Career / Experience

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ADAMA D. SAVANE
Linguistic Consultant | Translator | Annotator | Localization Expert
📍 Bamako, Mali | 📞 (+223) 79 07 56 48 | ✉️ gbsysavane@gmail.com
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Professional Summary
Multilingual linguist and seasoned language consultant with 15+ years of experience in translation, transcription, localization, and annotation across French, English, Russian, Bambara, Malinké, Soninké, and Fulani. Passionate about continuous learning, with recent training in Artificial Intelligence(AI Fundamentals with IBM SkillsBuild: Statement of Achievement, Learning Achievements with CISCO Networking Academy: Natural Language Processing and Computer Vision, Machine Learning and Deep Learning, Run AI Models with IBM Watson Studio, AI Ethics, Your Future in AI – The Job Landscape, Course Data Science, Data Analytics Essentials, and Responsive Web Design with FreeCodeCamp (Certificate of Achievement, JavaScript Algorithms and Data Structures). Proven track record with global clients such as Appen, Creative Associates, MSF, and others. Skilled in AI-supported workflows, post-edited machine translation, and remote project delivery.
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Key Skills & Tools
• Languages: French, English, Russian, Bambara, Malinké, Soninké, Fulani
• Services: Translation, Interpretation, Transcription, Annotation, QA, Post-editing, Language evaluation
• Tools: OmegaT, KoBoToolbox, Excel-based annotation tools, CAT tools, Audio transcription software
• Fields: Agriculture, Development, Health, Education, Technology, Gender, Climate, Insurance
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Highlighted Experience
Independent Language Consultant (Remote)
Appen (Australia), Productive Playhouse (USA), United Language Solution (India), Studio Forenix (Italy)
2020 – Present
• Bambara audio transcription, annotation, and evaluation for AI and NLP datasets
• Language data QA and disambiguation tasks
• Translation & subtitling (Bambara ↔ English/French)

Lead Translator & Interpreter
Creative Associates International – USA/Mali (BPA since 2020)
• High-volume French ↔ English translation & interpretation
• Managed translation and communication with local and international stakeholders
Project Translator/Facilitator – AGRA-funded Initiatives
IER & Mission Sahel (Mali)
• Provided multilingual support (EN/FR/Bambara) for farmer impact surveys
• Collected, entered, and interpreted field data using KoBoToolbox
• Report translation & capacity-building support for NGO teams
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Select Projects
• 2024: Bambara Transcription – Appen, Productive Playhouse, GRAFEJ-RUBIA, MSF
• 2021: Audio Transcription – Studio Forenix (Bambara ↔ English)
• 2020: Quran Translation Project (Michael Hart, The Most Influential Man in History)
• 2019-2021: Field Surveys & Translation – AGRA KICAMS Project (Sikasso, Koulikoro)
• 2017-2019: Language QA and Evaluation – Andovar, Crimson Interactive, TunTrans
• 2014-2016: Film production fixer & interpreter – DreamCatcher Kenya, Mali shoots
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Education
Master’s in Translation Studies (English-French-Russian)
University of Bamako / FLASH – Mali | 2007
Financial Risk Management – L.U.T.C.F. Designation
The American College / NY Life Insurance University – USA | 2003
MSc. Agronomy – Rice Research (Pre-sowing Treatments)
Kuban State Agrarian University – Russia | 1990
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Continuing Education
• AI Fundamentals – Cisco/IBM SkillsBuild (May 2025)
• Responsive Web Design – freeCodeCamp (2025)
• Green Entrepreneurship – MOOC Bamako (2023)
• Project Management with MS Project – Microsoft/edX (2017)
• Financing for Development – World Bank (2017)

   Pricing / Other services

PRICING/OTHER SERVICES

 Interpretation services USD 150.00/day
 Translation services USD 0.08/word
 Transcription services USD 1.00/audio minute
 Proofreading services USD 0.04/word
 Appointments: USD 35.00/appointment
 Hotels and vehicles reservations: free of charge under certain circumstances

   Certification / Accreditation

English > French

The World Trade Center Institute of Languages New York, USA

French > Russian

Kouban Institute of Agriculture, Krasnodar, Russian Federation