Company Advancing Health for Humanitarian Support Initiative (AIDHealth Inc.)
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Responsibilities
Build and maintain the bilingual Hausa – English project termbase.
Review every quote used in a deliverable for accuracy, tone and register.
Run blind back-translation on a sample of quotes, and on all quotes used in priority alerts, against a target of 95% meaning equivalence.
Transliterate Ajami content into Boko before translation and add cultural notes.
Requirements
Bachelor’s Degree or higher in Linguistics, Translation, Hausa Studies or a related field.
At least 5 years of professional Hausa – English translation experience, ideally for research or media.
Native Hausa speaker with excellent written English.
Preferred experience:
Ajami literacy.
Translation work on gender, health or religious content.
Skills and attributes:
Precision and cultural sensitivity in translation.
Ability to work to tight review deadlines