Translator's name: | Andrew NDENGU |
Lanaguage pair: | English to French translator |
Country of residence: | Kenya |
Activity: | Acitive since 2021 |
Membership status: | Basic member |
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Contract Information Type of Contract Short/Long-term: Interpretation, Translation, Revision, Editing, Proofreading, Transcription. Availability: All year round Areas of expertise Area of Expertise Languages Area of Expertise Years of Experience Level of Expertise English – A French – B Simultaneous and Consecutive Interpretation, Voice-over, Whispering and Translation and Transcription. More than Ten (10) years Advanced Language Skills Official Language: English Working languages Speaking Reading Writing English Advanced Advanced Advanced French Advanced Advanced Advanced Computer Skills Official Language: English Software Application Proficiency Word Processing Ms-Word Very Good Spreadsheets Ms-Excel Very Good Presentation Ms-PowerPoint Very Good Data bases Management Ms-Access Good Internet - Very Good Education Highest Educational Level: High School Diploma French Language History Period Course Qualification Institution Country 2004 Refresher course for Teachers of French as a Foreign Language. Attestation (CLA de Besançon, France). Centre de Linguistique Appliquée (CLA) de Besançon de l'Université de Franche-Comté France 2001 Training Seminar on the Teaching of French for Special Purposes in East Africa (Project Assessment). Attestation (Bureau de Coopération pour le Français, Nairobi). French Cultural and Cooperation Centre, Nairobi. Kenya 2000 Training Seminar on the Teaching of French on Specific Objectives in East Africa. Attestation (Bureau de Coopération pour le Français, Nairobi) French Cultural and Cooperation Centre, Nairobi. Kenya 1999 Training Seminar on the Teaching of French for Special Purposes in East Africa. Attestation de Formation (Chambre de Commerce et d’Industrie de Paris (CCIP), France). Bureau de Coopération pour le Français de Dar es Salaam. Tanzania 1995 - 1996 Diplôme de Traducteur Commercial (anglais- français / français-anglais) Diploma (Alliance Française de Paris, France). Alliance Française de Nairobi. Kenya 1994 - 1996 Diplôme de Langue Française Diploma (Alliance Française de Paris, France). Alliance Française de Nairobi. Kenya Transcription Experience S/No. Date Activity Venue 1. 31st May 2018 Theme: Future of learning in the Accountancy Profession Villa Rosa Kempiski, Nairobi, Kenya. 2. 3rd May 2018 Theme: Redefining Context, Risk and Opportunity. Radisson blue Hotel, Nairobi, Kenya. 3. 1st December 2017 Theme: Pre-Professional Accountants. Radisson blue Hotel, Nairobi, Kenya. 4. 25th July 2017 Theme: Social Mobility – Roundtable. Crowne Plaza Hotel, Nairobi, Kenya. 5. 29th March 2017 Theme: Ethics and Trust in Digital Age. Crowne Plaza Hotel, Nairobi, Kenya. 6. 24th February – 13th July 2016 Tribunal investigating into the conduct of an Hon. Justice of the High Court of Kenya. KICC, Nairobi, Kenya. 7. 7th– 17th March 2016 National Task Force on Coffee Sub-sector Reforms . Nairobi and County Centres. 8. 23rd April – 30th July 2015 Commission of Inquiry into the petition to suspend the County Government of Makueni. Makueni County, Kenya. International Interpretation Experience 16 – 18 September 2013 – Consultation Meeting with Technical Experts, Academia and Think Tanks on the African Union Agenda 2063 – AU Offices in Nairobi, Kenya. 8 – 9 May 2013 - Signing of Bilateral Agreement for Air Services between the Ministry of Transport, Government of the Republic of Kenya and the National Civil Aviation Agency of the Ministry of Transport, Government of the Republic of Niger - Nairobi, KENYA. 22 – 26 November 2010 – Adaptation Learning Programme (ALP) for Africa, CARE International – Lake Naivasha Simba Lodge, Naivasha, KENYA. 12 – 16 April 2010 - WMO Secretariat as a French Language Expert - First Conference of Ministers Responsible for Meteorology in Africa - Kenyatta International Convention Centre (KICC), Nairobi, KENYA. 24 – 28 November 2008 – Integrated Climate Risk Assessment (ICRA) Workshop - Safari Park Hotel, Nairobi, KENYA. 4 - 6 October 2008 – Signing of Bilateral Agreement between the Ministry of Transport, Government of the Republic of Kenya and the Ministry of Transport and Aviation, Government of the Republic of Congo - Nairobi, KENYA. 6 – 10 June 2008 - African Monitoring of the Environment for Sustainable Development programme (AMESD) – Hilton Hotel, Nairobi, KENYA. 6 –16 November 2006 - World Meteorological Organization (WMO) UN observer French Language Expert - Twelfth Session of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Conference Of the Parties (COP-12) - United Nations offices at Nairobi, KENYA. 27 January to 7 March 2003 - Simplified Media Weather Presentation System workshop - IMTR/WMO RTC-Nairobi, KENYA. International Translation Experience Scientific 1999 to-date – Official Meteorological and Hydrometeorological, Climate and Climate Change, related geosciences, and general translations. Technical November 2014 – GeoCLIM of the USAID assisted USGS’s Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) Planning for Resilience in East Africa through Policy, Adaptation, Research and Economic Development (PREPARED). May 2014 - Implementation Agreements of IGAD-HYCOS projects in the Republics of Burundi and Djibouti. June 2014 - Explanatory Memorandum to the the Draft Provisional Agenda, Conclusions and Recommendations - 2nd HYCOS Meeting, and Information Note for Participants. July 2014 - IGAD-HYCOS Implementation phase (Phase II), Logical Framework – Summary Progress Report. May 2013 – Bilateral Agreement for Air Services between the Ministry of Transport, Government of the Republic of Kenya and the National Civil Aviation Agency of the Ministry of Transport, Government of the Republic of Niger. October 2008 – Bilateral Agreement for Air Services, Ministry of Transport, Government of the Republic of Kenya and the Ministry of Transport and Aviation, Government of the Republic of Congo. Key achievements: Editor-in-Chief, Transcription Services Initiated and Coordinated the French Language Training Programme (FLTP) at the WMO Regional Training Centre, Nairobi. Established the Digital Language Laboratory System (DLLS) at the WMO designated Regional Training Centre, Nairobi. |