EKPO, ENO UBONG
House 3, Nickdel College Road, Alegongo Estate, Akobo, Ibadan, Oyo State.E-mail:- Mobile: -
Female Married
Summary
A self-motivated professional with a Master degree in Information Science, having 6+ years’ experience in Language Translation, Human Language Technology Research, Reviews, Quality Assessment, Moderation of translation projects, Microsoft Style Guide Updates for Hausa Language and Human Resources development.
Currently working on the design of a Machine Translation System for Hausa Language, using corpus-based approach and machine learning to train data. Able to use own initiative with a proven ability to manage and mentor translation teams on software usage, and translation consistency for the realization of premium products in Hausa language. An effective communicator at all levels within an organisation.
Constantly researching solutions for African Language Technology.
Highlights
LQR Technology Savvy
Moderation Welcoming and amiable personality Morphological Research Relationship enhancement
Team Management Great leadership skills Focused on production of premium localized products in Hausa language
Quality client and business relationship
Experience
ENIT GLOBAL RESOURCES (Outsourcing agency) July 2015 -February 2016 Job Title - Human Resource and Logistics Deputy Manager
Duties:
Receiving training from PERION in customer service in order to train BPO staff
Conducting and training Large-Scale Recruitment of Call-Centre Agents
Functioning as a member of the oral interview panel
Travelling out of office station to conduct recruitment exercises in Kaduna, Ilorin
Working with the clientel (Perigon and Ison) to meet the target set by the primary client
Consumer Research Questionnaire Translator (Freelance) Feb 2013 – Present
Nielsen Nigeria – 1st Floor, Left Wing 52/54 Isaac John Street, Ikeja Lagos.
Consumer Research Questionnaire Translation (English-Hausa)
Translation Quality Assessment
Transcription of interviews Hausa-English
Reviews
Back-translations
Translator (Freelance, English-Hausa) Apr 2015 – present
LANGUAGE TRANSLATION SERVICES – -st CT SW, Federal Way, WA, 98023 United States of America
Translation and Back-Translation of Political, Social, religious and Historic Documents, blogs, websites.
Language Technology Researcher, Translator/Localizer Aug 2010-May 2014
African Languages Technologies-Initiative – Ibadan, Oyo State (full-time)
Natural language translation English-Hausa of MS O.S and Packages Organisation of training Sessions for translators
Transcription of qualitative research
Moderation of Translation Project for Hausa jobs
Anchored the ACALAN Hunspell spell checker project for Hausa (2013)
Anchored Hausa Language Morphological Rule Studies/ Research
Participated in the localization of the Microsoft Office 2010 package (Office 15)to Hausa language (Certificate available on request)
Participated in Windows 7 localization project
Participated in Windows 8 localization project
Participated in Windows Phone Review
Review of Microsoft Style Guide
Quality Assessment
Expertise
Localization, translation, Language Quality Reviews, Moderation, in the following fields;
Advertising & Public Relations, Political, Social, Historic Documents, Health, Agriculture, Novel, Prose, Computer Hardware, Computer Software, Computer Systems and Networks, Computers (General), Games / Computer Games, IT / E-Commerce / Internet, Marketing / Market Research etc.
Education
PhD Information Science 2016 University of Ibadan- Oyo State (Conversion in progress)
M.Sc Information Science 2014
University of Ibadan – Oyo State Mphil/PhD
B.Sc Geography and Regional Planning 2010
University of Calabar – Cross River State 2nd Class Lower
Health, Safety And Environment Induction Course 2009
KRPC Kaduna – Kaduna State Merit
West African Examination Council 2004
Our Lady Of Fatima Girls’ Secondary School —Kaduna State
First School Leaving Certificate 1994
NNPC Staff School – Kaduna State
Skills
Proficiency in SDL Trados, Loc Studio, Notepad++, SPSS softwares, MS and Linux O.S, Microsoft Office proficient
Awards
Microsoft Outstanding Performance in The Localization of Windows 7
Dictionary and Affix Files of the Hunspell Spell Checker (Hausa) (M.Sc Thesis)
INTERESTS
Music, Travelling, Research, Nature viewing.
Referees
Mr Emmanuel Mills Andem,
Special Adviser to the President/CEO on Logistics and Transport Engineering,
Dangote Industries Ltd Lagos State
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Mrs Yetunde Oluwayemi
Translator (Yoruba Language) Nielsen Nigeria
Nielsen Nigeria, 1st Floor, Left Wing 52/54
Isaac John Street, Ikeja Lagos.
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Dr. Wole Olatokun (Associate Proffessor),
Translator (Yoruba Language) Nielsen Nigeria
Director Africa Regional Centre for Information Science
University Of Ibadan, Nigeria.
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