Remote freelance work as an English–Swahili–Dholuo (Luo) translator, subtitler, transcriber and captioner: subtitling, captions/SDH, audio description, translation/MTPE (health, legal, education, NGO), and Swahili/Dholuo QA and AI data evaluation. Based in Nairobi (UTC+3), available 7 days a week with overnight turnaround.
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Rogger Ndeg
@rogerndege
English–Swahili–Dholuo (Luo) translator & subtitler in Nairobi. 12+ years: subtitling, captions/SDH, audio description, transcription, MTPE and QA.
KenyaWhat I'm looking for
I'm a Nairobi-based English, Swahili and Dholuo (Luo) linguist with over 12 years in translation, subtitling, transcription and quality review.
Subtitling and accessibility: Netflix subtitle translation and QC via Plint (including 8 episodes of Top Boy), documentary subtitling from English templates, English closed captions and SDH, audio description captioning, CCSL scripts, and 300+ hours of UK/US English conference subtitling.
Swahili translation and MTPE: over 350,000 words translated, post-edited or reviewed for public health, healthcare, legal and public-sector clients (Trusted Translations, Linguistica International), plus a 103,000-word AI educational content review (Bayan-Tech/Skooli) and a 69,000-word MTPE project (Sawa-Tech).
Dholuo: translation, transcription, SRT creation and timecoding, and quality assessment of audio and scripted content.
Quality and AI data: EN<>SW test evaluator for TVT Media and Linguist Education Online, and Swahili AI training-data grading and evaluation.
Tools: Bureau Works, Phrase TMS, Smartcat, Ooona, CaptionHub, Subtitle Edit, Aegisub. Formats: SRT, VTT, SCC.
Available 7 days a week, with overnight turnaround for clients in Europe and the Americas.
Portfolio: https://rogerndege.pages.dev
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
FS
Current
EN>SW Subtitle Translator
Feature Subtitling
Jan 2026 - Present (9 months)
Translated subtitles for an 82-minute documentary from English to Swahili.
TM
Current
EN>SW Subtitle Test Evaluator
TVT Media
Jan 2026 - Present (9 months)
Evaluated EN>SW subtitle tests for recruitment purposes.
SA
Current
EN>SW Translator and AI Data Evaluator
Sawa-Tech
Jan 2025 - Present (1 year 9 months)
Performed Swahili (Kenya) acceptability grading and multi-grading of AI training data. Completed a 69,000-word EN>SW MTPE project and created EN>SW SRT/VTT files from pre-translated scripts, plus urgent healthcare translations.
BA
Current
EN>SW Post-Editor and Dholuo Subtitler
Bayan-Tech
Jan 2024 - Present (2 years 9 months)
Reviewed and post-edited over 103,000 words of AI-generated Swahili educational content for Skooli, an AI learning platform, through QA and client-feedback rounds. Created English to Dholuo SRT files and timecoded subtitles, and localized app strings into Swahili.
SO
Current
English Captioner and SDH Specialist
SoundTitles
Jan 2023 - Present (3 years 9 months)
Provided English captioning, SDH, and audio description captioning.
BS
Current
EN>SW Subtitle Translator and Proofreader
bbo subtitulado
Jan 2022 - Present (4 years 9 months)
Translated and proofread subtitles from English to Swahili.
IN
Current
Recruitment Test Reviewer and Transcriber
inWhatLanguage
Jan 2020 - Present (6 years 9 months)
Reviewed EN<>SW recruitment tests and performed English transcription and captioning.
PL
Current
EN<>SW Subtitler
Plint
Jan 2018 - Present (8 years 9 months)
Subtitled Netflix titles in English and Swahili, including 8 episodes of Top Boy.
LA
Current
Translator and Transcriber
Localize Africa
Jan 2017 - Present (9 years 9 months)
Translated over 50,000 words of EN<>SW content, including K-12 curriculum materials, and performed audio transcription and translation.
ST
Current
English Subtitler
SW19 Translations
Jan 2016 - Present (10 years 9 months)
Provided 300 hours of UK/US English subtitling for IET conferences in London.
LI
Current
EN>SW Translator
Linguistica International
Jan 2015 - Present (11 years 9 months)
Translated over 150,000 words of health-related documents, often on 24-hour turnarounds.
TT
Current
EN>SW Translator, Editor and Proofreader
Trusted Translations
Jan 2014 - Present (12 years 9 months)
Translated and reviewed public-health advisories, hospital and dental-school forms, and US state and county public-sector notices (child welfare, legal) to client term bases.
AP
Current
Dholuo Quality Assessor and Translator
Appen
Jan 2014 - Present (12 years 9 months)
Assessed quality of audio and scripted Dholuo (Kenya) content for language-data projects and performed general document translation.
SC
Current
Transcriptionist and Reviewer
Scribie.com
Jan 2014 - Present (12 years 9 months)
Worked as a transcriptionist and was promoted to reviewer, grading other transcribers' work.
DO
English Captioner
DotSub
Jan 2020 - Dec 2022 (2 years 11 months)
Captioned Amazon AWS Summit presentations; recognized as top English captioner in 2022.
GO
Subtitle Translator and English Subtitler
GoLocalise
Performed subtitle translation, CCSL scripts, and English documentary subtitling.
TC
Subtitle Translator and English Subtitler
Tvibe Corporation
Performed subtitle translation, CCSL scripts, and English documentary subtitling.
WI
Subtitle Translator and English Subtitler
Wildframe
Performed subtitle translation, CCSL scripts, and English documentary subtitling.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
RS
Ruiru High School
Secondary Education (O-Level), General Studies
Completed secondary education (O-Level) at Ruiru High School in Kenya.
Tech stack
Software and tools used professionally
Availability
Looking for a job
Location
KenyaAuthorized to work in
Website
rogerndege.pages.devPortfolio
proz.com/profile/2001497Salary expectations
12k-15k USD
Social media
Skills
English Swahili TranslationEnglish To Luo TranslationSwahili English TranslationTranslation (Luo English)Translation EditingMachine Translation Post EditingLinguistic Quality AssuranceAI Training Data EvaluationAI Content ValidationAudio and Video TranscriptionSubtitle TranslationSRTVTTTimecodingCaptioning
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