Godline Gabriel

Swahili Transcriber

Salary / Daily rate

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Freelance, open to permanent contract

Can come onsite

Skills

Customer CareCopywritingProofreadingProject Management (PMO)Community ManagementTranslationEmailingVisual Identity

Languages

EnglishFrenchRussianSwahili

About me

Intro

Expert Swahili translator and subtitle editor with 6+ years of experience across media, legal, and technical translations. Currently managing subtitle projects at HilalPlay and founded Tanzania Home of Languages translation marketplace. Specialized in English-Swahili translation, subtitling, and quality control with proven expertise in journalism and entertainment industries.

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Work experience

Swahili Transcriber

Productive PlayhouseFreelance

Mar 2025 - Present

1 year 8 months

Remote, OR 97458, USA

Transcribing audios into texts Reviewing transcribed texts

Founder & Business Development Manager

Tanzania Home of Languages

Jan 2025 - Present

1 year 10 months

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

The market of translators and interpreters.

Subtitle Editor

HilalPlay

May 2024 - Present

2 years 6 months

Türkiye · On-site

• Translating subtitle files from English into Swahili that adhere to the company’s guidelines and standards • Developing SRT files for TV shows, movies, and trailers in ENGLISH/SWAHLI languages. • Performing quality control (QC) on colleagues’ SRT files, generating reports for supervisory review. • Revising translations and linguistic aspects of finalized SRT files to ensure alignment with platform guidelines and character references. • Assess sample files from potential candidates, offering feedback and evaluations to supervisors. • Adapting completed Turkish TV show SRT files for the international version. • Managing review and response to QC-related emails.

Freelance Translator and Editor

Translators without BordersFreelance

Jul 2019 - Aug 2024

5 years 2 months

Danbury, CT, USA

Translating different documents from English into Swahili Editing and proofreading different documents

Translator

The Guardian Limited (IPP MEDIA)

Jan 2024 - May 2024

5 months

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Translating, checking and editing stories, writing captions, placing photos and writing headlines within set deadlines and in conformity with journalistic ethics, editorial objectives and house style Checking and correcting editorial copy (news stories, features, etc.) allocated by the Chief Sub-Editor for facts, accuracy, taste, house style, language use, clarity, details, objectivity, spelling, etc. Subbing (rewriting) editorial copy to fit allocated space without distorting facts or downplaying the salient points or points of major interest. Rewriting editorial copy as necessary for simplicity, clarity and style. Writing headlines for the copy by ensuring that they reflect the overriding message of the stories. Editing the photos and other illustrations selected by the Chief Sub-Editor – to fit space allocated Writing or rewriting captions, taking care not to give obvious details. Submitting the edited copy to the Chief Sub-Editor within set deadlines. Making up news pages as directed by the Chief Sub-Editor – as a guide to graphic designers Checking all headlines, captions, photos/illustrations, copy text, page logos and all other page elements, and signing off the pages(to graphic designers) within set deadlines.

Swahili language Specialist

Global Connects Language Services

May 2022 - May 2024

2 years 1 month

Dublin, Ireland

Skills: Technical Translation · Translation · English Translation · Project Management · Machine Translation · Legal Translation · Swahili · Russian Translation · Medical Translation

Receptionist

Le Mersenne Zanzibar, Autograph Collection

Jun 2023 - Jan 2024

8 months

Zanzibar Urban/West, Tanzania · On-site

Freelance translator and proofreader

eTranslation ServicesFreelance

Nov 2022 - Jul 2023

9 months

Remote, OR 97458, USA

Language Specialist

United States of Africa

Aug 2022 - May 2023

10 months

United States · Hybrid

SEO content writer

Sadja WebSolutions

Jul 2022 - Dec 2022

6 months

Kampala, Uganda

Translator

Daily news company ltd

Aug 2019 - Aug 2021

2 years 1 month

Dodoma, Tanzania

Skills: Copywriting · Written Communication · Project Management · Interpersonal Skills · Multilingual

Translator

Self employed

Jan 2019 - Jul 2019

7 months

bible society of tanzania

Skills: Copywriting · Written Communication · Project Management · Interpersonal Skills · Multilingual


Education

VETA_KIPAWA

Electrical Installation (Domestic and Industrial) course

2023 - 2024

6 months

WATER DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE (WATER INSTITUTE)

CERTIFICATE OF COMPETENCE IN PROJECTS AND CONTRACTS MANAGEMENT PROGRAM

2022 - 2022

4 months

University of Dodoma

Bachelor of arts in translation and interpretation

2016 - 2019

2 years 10 months

Muyovozi High School

A level studies

2014 - 2016

2 years 1 month

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