Ajit Kulkarni
@ajitkulkarni
Experienced Kannada language specialist focused on localization, QA, and AI language evaluation.
What I'm looking for
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
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.
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.
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.
Team Lead
StoreKing
May 2016 - Nov 2016 (6 months)
Managed daily team workflow and reporting, ensured timely completion of content tasks, and oversaw content creation and quality to meet data standard guidelines for customer-facing information.
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.
Senior Content Planner
Hungama
Oct 2012 - Sep 2013 (11 months)
Managed content collection and publishing for Kannada music metadata, monitored portals and radio content, and performed weekly analytics on consumption trends to inform content acquisition.
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
Bachelor of Business Administration, Business Administration
Completed a Bachelor of Business Administration focusing on business administration principles and practices.
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