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Wasso Nyamulengwa
Arabi,LA
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Summary
Multilingual language and computational linguistics specialist with a Master of Science in Computational Linguistics and professional capability across Lingala, French, English, and Swahili. Experienced in transcription, translation, linguistic quality review, audio and video analysis, language-data annotation, multilingual content evaluation, and language technology workflows. Strong ability to listen to spoken content, understand speaker intent and context, produce accurate transcripts, translate between languages, identify linguistic errors, and provide structured feedback. Particularly suited to AI language training, language-data annotation, speech-data evaluation, multilingual AI evaluation, localization, transcription, translation, and language quality assurance.
Overview
1
1
Certification
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Independent / Project-Based
Multilingual Transcription & Translation Projects
01.2020 - Current
- Produced transcripts from spoken multilingual recordings and compared source material with translated output.
- Reviewed language for grammar, vocabulary, syntax, semantics, tone, naturalness, and contextual relevance.
- Provided corrections and explanations for linguistic problems across Lingala, French, English, and Swahili.
- Maintained consistency across repeated language-data assignments while meeting specified quality standards.
Freelance & Contract Projects
Independent Multilingual Language Specialist
01.2019 - Current
- Completed multilingual language projects involving Lingala, French, English, and Swahili.
- Transcribed spoken audio and video content with attention to accuracy, speaker meaning, context, and conversational flow.
- Translated spoken and written material while preserving meaning and natural expression.
- Reviewed transcripts and translations for omissions, grammatical errors, terminology, inconsistencies, and changes in meaning.
- Provided linguistic feedback and corrections according to project requirements.
- Evaluated spoken content for clarity, tone, naturalness, context, and cultural appropriateness.
- Identified unclear audio, speaker changes, ambiguous expressions, background noise, and difficult-to-transcribe sections.
- Applied Lingala expressions and cultural context when literal translation would not accurately communicate intended meaning.
- Followed detailed instructions, formatting requirements, quality standards, and submission procedures.
- Performed final quality-control reviews and maintained confidentiality with private audio, documents, and language data.
AI & LANGUAGE-DATA EXPERIENCE
- Evaluate AI-generated language for grammatical accuracy, semantic correctness, naturalness, tone, context, and cultural appropriateness.
- Review multilingual AI content and identify inaccurate, incomplete, unnatural, or misleading language.
- Compare source material with generated translations to determine whether meaning and intent have been preserved.
- Review speech and transcription data for accuracy, speaker identification, timestamps, ambiguity, and audio quality.
- Apply multilingual and cultural knowledge when evaluating language that may be difficult for automated systems to interpret correctly.
- Comfortable learning project-specific annotation platforms, quality standards, and evaluation guidelines.
Education
Master of Science - Computational Linguistics
University of Kinshasa
Democratic Republic of the CongoBachelor of Arts - French Language and Literature
University of Kisangani
Democratic Republic of the CongoSkills
- Language & Linguistics
- Lingala Specialization
- French
- English
- Swahili
- Translation & Localization
- Linguistic Analysis
- Grammar & Syntax Evaluation
- Semantic & Contextual Analysis
- Cultural Evaluation
- AI & Language Data
- AI Language Model Evaluation
- AI Training Data Review
- Linguistic Data Annotation
- Multilingual AI Evaluation
- Human-in-the-Loop Evaluation
- AI-Generated Content Evaluation
- Language Quality Assurance
- Speech & Transcription
- Audio & Video Transcription
- Speech-to-Text Review
- Speaker Identification
- Timestamping
- Speech Data Evaluation
- Audio Quality Review
- Transcription Quality Control
Certification
- Certified Linguistic Data Annotation Specialist, International Language Data Institute (ILDI), 01/01/21
- Certified AI Language Model Evaluation Specialist, Global AI Linguistics Academy (GALA), 01/01/22
- Advanced Training in Multilingual AI Evaluation, AI Language Technology Institute (ALTI), 01/01/22
- Google Professional Certificate in Data Analytics, Google Career Certificate Program, 01/01/23
- Certified Transcription and Translation Professional, Africa Language and Media Institute (ALMI), 01/01/21
Tools And Technology
- Online transcription platforms
- Translation and localization tools
- AI-assisted language tools
- AI evaluation platforms
- Language annotation platforms
- Audio/video review tools
- Microsoft Office
- Google Workspace
- Google Sheets
- Data-analysis tools
- Remote collaboration platforms
Target Roles
- Online transcription platforms
- Translation and localization tools
- AI-assisted language tools
- AI evaluation platforms
- Language annotation platforms
- Audio/video review tools
- Microsoft Office
- Google Workspace
- Google Sheets
- Data-analysis tools
- Remote collaboration platforms
Languages
Specialist / Native-level, Fluent / Professional, Fluent / Professional, Professional / Working
Ai Language Data Experience
- Online transcription platforms
- Translation and localization tools
- AI-assisted language tools
- AI evaluation platforms
- Language annotation platforms
- Audio/video review tools
- Microsoft Office
- Google Workspace
- Google Sheets
- Data-analysis tools
- Remote collaboration platforms
Availability
Remote Freelance Contract Part-Time Project-Based
Timeline
Independent / Project-Based
Multilingual Transcription & Translation Projects
01.2020 - Current
Freelance & Contract Projects
Independent Multilingual Language Specialist
01.2019 - Current
AI & LANGUAGE-DATA EXPERIENCE
Master of Science - Computational Linguistics
University of Kinshasa
Bachelor of Arts - French Language and Literature
University of Kisangani