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Hailemichael Yihun
Professional Amharic, Tigrinya And Oromo Translator
Addis Ababa,Addis Ababa
Summary
- Native Amharic speaker having detail-oriented Amharic, Tigrinya and Oromo Translation skills offering 8 years of experience in the industry. Demonstrated success in global translation companies settings providing range of document and text translation services. Versed in producing accurate documents for business, government and cultural application.
- Background includes working in different environments to perform document and verbal translation services. Excellent listening and communication skills with organized and systematic approach. Delivers high level of accuracy in Amharic, Tigrinya and Oromo to English translations and vice versa.
- Focused Translator with highly developed understanding of Amharic, Tigrinya and Oromo languages and cultures. Skilled in quickly and accurately translating written documents and audio recordings. Over 6 years of related expertise.
Overview
4
4
Languages
4
4
Certifications
5
5
years of post-secondary education
17
17
years of professional experience
Work History
Amharic Translator
Straker Translations
San Francisco, CA
2018.01 - Current
- Amharic Translation Services for different Departments
- Amharic Proofreading,Machine Translation Post Editing and Normal Editing works
- Amharic quality Assurance And quality management
- Translated Amharic documents review
- General documents, Health and IT documents translation
Amharic,Tigrinya and Oromo Translator
Aussie Translation
Addis Ababa, Sydney, Australia
02.2016 - Current
- Translated variety of documents from English to Amharic,Oromo and Tigrinya languages, including health,life sciences, marketing,IT literary, legal and research materials.
- Edited and proofread text to accurately reflect Amharic, Tigrinya and Oromo languages.
- Proofread and edited Amharic,Tigrinya and Oromo languages having a machine translation background.
- Attended training programs to improve professional knowledge and interpretation skills.
- Prepared a variety of different written communications, reports and documents to ensure smooth operations.
- Created plans and communicated deadlines to ensure projects were completed on time.
- Exceeded goals through effective task prioritization and great work ethic.
- Referred to reference materials such as dictionaries, lexicons and encyclopedias to verify translation accuracy.
Freelance Amharic Translator
Transperfect Translations,
New York, New York
03.2013 - Current
- Translated documents in Amharic, Tigrinya and Oromo languages.
- Translated Machine Translation Post Editing,Proofreading and Quality Managements.
- Worked closely with project managers to maintain optimum levels of communication to effectively and efficiently complete projects.
- Delivered exceptional level of translation service to each customer by listening to concerns and answering questions or comments.
- Maintained knowledge of developments in Amharic language to effectively update existing translations to meet contemporary trends in communication.
- Supported operations by translating key departmental documents such as life sciences, social sciences,general documents,law,marketing, health and medicine and IT and software materials into Amharic,Tigrinya and Oromo languages.
- Consulted specialized dictionaries, thesauruses and reference books to identify closest equivalents for nuanced terminology, words and phrases.
- Used translation memory software, including WordFast and Trados, to verify consistency of translation within documents and improve efficiency.
- Maintained message content, tone and emotion as closely as possible.
- Attended training programs to improve professional knowledge and interpretation skills.
- Attended Zoom meetings to provide accurate consecutive translations of conversations between members.
- Listened to non-Amharic video dialogue and developed translation into target language to prepare subtitle scripts.
- Prepared a variety of different written communications, reports and documents to ensure smooth operations.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Civil Engineering
Jimma University
Jimma 10.2008 - 06.2013
Skills
Amharic Translator
Skilled interpreter and translator
Tigrinya and Oromo Translator
Amharic Proofreader and Machine Translation Post Editor
Advanced English Language Skills
Tigrinya and Oromo proofreader and editor
Managing freelancers
Proofreading skills
Fluent in Amharic, English, Tigrinya and Oromo languages
Computer proficiency
MS Office
Customer service
Software
WordFast
Trados
Android Studio
Sketch
Visual Studio Code
Certification
Blue Board Amharic Translator member in Proz
Timeline
Blue Board Amharic Translator member in Proz
04-2021
Amharic Translator
Straker Translations
2018.01 - Current
IELTS
07-2017
Amharic,Tigrinya and Oromo Translator
Aussie Translation
02.2016 - Current
Amharic Translator in Transperfect
07-2013
Freelance Amharic Translator
Transperfect Translations,
03.2013 - Current
Bachelor of Science - Civil Engineering
Jimma University
10.2008 - 06.2013