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Ajit Kulkarni

@ajitkulkarni

Experienced Kannada language specialist focused on localization, QA, and AI language evaluation.

India
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What I'm looking for

I seek localization or language specialist roles where I can apply Kannada expertise, drive quality in AI and product localization, mentor teams, and work on impactful, culturally accurate content.

I am a Kannada language specialist with 16 years of experience and over 9 years focused on localization across UI, legal, marketing, help content, and AI evaluation. I have hands-on experience in translation, editing, terminology management, localization testing, video subtitles, and TV ad transcreation, and I provide linguistic guidance to vendor teams to ensure culturally accurate, user-friendly content.

Currently working as a Language Specialist for Meta through Optimum, I have driven NLP evaluations and prompt testing to improve AI output quality, maintained style guides and glossaries, and supported implementation testing across healthcare, fintech, and music apps. I bring consistent delivery, process discipline, and a passion for linguistic quality to help global products resonate with Kannada users.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Current

Language Specialist

Optimum Solutions

Feb 2024 - Present (2 years)

Edit and translate Meta content including UI and long-form text; conduct NLP evaluations and prompt testing for Kannada to ensure factual accuracy and contextual relevance, and perform localization testing and terminology updates.

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Linguist - Kannada

Magnon Solutions

May 2020 - Feb 2024 (3 years 9 months)

Translated, edited, and reviewed UI and large-format content for Kannada localization; created and updated terminology and style guides and performed implementation testing to ensure linguistic and technical accuracy.

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Language Specialist

Process Nine Technologies

Jan 2016 - Jan 2020 (4 years)

Translated and proofread source material into Kannada, created glossaries and industry term dictionaries, managed audio-video script translations, and performed localization testing to ensure correct implementation.

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Senior Content Writer

Sendmygift.com

Jan 2016 - May 2016 (4 months)

Created product catalogues, categorized products with Google product taxonomy, coordinated with sellers for content collection, and performed quality checks and edits on the website.

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Senior Process Executive

Nov 2006 - Jan 2012 (5 years 2 months)

Maintained product SKUs and catalogue data per SLAs, handled price protections and promotions, ensured data integrity and adherence to data standards, and managed stakeholder queries and conflict resolution.

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

Karnataka University Dharwad logoKD

Karnataka University Dharwad

Bachelor of Business Administration, Business Administration

Completed a Bachelor of Business Administration focusing on business administration principles and practices.

Tech stack

Software and tools used professionally

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