Career / Experience

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
As a Freelance Translator, Rwanda, 2007 to present, most important translation projects and clients include:

Institute of Agriculture, technology and Education of Kibungo (INATEK)
Name of project: Translation of Administrative procedures and bylaws; Translation of course handouts
Project details: Translation of all administrative texts and course materials of the university which were in French while according to the new policy they should be in English as the
new language of instruction and interaction in the educational sector in Rwanda.
Language pair: French →English
Volume of the project: ±700,000 words

Kigali Genocide Memorial/Rwanda
Name of project: Translation of Genocide Survivors’ Testimonies
Project Description: Translation of testimonies of the survivors of the genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda in 1994
Language pair: Kinyarwanda → English
Volume of the project: ± 60, 000 words

Public Service Commission/Rwanda
Name of project: Translation of Annual report
Project Description: Annual report including the evaluation of public services and servants, regulatory texts and practices nationwide
Volume of the project: ± 15,000 words

(Former) National University of Rwanda
Name of project: Translation of administrative documents and correspondence
Project Description: Translation of the internal audit department documents including reports, procedures and related correspondence texts
Volume of the project: ± 9,000 words

Ministry of Trade and Industry & Ministry of Foreign Affairs/The Republic of Rwanda
Name of project: Event coverage.
Project Description: Writing a report of a two-day conference of the ICGLR/BGR International Conference on Mine Certification and Traceability and UN Due Diligence. The conference was held in English, French and Kiswahili
Volume of the project: N/A

As a Freelance Interpreter, Rwanda, 2007 to present, most important projects and clients include:

African Union Human Rights Memorial (AUHRM)
Name of project: African Union Human Rights Memorial project /workshop in Kigali
Project Description: Interpretation and facilitation of a two-day workshop held in French, English and Kinyarwanda

Rwanda Initiative for Sustainable Development
Name of project: Land conflict management in the great lakes region of Africa
Project Description: interpretation from French to English for two persons in a Burundi-DRC-Rwanda conference on land issues in the region hosted by Rwanda Initiative for Sustainable Development

VIVO
Name of project: Research on Genocide related PTSDs
Project Description: - Interpretation of interviews during a VIVO research on PTSDs in Genocide Survivors in Rwanda
Interpretation of interviews during a VIVO research on PTSDs in genocide prisoners in
Rwanda

LA CROIX DU SUD HOSPITAL/Kigali
Name of project: Medical hearing interpretation
Project Description: Interpretation of patients’ hearing in doctors’ offices and in hospital offices when needed
Length of project: 18 months on call for need (between 2012 and 2014)


Japan International Cooperation Agency/Rwanda
Name of project: Water Scheme in the Eastern Province of Rwanda
Project Description: Interpretation of unstructured interviews between the local population and JICA researchers and water experts


Handicap International-USAID/Rwanda
Name of project: US Government funded project audit
Project Description: Interpretation of US Government audit sessions of the USG funded projects in Handicap
International in Rwanda.

   Pricing / Other services

Rates:
Translation: 0.06 USD per source word (discount on larger volumes of work)
Interpreting: 35 USD per hour (discount on longer projects)
Proofreading: 0.03 USD per source word
Subtitling/Transcription: 6 USD per minute of audio/video file (discount on larger volumes of work)

   Certification / Accreditation

English > Kinyarwanda

National University of Rwanda

French > Kinyarwanda

National University of Rwanda

Kinyarwanda > English

National University of Rwanda

Kinyarwanda > French

National University of Rwanda