Remote Swahili Translation Validator (Freelance)

Remote; San Francisco (CA); Remote; USD 4,100 - 5,500; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Limitless Flexibility

Limitless Growth

Limitless Support

Real Impact

Job summary

Welo Data is seeking experienced linguists to support a synthetic data generation program for a leading technology client. You will perform A/B preference testing of machine-generated translations from English into Swahili and provide justified selections as part of a blind, multi-validator process.

As a Translation Validator, you will review English source documents alongside two Swahili translations, assess accuracy and fluency, and contribute to documenting rationale.

Qualifications

• Native-level fluency in Swahili (written and spoken).
• Strong written communication in the target language.
• Proficiency in English.
• Background in linguistics, translation, or language quality assessment preferred.

Responsibilities

• Review English source documents alongside two machine-generated Swahili translations.
• Evaluate both variants based on accuracy, fluency, and quality.
• Select the preferred translation with a written justification.
• Review audio files and transcriptions, evaluating accuracy and quality.
• Assess transcription and audio quality according to project guidelines.
• Complete assigned samples independently within deadlines.
• Adhere to project and client guidelines.

Skills

Swahili fluency

English proficiency

Linguistics background

Job description

Welo Data is seeking experienced linguists to support a synthetic data generation program for a leading technology client. You will perform A/B preference testing of machine-generated translations from English into Swahili and provide justified selections as part of a blind, multi-validator process.

As a Translation Validator, you will review English source documents alongside two Swahili translations, assess accuracy and fluency, and contribute to documenting rationale.