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Safiya Murtala

@safiyamurtala

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Multilingual translator and interpreter specializing in Hausa, English, Arabic and AI data annotation.

Nigeria

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What I'm looking for

I seek roles leveraging multilingual translation/interpretation and AI data annotation in collaborative, mission-driven teams with opportunities for skill growth and impact.

I am a passionate multilingual translator and interpreter with over five years of experience delivering simultaneous and consecutive interpretation, document translation, transcription, captioning, and voice-over services. I combine strong linguistic skills in Hausa, English, and Arabic with proven experience in AI data annotation and quality assurance to produce high-quality training data and accurate translations for diverse sectors including healthcare and education.

My background includes applied work as a data annotator for RWS Group, AI training contributions at Fuzu Africa, field interpretation for New Incentives, and teaching roles—culminating in consistent client satisfaction, awards for teaching and translation, and ongoing postgraduate study in Artificial Intelligence.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Data Annotator

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RWS Group

Jan 2023 - Present (2 years 9 months)

Annotated large volumes of text, image, and audio data for ML model training, specializing in linguistic annotation, sentiment tagging, and named entity recognition while ensuring high-quality labels through QA processes.

Data Annotation NER Sentiment Analysis)QA Annotating Sentiment Analysis

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Professional Translator

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Freelance

Feb 2019 - Present (6 years 8 months)

Provided simultaneous and consecutive interpretation and document translation across Hausa, English, and Arabic, completing 300+ projects and achieving 90% client satisfaction while supporting localization, transcription, and voice-over work.

Simultaneous Interpretation Transcription Localization QA Aegisub Multilingual Communication MateCat

Field Officer Translator

New Incentives

Jun 2020 - Jul 2024 (4 years 1 month)

Served as Hausa interpreter and field officer supporting routine immunisation programs, managing up to 100 clients to complete documentation, delivering sight translation and caregiver interpretation services.

Community Interpretation Sight Translation Documentation Research Proofreading

AI Training Contributor

Fuzu Africa

May 2022 - Aug 2022 (3 months)

Contributed to AI training projects by labeling user intent, job descriptions, and resume data to improve career recommendation algorithms and data quality.

Data Labeling Resume Parsing QA Collaboration