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Back to original languageAbout Sakeenah
Do you want to translate your site, software, or app into other languages? I can assist you from A to Z!
With over 12 years of experience in the translation industry, I can:
- Assemble a team of linguistic service providers and act as a liaison between the Design team and the Dev team.
- Manage your linguistic assets (glossary, translation memories, style guides) and choose the best translation aid tool.
- Coordinate translations for timely and quality delivery.
- Manage/execute test plans on the localized product in each target market to ensure accuracy, linguistic quality, and consistency with the original.
I have worked on over a hundred sites, software, applications, and video games! Feel free to contact me!
English
Native or bilingual
French
Fluent
Remote only
Primarily works remotely
Experience
- IndépendantLocalization Consultant - Localization SpecialistTECHFebruary 2011 - Today (15 years and 4 months)- Customer loyalty and negotiation of budget and deadlines.- Recruitment and selection of linguists.- Management of glossaries and translation memories, and development of linguistic style guides to better reach the target audience.- Development and execution of test plans on translated applications, websites, and software to identify functional, cultural, and linguistic anomalies.- Creation of tickets on Jira Atlassian, tracking anomalies with the IT team, and validation of fixes.- Suggestions to the client on text segmentation, translator selection, translation quality, and testing processes.- Translation of software, applications, sites, and other materials from French to English and vice versa.Clients: Visa, Bridgestone, Fedex, UPS, Calvin Klein
- e2f translations, inc.In-house Translator and ProofreaderTECHJune 2012 - February 2015 (2 years and 8 months)San Francisco, United States- Translation and proofreading of documents, websites, and applications for major Tech accounts (Microsoft, Google, Dell, ViewSonic, OC Tanner).- Over 5 million words translated/proofread.- Recruitment and training of young translators.- Documentation of work processes.- Testing on software after translation.
- Testronic LabsQA Tester, Translator & ProofreaderVIDEO GAMES AND ANIMATIONOctober 2011 - January 2012 (3 months)Cité de Londres, United Kingdom- Functional checks, execution of test plans, and UAT testing on SONY video games.- Validation of fixes.- Translation of content according to the glossary and translation memories.
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Education
- MA in Translation Studies and TESOLAston University2011Translation Studies modules shared with the MA in Translation in a European Context which forms part of the prestigious European Masters in Translation (EMT) Network. All texts translated dealt with policy issues in the EU.