This is an independent contractor work at home position that if qualified you can do also during the evenings and or weekends depending on your availability. Applicants need to have high-speed internet at home so that they can download and play digital file formats such as WMV, MPEG-4, QuickTime, MP3, WMA. Please see below the job requirements and instructions on how to apply.
We have a project starting over the next 2 weeks and look forward to receiving applications asap. Should you meet the criteria but not be available this week or next week, we are still interested in receiving your application for future reference.
If you know of US residents native in Swahili born in Tanzania who are native-level in English interested in freelance translation work it would be great if you could forward this information to them.
Looking forward to hearing from you,

Best Regards,

Julie H. Setbon

iProbe Multilingual Solutions, Inc.

PS. No phone calls please.

JOB DESCRIPTION: Transcription/Translation of audio/video interviews in Swahili. Future assignments may include audio/video of documentary footage, interviews and corporate videos.

TIMELINE: We will have 15 minutes of video featuring Swahili interviews during the month of December available to be transcribed and translated. WMV files will be available for download from our FTP.

APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS:

- access at home to pc, email and high speed internet (cable/DSL/T1)

- good typing skills and proficient with MS Word lay-out/formatting tools

- internet research skills

- previous experience in transcription/translation is preferred

- must reside in United States

- native speaker of Swahili from Tanzania

- Near-native spoken and written English

- Transcription software is a plus (not required)



IMPORTANT:
If you meet the above requirements and are interested in being contacted for this or future assignments, please follow instructions exactly as below:

1) Please email your resume (in email body, NOT attachment) to: info@iprobesolutions.com



2) In the cover letter please provide the following info: (a) describe any previous experience in transcription or translation of AV materials and if available attach a sample of your work in a MS Word document. (b) please mention audio/video transcription/translation client references with company name, contact phone # and email address. (c) Also please mention where you grew up in Tanzania , how you learned Swahili and mention any other languages/dialects of Tanzania you may speak. Also please let us know (d) how you learned English (e) your word processing wpm (typing speed) and (f) what kind of high speed internet access you have.

3) When applying please list the following in the email SUBJECT:

JB + Transcription + Swahili>English + "the city, state where you reside" + "your native country" + “your hourly rate in USD”

iProbe Multilingual Solutions, Inc. | 5 W 36th Street, Suite 402 | New York, NY 10018 | Tel: +(1) 212-489-6035 | Email: setbon@iprobesolutions.com | www.iprobesolutions.com|


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