its unique style of leveraging its peers' potential, round the clock availability and recognizing the importance of its clients' business has made it successful year after year. Some of the common languages that we are doing BIG projects are like: Dinka, Kinyarwanda, Kirundi, Luo, Xhosa, Zulu, Lingala, Yoruba, Igbo, Fulani, Armharic, Tigrinya and Somali. Better still we also do process Africa's rare African languages yet on demand such as Kunama, Dinka, Nuer, Geek,Tigre, Urhubo, Efik, Sango, Idoma just to mention but a few.

Indeed I would like to work with a client and or an agency which values individuality and enables me to reach my highest potential. In all my works , I have vowed to always to provide the better of the best I am well known for the slogan, you have me, you have it.

I have so many contacts that I have worked with in the past,recently and even now who can vouch on my not only quality and professionalism but also my turnaround speed in all the projects that I do. For example:


Jaudible.com-USA
Shawn .M. Livermore
CEO and Founder
Cell: (+1) 951-323-4014
shawnlivermore@gmail.com
www.jaudible.com

Verbatim Solutions-USA
Cody Broderick
Director of Sales
Direct: 801-273-5700 x104
mailto:cody@verbatimsolutions.com
www.verbatimsolutions.com

Pearl linguistics Ltd Company-UK
Ms Anna Gierach
Translation Project Manager
Direct: T: +44 (0) 20 7253 7700
info@pearllinguistics.com
www.pearllinguistics.com


Just to mention but a few.

I meet all the requirements of the stated work. I work from my Language Centre based in Nairobi-Kenya, the cradle land of the Swahili language.I am also a native Speaker of the Language.

In light of the above , I will be able to not only translate/ edit/proofread/ transcribe for you all such related jobs, but also be able to review the finished work to make sure that it is appropriate to the end user. I am entirely familiar with the style, flavor and typographical conventions of the Swahili and Other African Languages as spoken and read in its cradle land and by the native people.

Assorted samples of my work for your kind perusal and storage in your database are available upon your request.

I am a Master Translator with Translators Cafe.Com in the Swahili language at http://www.translatorscafe.com/cafe/member50226.htm

I have been identified and recognized in May 2007 as a Swahili expert by CARLA-Centre For Advanced Research on Language Acquisition based in USA-Minnesota at http://www.carla.umn.edu/lctl/resources/experts.html#S

I am also the Swahili Language Coordinator of the TakingITGlobal Organization based in Canada.

I am looking forward to hearing from you so that I and my team(In the event of a bulky project) can hit the road running and complete the project long before the deadline .

I have a capacity of doing the project within the shortest time possible.


Kind personal regards,

Mpasua Msonobari

CEO & Founder,
KAMPAMSO Language Centre,
East Africa,Nairobi-Kenya

mobile: +254 725 084 032
direct: +254 20 2610 832
email:msonobari@gmail.com
skype: msonobari
Website: www.languagesafrica.com  
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PRO-level pts: 44


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