damaris wanyeki

Lead Swahili translator responsible for English–Swahili translations, machine translation post-editing, quality assessment, assessor recruitment, and terminology database development since April 2023.

Freelance writer, editor, translator, transcriptionist, chat moderator and interpreter since June 2014 producing SEO content, regulatory and educational materials, CMS publishing, and English–Swahili translations across legal, medical, gaming and technical domains.

Managed interpretation projects (Jan–Mar 2024), selected linguists, delivered glossaries on schedule, trained team members on tools, and performed QA and metadata management.

Managed transcription projects (Jan–May 2023), trained linguists on subtitling tools, ensured on-time delivery of high-quality transcripts and handled client feedback; completed ~500 hours of audio/video.

Provided over-the-phone English–Swahili interpretation and translated medical documents (Feb 2022–Feb 2023), with proofreading responsibilities and HIPAA-compliant handling of patient information.

Managed translation projects (Mar–Jun 2022), assigned files, ensured timely delivery, trained 17 translators on SDL Trados, and oversaw translation of 1,000,000 words in four months.

Translated legal documents English–Kiswahili (Oct 2021), delivering a 5,000-word translation within two days and adding 334 equivalents to SDL Trados memory.

Led translation and project management (Sep–Oct 2020), coordinated translators and editors, oversaw translations into six local languages, and delivered projects ahead of deadline while managing a 12-person team.

Assisted translations and communications (Mar–May 2019), developed training materials, produced a 200-term termbase, translated ~300,000 words in three months and provided interpretation for 26 stakeholder meetings.

Sourced and edited news items, translated news between English and Kiswahili, and provided 65 voiceovers (Sep–Dec 2015), contributing over 200 translated news items.

Completed a Master of Arts in Translation at the University of Nairobi Centre for Translation and Interpretation from September 2017 to December 2018.

Grade: Second Class Upper

Obtained a Bachelor of Arts in Kiswahili (Second Class Upper) from Moi University, studying between March 2012 and December 2015.

Grade: B (plain)

Completed secondary education and obtained the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) with a B (plain) grade.

Grade: 354/500

Completed primary education and obtained the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education with a score of 354 out of 500.